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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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 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: