The Stone of Rosetta geocoin depicts a group of experts inspecting the stone during a Congress of Orientalists in 1874. On the back of the stone is a simplified representation of the original decree in three languages.

The actual Rosetta Stone contains carved text with three translations of a single passage: two in Egyptian language scripts (hieroglyphic and Demotic) and one in classical Greek. It was created in 196 BC, discovered by the French in 1799 at Rosetta and contributed greatly to the deciphering of the principles of hieroglyph writing. The text on the stone is a decree from Ptolemy V, describing the repeal of various taxes and instructions to erect statues in temples.

The Stone of Rosetta geocoin designed page can be found here with the original history of the coin, however, it’s in German.

http://www.geocoindesign.de/pages/geocoins/stone-of-rosetta.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.

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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 Fallen Heroes Geocoin was minted as a tribute to the 2,974 people that died during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airline flights bound for San Francisco and Los Angeles from Boston, Newark, and Washington DC. In a coordinated suicide attack, they flew the aircraft into chose ground targets.

At 8:46am American Airlines Flight 11 was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.  At 9:03 am, United Airlines Flight 175 was flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

At 9:37 am,  American Airlines Flight 77 was flown into the Pentagon building in Washington DC.

Hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 was being flown by hijackers to the United States Capital Building in Washington D.C.,  The passengers, figuring out what was happening, attempted to take control of the cockpit from the hijacker. The highjackers intentionally crashed the aircraft into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Altogether, including aircraft passengers, rescue personnel and military personnel, 2,974 people died that day.

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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

Excalibur was the legendary sword pulled from the stone by Arthur.  The legend indicates that Arthur pulled the sword from the stone confirming his rightful place as King of England.  The mythological sword was gifted with magical powers when held by the rightful King of England.

The name “Excalibur” was derived from the Latin phrase Ex calce liberatus, which translated to: “liberated from the stone.” The Greeks also had a similar translation: Ex-Kylie-Pyr or “out of a cup—fire”. Both phrases are inscribed on the front of this geocoin.

On the back of the Excalibur geocoin is a Coat of Arms similar to what may have been worn by King Arthur.

Around the edge of the geocoin are the names of the original 11 Knights of the Round Table: Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Gawaine, Sir Gareth, Sir Bors, Sir Percivale, Sir Tristan, Sir Bedivere, Sir Lamorak, Sir Kay and Sir Geraint. Also on the coin is the year 1300 – the year that Arthur began his reign as King of England.

Excalibur geocoin, 1.75 inches (app. 44 mm) diameter, and 3 mm thick. This geocoin is trackable with a unique custom icon.

The Knights Templar geocoin is probably one of the most popular geocoins on the market today. This geocoin was created in, and imported from Germany. They come in Antique Silver, Antique Gold and Antique Copper.

The Knights Templar geocoin was designed by Mambomania, is 1.75 inches (about 44 mm) in diameter and 3 mm thick, with a three dimensional design on both the front and back.

Click here to find Knights Templar geocoins in the GeocoinVault store.

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The Nostradamus geocoin was released in April 2009 as a special edition Geocoin Club coin.

The front of the coin features a three dimensional star chart created by Nostradamus, and the back contains a three dimensional likeness of Nostradamus.

Dimensions: 1.75 inches diameter x 3.5 mm thick.
This special edition coin is trackable at Geocaching.com and includes a custom tracking icon.

Click here to see all Geocoin Club coins currently available at GeocoinVault.com

The Brahean Geocoin is the first truly double-spinning geocoin. It was designed based on Cellarius’s representation of Tycho Brahe’s world system. The zodiac signs on the inner ring represent planets revolving around the Earth.
There was approximately a total of 550 regular editions produced in antique silver and antique bronze. There were 35 2-tone black nickel-antique bronze artist’s editions and 40 3-tone antique silver-gold-copper limited editions produced. The AE and LE coins were never publicly sold, are only available from the designer, and will never be reminted.
The AE and LE coins are consecutively numbered on their edge. The coins included in this auction are #18 which is a lucky number in Judaism.
The coin is trackable at www.geocaching.com with a unique icon: