The 2009 Spacegate Geocoin is a design based on the hit TV series Stargate. This Geocoin was designed by Mambo. Other coins by this same designer include: Cache Scene Investigation,
Illuminati,German-Canadian Friendship, Grand Duchy of Baden 2007, Grand Duchy of Baden 2008, King of Geocaching, License To Cache, Stone of Rosetta, Templar Geocoin and The Real Adventurer.

The Spacegate coin is available in the following variations:

Antique Silver with blue glitter
Antique bronze with gold glitter
Limited Edition Black Nickel with Blue Glitter (limited to 75 pieces)
Limited Edition Polished Silver with blue glitter (limited to 75 pieces)

The front of the Spacegate Geocoin features a 3-D illustration of the iris that protects the Stargate Command Center from unauthorized inbound connections, and the back features a photo print of the Stargate wormhole event horizon protected by a thick epoxy dome. This Geocoin is approximately 44 mm in diameter (1.75 inches) and 3.5 mm thick (3/16 of an inch).

Visit the designers website:

http://www.geocoindesign.de/pages/geocoins/spacegate.php

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Brahean Mars Edition Geocoin

This beautiful geocoin is a limited edition coin with only 25 pieces minted. According to the design owner, Dimkasmir, no more will be minted. Dimkasmir wrote this about the “Being one of the two coins in the new Brahean Planet “series”, it was inspired by the red planet and is thus antique and polished gold with red enamel on the outer ring. There were only 25 pieces of this edition produced and there will not be a remint”

This coins beauty and rarity have already resulted in sales on eBay for over $80.

The more common Brahean geocoins are well known and sought after in the geocaching community. Tycho Brahe was a noted scientist who helped define early astronomy, navigation, and other fields of study. Even though some of his theories were found to be incorrect when more modern methods were discovered, he still left behind beautiful works of scientific art. This kind of art is long lost in today’s technical world. The coin is a 3-D rendition of one of his navigation charts. The coin consist of two opposing spinning rings and a round spinning globe. The texture was designed to give the coin an old world look and feel.

Find this geocoin on eBay:

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This geocoin is based on the Flower of Life design.  The Flower of Life is a geometrical figure, composed of six, evenly spaced, overlapping circles of the same diameter, that are arranged to form a flower-like geometric pattern with a six fold symmetry like a hexagon.

It’s considered by many to be a symbol of sacred geometry, also known as God’s Equation, depicting the fundamental forms of space and time.  It’s a visual representation of the life force that is thought to connect all sentient beings.

The Sacred Geometry  and it’s symbols have been used throughout history by philosophers, artists, and architects to express the perfection of form.

The Flower of Life Geocoin was produced in black nickel, antique silver, antique gold and satin gold. The seven circles are depicted with glow in the dark gradient colors.  This geocoin is 40 mm in diameter, and 3 mm thick.  Only 300 were produced, and it was initially released in October 2007. This coin is trackable on Geocaching.com

Read the original information about the Flower of Life geocoin here:

http://www.ingwer.ch/geo/coins/floweroflife.html

All color schemes:

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The Deadliest Cache Geocoin

The Planet Earth, 196,950,711 square miles of treacherous mountians, barren deserts and violent seas and home to the deadliest cache, The Ammo Crab.

Owner: Castle Man from Castle Coins & Pins
Designer: Paula of GeocoinDesign.Com
Dimensions: 1.75″ x 3.5 mm
Finish: Antique Nickel (Northwestern) 150 minted, Antique Gold (Maverick) 150 minted, Gold (Time Bandit) LE only 50 made, Nickel (Wizard) LE only 50 made.
Released: November 2007

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The unique feature of this geocoin is the three dimensional dragon that wraps wound the entire coin.

This geocoin was designed by Theotokos and is trackable on Geocaching.com

From the Geocaching.com website forums:

Theotokos

Kamloops British Columbia

Well, I wasn’t sure I wanted to post this with so many wonderful new coins coming out…but I just couldn’t resist as I’m too impatient. The sample pictures aren’t very good and I wish I could take better photos but I just can’t. We still have some work to do but hopefully we can get it all worked out soon. These started out as a new personal coin but in the end I decided to go the other route and not have our name on it. We’ll work on a personal coin another time.

So, how did this all come about? Well, our Surname means dragon
German: from Middle High German trache, drache ‘dragon’, hence probably a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a dragon, or a nickname for someone with a fierce or fiery temperament. – (They hit that on the head)

Anyway, maybe that’s why I’ve always been fascinated by the myth surrounding my favorite constellation – Draco. Draco is a constellation that winds around the little dipper and is its brightest in the month of August – the month of my birth as well – coincidence? I think not cool.gif. You can see this constellation everyday just like Andromeda. Dragons often played a role in myths and legends. In these stories the gods would often battle the dragons for control of the Earth. When defeated, the dragons were flung up into the skies.

The most famous myth calls this Dragon Ladon. Ladon was a dragon that guarded the golden apples on a tree in a garden tended by the Hesperides, the daughters of Atlas. Hercules was sent to obtain the apples while under pledge to Eurystheus. He learned from Nereus that he could not pluck the apples himself, but must get help from Atlas. Hercules shot and killed Ladon with an arrow, making way for Atlas to enter and pluck the golden apples. The goddess Hera was greatly distressed by the death of Ladon and placed the dragon in the heavens. This coin represents Draco in the heavens always visible over all the Earth.

Again, it seemed very fitting as a personal coin design and yet I thought it might be even better without our tag on it. So that’s it and I hope you like them.

Click here to visit the original forum thread at Geocaching.com

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The Crikey! Geocoin was created and minted by Steve O’Neil as a memorial to Steve Irwin. Steve Irwin lost his life on September 6, 2006 while filming an episode of Crocodile Hunter.

The Crikey! Geocoin was produced and sold by CoinsAndPins.com. It was originally sold for $9.49 each. The Crikey! Geocoin is 3 inches in diameter, and I haven’t been able to find out any additional information.

Steve O’Neil designed this coin to benefit Wildlife Warriors Worldwide, with all proceeds from the first minting being donated to them.

Click here to visit Steve O’Neil’s website.

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ROT13 Dragon Spinner Geocoin

I don’t have a lot of ionformation about this coin, but I will update this post as I find more.

Eight dies were created for this coin. The Dragon Spinner Geocoin has 2 stones for eyes, 2inches in diameter and is available in antique gold and silver.

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The Gecko geocoin set comes in six different designs / colors. These geocoins are 42 mm diameter by 3.5 mm thick, with wording on the edge of the coin in English and French.

This geocoin is based on the art of Chris from Landsharks and features a tribal , mosaic design in bright translucent
enamels on black nickel.

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The UK Mega GeoGuitar geocoin was designed by Landsharkz for the first UK Mega Event held in Harrogate Yorkshire, in August 2008. This Geoguitar Geocoin was nearly sold out the first day, with only a few coins available to be sold later

This geocoin is shaped like a Fender Stratocaster guitar and has glitter on the base & background in the shape of the Union Jack, with UK Mega 2008 on the neck of the guitar back.

This geocoin is 3 1/4 inches long by 4 mm thick. It’s trackable at Geocaching.com and has a custom icon.

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International Fire Relief Mission Geocoin

International Fire Relief Mission (IFRM) geocoin is a memorial and tribute to the nations firefighters.  This coin was minted by USA Geocoins. It comes in a antique brass finish, and is 1.75 inches in diameter. It has a unique tracking icon on geocaching.com. There are two versions of this coin, the Earth version and the Fire version.

The International Fire Relief Mission (IFRM) exists to provide long-term and life saving assistance for active duty firefighters in countries and communities lacking modern fire/rescue equipment and technology. Our objectives are accomplished by recycling fire equipment replaced by the AFG or FEMA grants. An ongoing impact to firefighters is improved technology and equipment with a (5-10 year) sustainable service life.

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GeoTriad Geocoin

Another beautiful Landsharkz creation.

This three sided geocoin is 50 mm wide and 3.5 mm thick. It’s a two-tone color with a mixture of imitation and soft enamel. The coin has a 4 mm hole in th ecenter just in case you want to attach it to something to travel with

From the Landsharks website:

Come to the Pacific Northwest and do the GeoTriad! Visit Groundspeak Headquarters where Signal resides, experience Mission 9: Tunnel of Light (the Ape Cache) and then make the pilgrimage to The Original Stash!

The infamous can of beans is featured on this coin along with the famous Ape cache image. At the top we have Signal resting comfortably at home in his favourite armchair.

Visit the Landsharkz homepage for this unique geocoin:

http://landsharkz.ca/index.php?content=view_item&prod_id=462

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Joe Merchant geocoin is a tribute to a novel by Jimmy Buffet, the singer/songwriter that brought us, among other hit albums, Tales from
Margaritaville (1989)

Where is Joe Merchant is a novel about seaplanes, a pretty girl named Trevor Kane, a vanished rock star, the curse of murderous jet skis, a magical scepter, those that want to disrupt paradise, and conch burgers. Joe Merchant, the title character, is the missing and presumed dead rock star. His sister, Trevor Kane has returned to Florida to enlist the help of her old flame, Frank Bama, to check out rumors of Merchant’s survival or demise. An entire franchise has evolved from this album, including a food chain, Cheeseburger in Paradise.

There isn’t much information about this particular geocoin, so if you have any information regarding the designer/owner or the mintage, use the “Contact Us” link to help us update this article.

Earth Turtle Geocoin 2008

The Earth Turtle 2008 geocoin is an original design by Stepahnie Witham of Tsunrisebey.com. The coins are designed and minted in Montana. The designers website says that she gets most of her designs from Mother Nature. She hand draws the original designs with paper and pencil.

The Earth Turtle geocoin is 2 inches in diameter, and 3 mm thick, using translucents and hard enamels. 500 of these were originally minted: 125 Antique Silver (green); 125 Antique Silver (purple); 150 Polished Gold (multi-color); 100 Polished Nickel (red/black/white).

Visit the designers website to see other designs and be sure to read her FAQ’s:  http://tsunrisebey.com/ (link opens in a new window)  Apparently she is still populating her online storefront, be sure to visit there often.

We like this design, as a matter of fact, it’s one of our favorites and she has some amazing designs that have a very pleasing “earth-like” quality. When we’re ready to mint our first geocoin, we’re going to ask Stepahnie to design the coin for us.

There are several color variations of the Earth Turtle. Click HERE to visit the designers website to see the full size images. (link opens in a new window)

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Grossherzogtum Baden 2008 Geocoins

The Grossherzogtum Baden 2008 Geocoin is 1.75″ (44mm)in diameter and 4mm thick. This coin was released with antique silver, antique bronze and gold/nickel finishes. It’s trackable at Geocaching.com and has a custom icon.

One side of the coin shows two griffins that hold a “Baden” shield (Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine River in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg (state) of Germany.). On the other side of the coin is the town of “Karlsruhe”, the castle and a pyramid, together with diagonal stripes that symbolize sun rays in honor of the second name of this town,” Fan-City” or “Sun-City”.

Tethys C Trilobite Geocoin

This unique geocoin was designed and minted for Tethys C in honor of the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of the Burgess Shale Formation by Charles Walcott. The trilobite geocoin is in the shape of a trilobite fossil still partially embedded in it’s rock matrix, with a map showing the Burgess Shale Formation on the opposite side.

The Burgess Shale Formation is one of the worlds most popular and fascinating fossil records made famous for the exceptional preservation of soft bodied animals. This exceptional Pre-Cambrian fossil record was discovered by Charles Walcott in 1909.  Between 1909 and 1924, Walcott returned to ridge with his sons, establishing a quarry, and collected over 65,000 specimens.

The Burgess Shale Formation was named after Mount Burgess (elevation 2,599 m), a mountain in Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies.

Coin Stats:  60mm diameter, 5.0mm thick with antique Silver plating, Glitter and IHE paint on map side. This geocoin is trackable with a custom trilobite icon on geocaching.com.

Click here to visit the trilobite geocoins owner/creators webpage

The First Geocoin – Moun10Bike Geocoin

The first geocoin, and the term “geocoin” itself, were first conceived and created by Jon Stanley, also known as Moun10Bike on the Geocaching.com forums.

The Moun10Bike 1 geocoin, is the rarest and most highly sought-after geocoin in existence. Occasionally, one of the original Moun10Bike geocoins makes it’s way to eBay, and typically brings in prices of $1000+.  The creator of this geocoin, Jon Stanley, is adamantly against the sale of his or any other activated geocoin on eBay, unless the original owner/creator has given consent.  If he finds one of his Moun10Bike geocoins for sale on eBay, he has it deactivated on Geocaching.com so that it can no longer be tracked.

On April 17, 2006, he posted this statement on the Groundspeak forums concerning the sale of this geocoin on eBay:

I wish all of the bidders in this auction well. However,
I feel that I must warn you that you will be bidding on a
“dead” coin – no tracking and no icon. I am having any of
my geocoins that are sold on eBay or elsewhere locked by Groundspeak.

I think it is pretty clear from my wording on the coin descriptions
as well as elsewhere in the forums that I do not approve of the sale
of my or any other activated coins (unless such sales are blessed by
the coin owner). Oh, and if there is any question as to who is the
owner of one of my coins, please see the name next to the “Owner:”
heading near the top of the coin page.

Thank you.

Click here to read the original post on the Groundspeak forum

The first geocoin, released on September 30, 2001, at Light House Point in Deception Pass State Park, Washington state, was #002. This cache, GC126C, has since been archived, but the original cache description page is still available in the Geocaching.com archives: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=4716

The original tracking page, on Geocaching.com, can still be found here:

Moun10Bike Geocoin #002
Owner: Moun10Bike
Released: Thursday, September 20, 2001
Origin: Washington, United States

Visit Jon Stanley’s website and read the history and creative process behind the first geocoin: