# How to make money with free software…

November 17, 2008

Dutch designer Stani Michiels won a contest by the Dutch Ministry of Finance, the goal of which was to design the [new 5 euro commemorative coin](http://en.knm.nl/domains/knm/pages/article.asp?content=11720000000909_999_11650000000011&navid=11650000000014_11720000000067&cookie=init) with the theme ‘Netherlands and Architecture’. [He explains both the creative and technical process in great detail on his website](http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-money-with-free-software.html). An interesting detail: he used only open source software for this project: Python, the Gimp, Inkscape and Phatch (a photo batch processor).

Oh, and before you ask: no, we don’t print money 😉