Art You Can Trade.
I create and collect art you can trade.
Minnaar Money is a growing collection of artwork I create or personally select and designate to be collected, gifted, saved, and traded.
From original paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures to Readymades and selected works by other artists, each registered Minnaar has its own identity, history, and Sovereign Value.
Together, these works form an ongoing experiment in art, value, and voluntary exchange.
The art is meant to be enjoyed—and to keep moving.
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Portrait Commissions
Sponsor a Sovereign — A Living Portrait in Limited Edition
Commission an original linocut portrait of yourself, a loved one, or someone you admire.
Each portrait is created in Steven Minnaar's distinctive simplified style and issued as a signed and numbered limited edition of no more than 777 impressions.
Your sponsorship includes a signed impression and brings a new portrait into the Minnaar Catalogue, where it may be collected, gifted, and traded.
Rather than commemorating kings and rulers, Sponsor a Sovereign celebrates the individual.
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Build a Minnaar Treasury
For art lovers who can't get enough.
A Minnaar Treasury is your personal collection of art that never has to stand still.
Begin with a single Sovereign. Add works you love. Display them, enjoy them, share them, and exchange them whenever something new catches your eye.
Each registered Minnaar carries a Sovereign Value (SV), allowing collectors to exchange eligible works for others of equal total SV or combine multiple works toward something greater.
Keep your favorites. Exchange the others. Discover something new.
For those who wish to collect regularly, the Sovereign Circle Patron Program offers a continuing relationship with the artist through personally selected monthly acquisitions.
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Sponsor a Limited Edition
Help bring an original Minnaar into circulation.
Steven Minnaar maintains a growing collection of independently created artworks and designs awaiting release as limited editions.
Individuals, businesses, and organizations are invited to sponsor the release of selected works, with opportunities to acquire impressions for their own collections or to share with others.
A sponsored edition remains an original work of art, independently conceived by the artist—not advertising artwork or branded merchandise.
Sponsor an edition. Share the art. Help put more Minnaars into circulation.
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Sovereign Value — Art You Can Trade
Each registered Minnaar is assigned a Sovereign Value (SV) by Steven Minnaar.
The reference unit is 1 SV = 1 troy ounce of silver.
Sovereign Value represents the exchange value Steven is willing to accept for a work and would willingly offer in other Minnaar Money to acquire it. It is not necessarily the work's original purchase price or conventional market value.
Collectors may exchange eligible registered Minnaars for one or more available artworks of equal total SV, subject to the established exchange rules.
Every registered Minnaar retains its permanent place in the Minnaar Catalogue, even as it changes hands.
Only eligible works with a valid Certificate of Authenticity may be exchanged within the Catalogue.
Collect it. Gift it. Save it. Trade it.
For Artists — Art You Can Trade
Make Your Own Art Money
Artists and creators are invited to explore the possibilities of creating their own art money.
Create original works and limited editions. Establish your own values and exchange policies. Document your creations with digital Certificates of Authenticity and offer them for trade through the free Minnaar Trading Post.
Create It. Authenticate It. Trade It.
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Guest Artist Selections — Submit Your Art
Minnaar Money also includes selected works by other artists.
Artists are invited to submit original artworks and limited editions for consideration and possible inclusion in the Minnaar Catalogue.
Submissions are free and may include works on paper or canvas panel measuring up to 11 × 14 inches. Stretched canvases are not accepted.
Artists may submit up to three works at a time, as often as they wish.
For each accepted work an artist chooses to contribute, the artist provides the physical artwork, presented in a clear protective sleeve, together with one troy ounce of silver.
Each registered selection receives a Sovereign Value of 1 SV, permanent Catalogue recognition, a digital Certificate of Authenticity, attribution to its original creator, and the established exchange privileges of Minnaar Money.
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Musical Artcards — Art You Can Hear. Art You Can Trade.
Musicians and visual artists are invited to collaborate on Musical Artcards—collectible miniature artworks combining original visual art with access to original music.
Anyone may create, collect, gift, sell, and trade Musical Artcards independently.
Selected and registered Musical Artcards may also become part of Minnaar Money.
Meet Artists. Meet Collectors. Make Trades.
Join our weekly Minnaar Money Meetups, where artists, photographers, musicians, collectors, patrons, and traders gather to discover creative works, share ideas, explore collaborations, and make trades.
Every Saturday, 10 AM–Noon
Minnaar Studio, Dana Point, California.
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Featured Works
Discover original artworks, limited editions, sculptures, and other selected works from the growing Minnaar Catalogue.
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The Trade Up Challenge
Start with what you have. Trade your way to the Minnaar you want.
Start with something you already own and offer it in trade. Trade what you receive again, and keep trading until you reach the Minnaar you want.
Trading up doesn't necessarily mean getting something worth more.
It means getting closer to what you want.
The Minnaar Trading Post is a free marketplace where anyone can trade art, goods, services, and experiences.
Trade what you have for what you want.
Art with a Mission
Minnaar Money celebrates the sovereign individual and the freedom to create, collect, and trade peacefully and voluntarily with others.
Through original creations, artistic selection and designation, creative collaborations, and a growing community of artists, collectors, patrons, and traders, Minnaar Money puts this philosophy into practice.
The art is the medium. Beauty is the language. The philosophy is the message.
Minnaar Money — Art You Can Trade.