Gecko Geocoin by Landsharkz.
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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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 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:
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.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the All-Supreme deity of the make-believe religion, “The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster”. The religion was spontaneously brought into existence in 2005 by Bobby Henderson as a humorous protest to the Kansas State Board of Education’s plan to require teachers to also present Intelligent Design as an alternative to evolution. The Intelligent Design supporters constantly used ambiguous references to an unspecified “Intelligent Designer” to attempt to bypass court rulings prohibiting the teaching of Creation in classrooms as a viable and supportable scientific theory. This ambiguous definition of the “Intelligent Designer” opened up the possibility that any imaginable thing (person, deity, object, mythological creature) could fill the role.
In an open letter to the pinheads at the Kansas State Board of Education, Henderson presents his concept of intelligent design by declaring belief in a supernatural creator that closely resembles a flying plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Hence the creation of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. He labels his theory as the “Pastafarian theory of creation”, and demanded that it be taught in Kansas classrooms along side Intelligent Design.
The humorous nature of Henderson’s argument made the Flying Spaghetti Monster a instant cult sensation and became immensely popular with bloggers as well as humor and Internet culture websites.
In August 2005, the Swedish concept designer Niklas Jansson created, an adaptation of Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam (superimposing the Flying Spaghetti Monster over God) which became and remains today the FSM’s de facto brand image. He declared his image “pretty much free to use for press and such as far as I’m concerned”.
Flying Spaghetti Monster Geocoin
The Flying Spaghetti Monster trackable geocoin is the personal coin of the “often-imitated, but never duplicated” leader of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. FSM splits his time between being a moderator in the Geocaching.com Geocoin Forums and tirelessly trying to educate the world on the inverse relationship between the average global temperature and the alarming decrease in the number of pirates left in the world.
Flying Spaghetti Monster Geocoin was released in July 2007 at CoinsAndPins.com, but quickly sold out.
To celebrate the release of their new Earthmate PN-40 GPS, DeLorme commissioned the design of a limited edition geocoin.
The Eartha geocoin was designed by Chris Mackey. It is 2 inches in diameter, 16 mm thick and has a three dimensional spinning center.
Only 250 of these coins were released by DeLorme, and will not be offered for sale. From the Geocaching.com website: Ownership of all Eartha Geocoins is retained by Team DeLorme.
DeLorme is currently sponsoring a drawing for an Earthmate PN-40, as the Grand Prize. First prize is one of the limited edition Eartha Geocoins.
http://www.delorme.com/geocaching/enter/default.htm (as of the date of this article, the drawing appears to be ongoing)
The Eartha Geocoin represents Eartha, the world’s largest rotating and revolving globe, located at DeLorme headquarters in Yarmouth, Maine, USA. http://www.delorme.com/about/eartha.aspx
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