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:

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

The Dragon Ladon Geocoin is a two-toned, nickel plated, pewter-based geocoin. The dragon is Antique Gold plated with translucent imitation hard enamel coloring. The initial minting was 200 geocoins

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

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.

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.

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)

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.

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