This penny holds both truths in balance: the inevitability of the end, and the radiance of what’s here now.

On one side: a skull, inscribed with the Latin Es fui, sum eris—“As I was, so you will be.” On the reverse: a radiant sun and the words “Nothing Without Thee.” The juxtaposition is intentional. Death, and the certainty of it, faces us plainly—yet so does love, purpose, and the urgency to live fully while we can.

It can be used on its own as a stand-alone stamp, but was designed to fit seamlessly within the Hastings Étui collector’s system—an heirloom framework that honors beauty, deep symbolism, and the legacy of letters wiring and wax seals.

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