[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  ₿achgΞn.sats [@bachgen_eth](/creator/twitter/bachgen_eth) on x 1189 followers Created: 2025-07-23 11:41:01 UTC Spotlight's @shibboleth88 @sovrnart CENT #6465 “Ghost” - from CENTS by Rutherford Chang Who was Rutherford Chang? Rutherford Chang was more than an artist — he was an alchemist of the overlooked. Known for his conceptual and archival works, Chang’s projects often dissected collective memory, consumer culture, and the ghosts hidden in everyday objects. His recent passing adds a deep emotional layer to the already haunting CENTS project. Through his lens, pennies — those mundane copper fragments of transactional life — become relics, each containing a micro-history of touch, erosion, and silent exchange. CENT #6465 “Ghost” A Disappearing Icon What was once a bold political portrait becomes an echo, a fading whisper of a once-dominant symbol of nationhood and collective trust (“In God We Trust” ironically still visible). The wear and oxidation transform Lincoln into a phantom, questioning what remains of our cultural icons when stripped of utility. From Commodity to Blockchain Chang transforms the penny from an object of minimal economic value into an artifact of enormous conceptual weight. Its new life as an ordinal inscription on Bitcoin — immortal, immaterial, and untradeable in the traditional sense — underscores the shift from physical scarcity to digital eternity. Final Reflection CENTS is not just a collection; it is an emotional excavation. By assembling XXXXXX pre-1982 copper pennies, Chang created a monumental elegy to forgotten value — both personal and societal. CENT #6465 “Ghost” stands as a spectral ambassador for this idea: the transformation of a disregarded object into a shrine of collective memory. The ghostly face on this coin forces us to ask: What truly holds value? Is it its transactional worth, or the quiet, accumulated record of existence? Chang’s brilliance lies in revealing that even the smallest unit of value — a penny, a satoshi — can carry infinite cultural resonance when we choose to look deeply. His collaboration with Sovrnart and Shibboleth further emphasizes this point: curating a bridge between material decay and blockchain immortality, between touch and code. With his passing, CENT #6465 gains a new, almost spiritual gravitas. It’s no longer just a piece in a collection — it’s a ghostly echo of an artist who believed in the poetry hidden in the most mundane corners of our lives. 📌 Explore the collection: ⚡CENTS Gallery: ⚡Market Place: ⚡ Gallery Sovrnart: @sovrnart ⚡ Co-founder & Curator: @shibboleth88  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [alchemist](/topic/alchemist) [cent](/topic/cent) [Post Link](https://x.com/bachgen_eth/status/1947985299402805672)
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Created: 2025-07-23 11:41:01 UTC
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CENT #6465 “Ghost” - from CENTS by Rutherford Chang
Who was Rutherford Chang? Rutherford Chang was more than an artist — he was an alchemist of the overlooked. Known for his conceptual and archival works, Chang’s projects often dissected collective memory, consumer culture, and the ghosts hidden in everyday objects. His recent passing adds a deep emotional layer to the already haunting CENTS project. Through his lens, pennies — those mundane copper fragments of transactional life — become relics, each containing a micro-history of touch, erosion, and silent exchange.
CENT #6465 “Ghost”
A Disappearing Icon What was once a bold political portrait becomes an echo, a fading whisper of a once-dominant symbol of nationhood and collective trust (“In God We Trust” ironically still visible). The wear and oxidation transform Lincoln into a phantom, questioning what remains of our cultural icons when stripped of utility.
From Commodity to Blockchain Chang transforms the penny from an object of minimal economic value into an artifact of enormous conceptual weight. Its new life as an ordinal inscription on Bitcoin — immortal, immaterial, and untradeable in the traditional sense — underscores the shift from physical scarcity to digital eternity.
Final Reflection CENTS is not just a collection; it is an emotional excavation. By assembling XXXXXX pre-1982 copper pennies, Chang created a monumental elegy to forgotten value — both personal and societal. CENT #6465 “Ghost” stands as a spectral ambassador for this idea: the transformation of a disregarded object into a shrine of collective memory.
The ghostly face on this coin forces us to ask: What truly holds value? Is it its transactional worth, or the quiet, accumulated record of existence? Chang’s brilliance lies in revealing that even the smallest unit of value — a penny, a satoshi — can carry infinite cultural resonance when we choose to look deeply.
His collaboration with Sovrnart and Shibboleth further emphasizes this point: curating a bridge between material decay and blockchain immortality, between touch and code.
With his passing, CENT #6465 gains a new, almost spiritual gravitas. It’s no longer just a piece in a collection — it’s a ghostly echo of an artist who believed in the poetry hidden in the most mundane corners of our lives.
📌 Explore the collection: ⚡CENTS Gallery: ⚡Market Place: ⚡ Gallery Sovrnart: @sovrnart
⚡ Co-founder & Curator: @shibboleth88
XXXXX engagements
