Boy Scouts of America – Utah National Parks Council, 100th anniversary geocoin.

This coin was designed by firennice for the Boy Scouts of America and is 1.75in x 3.5mm. It’s available in  Antique Brass, Antique Copper, Antique Silver(Nickle). The silver nickel coin will only be available as special gifts (Governor, Council President, etc).  These geocoins are trackable and come with a protective sleeve and are available for $ 10.00

See the forum thread started by the coin designer:

http://www.utahgeocachers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=44572#44572

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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.

Find this geocoin on eBay:

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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 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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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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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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