scificollector

1. Participating: E-mail sent 2. Received Name: 11/01/09 3. Mission Complete: 4. Package Received!:

Woooottt! What a cool collection of coins. Thanks Avroair. They just arrived today.

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I started relatively early this year in geocaching. At first our area was devoid of coins (or so it seemed to me), but as I continued caching I came to find and admire geocoins as movable art. It didn't matter if the artwork on the coin was polished and professional or more amateur in nature. Currently I enjoy collecting all types of geocoins. I have some of the older non trackables (I especially like the group coins such as the nerds v1, MWGB chicks, etc.) as well as the artistic (Tenwar, Tsun's Earth Turtle) and personal coins (Atlantagal's 777 coin, Gelugon's Cache the Dragon). The best thing that I like about geocoins is that for the most part every single instance of finding, trading, or buying a geocoin is a meaningful transaction. I enjoy finding and sharing coins in caches as part of getting to know the geocaching community. Trading coins gives me insight into others personalities and likes. Buying is a joy as I usually purchase coins that have some sort of meaning for myself rather than just because it is a rare item. The new revolution in geocoins is great as it allows for more expression. I still like the older coins but the new coins (spinners, firestarters, hinged, 3D, coin minting advances, etc) I think can come closer to what the designer wanted to share with the world. I generally look for a combination of artwork design, idea behind the coin, and meaning to myself. Some of the popular coins don't appeal to me personally but I can see where others would (Sort of like having a favorite Football team). I really haven't run across a geocoin produced for truly commercial purposes yet even if the current collectible nature of today's geocoins are making them so. All in all I admire those who delve into their psyche enough to produce a geocoin and hope to join their ranks in the near future.

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This would be a great first mission for me! 1. Participating: 10/18/09 2. Received Name: 3. Mission Complete: 4. Package Received!:

If you look at the Knowledge Base at GC.com under the search "geocoins", it pulls up the heading B:Trackable geocoins As long as we are quibbling about GC's definition of Geocoins, why would they say "Trackable Geocoins" if it was truly their intent to use the label geocoins only for ones with a tracking number. As for the eBay question, most sellers will either put trackable or unactivated (inferring tracking codes) within the title or description of the post. The trackable geocoins are the prevailent coins on eBay as the pre 2005 geocoins are for the most part highly sought after or used only in trading. With just a little bit of reading the eBay (or any other posts) and less lawyering definitions, you can come away with some good purchases. Good Luck.

Probably rationalizing the theft. "It's trackable so if I steal the coin and replace it with a tracakable the mission is intact and it's not really a theft after all and I get to keep the coin I stole" It kinda makes you want to find the person, take their car and leave them with a small die-cast hot wheels. This type of thing unfortunately is pretty prevalent in a lot of other aspects of society. I am an assistant manager of a large chain bookstore where we find "things missing" all the time. I have one thief that tears off the back cover of the books so we know what is missing perhaps thinking that we get credit for the book if we know what it is. Another boggling theft is that the Bible is one of the top ten books stolen each year as people rationalize it as "the word of God" should be free.

Looking for 9-9-9 coins, specifically Long Island or Hawaii. Currently I have duplicates of the Utah and Illinois coins and a few other non 9-9-9 coins available for trade. Please PM if interested.

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I will yime in with my vote: #2 Great design. Makes me want to make my own personal coin.

Looking for trade for either 8-8-8 event coin (hadn't gotten into geocaching then) or a 9-9-9 event coin (purple color in the design if possible but not required) or both types of coins. I had originally gotten 2 extra of the Illinois 9-9-9 coins for some friends who promptly backed out. Depending on the color scheme I would also be willing to buy if swap for Illinois coin was undesirable. Please PM me if interested. Thanks, Scificollector(Tim)

Looking for a Gold Edition Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (round)(black glitter) - not sure if this is SE or not willing to trade Nickel version of same coin plus one other coin in my collection: Geogem Diamond Princess cut Fire Elemental Bronze Ed Cache Wars I do have a few others for trade but they are already activated