2007-07-07 03:46:27 · 5 answers · asked by Calchas 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
No. A coin is usually a piece of hard material, generally metal, usually in the shape of a disk.
A prism is prism (1.) A solid figure whose bases or ends have the same size and shape and are parallel to one another, and each of whose sides is a parallelogram. (2.) A transparent body of this form, often of glass and usually with triangular ends, used for separating white light passed through it into a spectrum or for reflecting beams of light. (3.) A cut-glass object, such as a pendant of a chandelier. (4.) A crystal form consisting of three or more similar faces parallel to a single axis. (5.) A medium that misrepresents whatever is seen through it.
Guitar-shaped coins were once issued in Somalia.
Poland once issued a fan-shaped 10 zloty coin.
The oddest coin ever was the 2002 $10 coin from Nauru, a Europe-shaped coin.
There have also been coins with holes in them, lion's heads and more.
2007-07-07 04:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All coins are basically cylindrical. This makes them 3-dimensional. But I'm sure that one could call them prisms.
**A solid figure whose bases or ends have the same size and shape and are parallel to one another, and each of whose sides is a parallelogram.
2007-07-07 10:57:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
monetary prisms? even spelled right it doesn't compute? do you mean a prism a solid having bases or ends that are parallel, congruent polygons and sides that are parallelograms, in which case I'd say no.
2007-07-07 10:56:25 · answer #3 · answered by Kathi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I DO NT KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought of prisms more in the way of light refraction.The optician said about putting a prism in the lens of my friends glasses when he had double vision . may be I am wrong
2007-07-07 11:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by Reggie girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-07-07 11:38:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋