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  1. Update: I've had several questions regarding shipping. I had loads of problems publishing the coins on Ebay and no matter what I tried I could not fix the shipping options.

     

    The item will be shipped worldwide(not only the US), free of charge.

  2. Hi all, for those collectors(or other enthusiasts :rolleyes: ) interested in obtaining a complete set of Delft Blue geocoins, a full set will be put up for sale within a week. I will post the date of the sale as soon as possible.

     

    The set comprises a full set of four authentic porcelain geocoins with Dutch Delft Blue artwork made in collaboration with Frans Ottink, a Dutch porcelain artist. Each coin is handmade and numbered. Each series was limited to a maximum of 125 coins. The coins are trackable with an own icon (artwork by "fox-and-the-hound"). The set on offer is a low numbered (#9) set comprising a windmolen, klomp, trapgevel and tulp. The low number coins were never put on sale. The coin set is not activated.

     

    As most of the coin collectors here know almost everything about these coins are different to usual coins, from the material it’s made of, the coin bags and even the activation cards are just a bit different. This set will be shipped therefore be with a small surprise.

     

    All proceeds of this sale will go towards funding a family member’s dream of attending the 2013 USA Open and ISKA World Karate Championships on 5 and 6 Julie 2013 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

     

    It would be nice to have a full set of my own -- especially with matching numbers! My wife has claimed the set I have already collected. :laughing:

     

    I hope you raise enough for the trip!

     

    I hope so too, it's for my nephew. He's is still at school and has been working real hard during the December holidays to save up some money for the event.

  3. Hi all, for those collectors(or other enthusiasts :rolleyes: ) interested in obtaining a complete set of Delft Blue geocoins, a full set will be put up for sale within a week. I will post the date of the sale as soon as possible.

     

    The set comprises a full set of four authentic porcelain geocoins with Dutch Delft Blue artwork made in collaboration with Frans Ottink, a Dutch porcelain artist. Each coin is handmade and numbered. Each series was limited to a maximum of 125 coins. The coins are trackable with an own icon (artwork by "fox-and-the-hound"). The set on offer is a low numbered (#9) set comprising a windmolen, klomp, trapgevel and tulp. The low number coins were never put on sale. The coin set is not activated.

     

    As most of the coin collectors here know almost everything about these coins are different to usual coins, from the material it’s made of, the coin bags and even the activation cards are just a bit different. This set will be shipped therefore be with a small surprise.

     

    All proceeds of this sale will go towards funding a family member’s dream of attending the 2013 USA Open and ISKA World Karate Championships on 5 and 6 Julie 2013 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

  4. Got mine today and finally the series is completed. I'm very happy to have the bonus coin "Bedankt" (middle) which is not trackable and was handed out to the designers only. I got all coins with no. 99 except the "Klomp" which has no. 41 on it. So if the owner of "Klomp 99" would like to get rid of his coin... B)

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    What is on the reverse of the 'Bedankt' version? The Tulp?

     

    Darn it! Another coin to add to my want list! :D

     

    A couple of "Bedankt" coins were made for each of the designs and were handed out to people involved in making the coins, bags and cards. A few also found there way to collectors.

     

    This has been a real nice project and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

     

    Till next time...

  5. Hmmm... I made a trade with lorcal.nl for her Trapgevel and it arrived yesterday, safe & sound... Seems odd that more folk have not yet gotten theirs. :P

     

    CF30

     

    I think it's the method in which they were shipped... economy or whatever it's called. My mailer had definitely taken a beating to get here.

     

    The coins were shipped with "priority" mail, which was the recommended method for all international mail. Next option was registered mail, but that was a rather expensive option. Seeing that coins still arrived on Tuesday, lets hold on for a couple more days. Hopefully we'll see some more happy dance posts... :laughing:

  6. Out of curiosity, has a single one of these coins been released into the wild? I would assume the answer is no, but hey, maybe right....

    Well I know of at least one...:

    Hout skoen ("Hout skoen" is South African for "klomp" which is Dutch for "wooden shoe") :)

    I know another one ... :) Your Windmill :)

    Windmill

     

    Well imagine that, I forgot about my own coin...

     

    Strange thing is that I'm not getting GC notifications when my delft coin is moved...? B)

     

    Well, anyway, I'm glad to see that it's doin ok.

  7. Got mine yesterday or today, just checked the PO BOX and it was there. So yeah, three guys from washington have their coins.

     

    Glad to see the coins are still arriving safely B)

     

    I love this thing, was expecting it to be bigger for some reason, though I really like how it feels in my hand.

     

    Thanks, glad you like it.

     

    Out of curiosity, has a single one of these coins been released into the wild? I would assume the answer is no, but hey, maybe right....

     

    Well I know of at least one...:

    Hout skoen ("Hout skoen" is South African for "klomp" which is Dutch for "wooden shoe") :)

  8. Hi there all, we are keeping an eye on this. From experience from the previous two sales we know that it can sometimes take fairly long for the packages to arrive in the states. Canada was also a problem. So far we've no lost a singe package(quickly looking around for some wood to knock on :) )

     

    Please post if you receive your package, so other buyers know that packages are still arriving.

  9. On a personal note:

    Up for sale on eBay, all three Delft Blue coins. All proceeds to go towards paying some medical bills of a friend with cancer. :o

     

    This auction is for three coins:

    - one "windmolen"

    - one "klomp"

    - and one "trapgevel"

     

    These coins are from my own personal collection. Winning bidder may contact me for an additional bonus.

     

    First of all I would like to thank all the people bidding on the coins. It means a lot to me and will certainly help cover some costs.

     

    I´ve been getting questions about the ´bonus´... all I can say at the moment is that the answer is hidden in the item description... :lol:

     

    I'm really grateful for the generous bids on the coins! I'm not going to go into details of the friend in question as this is a private matter(details will be provided to the buyer on request). All I can say is that she is a wondeful person and will absolutely appreciate this donation. THANK YOU

  10. On a personal note:

    Up for sale on eBay, all three Delft Blue coins. All proceeds to go towards paying some medical bills of a friend with cancer. :unsure:

     

    This auction is for three coins:

    - one "windmolen"

    - one "klomp"

    - and one "trapgevel"

     

    These coins are from my own personal collection. Winning bidder may contact me for an additional bonus.

     

    First of all I would like to thank all the people bidding on the coins. It means a lot to me and will certainly help cover some costs.

     

    I´ve been getting questions about the ´bonus´... all I can say at the moment is that the answer is hidden in the item description... :unsure:

  11. Coin update:

    We are working hard to sort out the shipping details and will be updating often. Please bear with us.

     

    On a personal note:

    Up for sale on eBay, all three Delft Blue coins. All proceeds to go towards paying some medical bills of a friend with cancer. B)

     

    This auction is for three coins:

    - one "windmolen"

    - one "klomp"

    - and one "trapgevel"

     

    These coins are from my own personal collection. Winning bidder may contact me for an additional bonus.

  12. ;) Still waiting

     

    I have had look at your order and it was sent on the 19th of January and from what I can remember from the first series 'windmolen' sale in January 2007 some orders to the US/Canada took up to four weeks :ph34r: ! Now, I certainly hope that you don't have to wait that long but please bear with us for another week.

  13. First of all I would like to wish all a Happy New Year.

     

    Just an update on the status. We are back in action after the seasonal festivities :laughing: and are processing the orders. As mentioned before, all the coins were made before the sale and are just about ready to be shipped. We expect to start sending coins within next week. We will be posting here as we ship.

     

    Happy caching, ZAteam and Landcruiser Team

  14. Unless i can't see it, could you please confirm what the anticipated shipping costs would be to Australia (and probably to those in the US at the same time), as it is only calculated "after processing your cart" :P

     

    mm

     

    Here are the international shipping costs in euros:

    1 coin : weight 35 --> 1.78

    2 coins: weight 57 --> 2.67

    3 coins: weight 79 --> 2.67

    4 coins: weight 101 --> 5.34

     

    Weight is including packaging.

    Registered shipping is a flat rate of 7.40

     

    We've decided to remove the processing and handling fee to lighten the blow for the US cachers. It's not much but every bit helps. :P

  15. This is the second in series of four authentic porcelain geocoins with Dutch Delft Blue artwork. This second series features a traditional pare of wooden shoes and the text "klomp". Each coin is handmade and is numbered. Each series is limited to a maximum of 125 coins.

     

    When we started thinking about making a coin, we both wanted a typical Dutch coin that was truly different from the many geocoins available now. This resulted in the idea of making a handmade porcelain coin finished in the 'Delft Blue' style.

     

    Because both of us have two left hands(and square eyes), we approached Frans Ottink, an acquainted professional porcelain artist. Thanks to Frans the second series has become a piece of art as well.

     

    Being a handmade coin produced in limited quantities unfortunately means that this is not the cheapest coin out there. We want to emphasise that we have done everything possible to keep the cost down and that the coin is not sold with the intention to make any personal profit. Any possible profits that might result from the sale of the coins will be donated to a good cause.

     

    [EDIT: The coins are priced at Euro 12.90 which is the same price as the first 'windmill' series, but unfortunately the exchange rate leaves the US buyers at a disadvantage]

     

    Sales will start on Friday 21 December at 12:00 Amsterdam time, (GMT +1 hours) which I think translates to 06:00 New York time (GMT -5 hours)

     

    Coins are sold through K2Coins

  16.  

    I think PHP and ASP.NET and Java are the three main ones used today and then C#, VB and Delphi next.

     

     

    Fair advice but keep in mind that you'll be standing in line with loads of people all eager to do the 'latest and greatest' out there.

     

     

    Assembler, Cobol, Basic, DBase, Xbase, Clipper - All died a while ago

     

     

    Hmm, I'm not sure I can agree on this one... I operated (and still do) in the so-called 'dead' zone for many years and I can assure you that cobol skills can still land you a pretty good job and in some cases cobol is even more sought after than the more current skills. The thing is that the young IT professional of today doesn't want anything to do with dusty cobol and the likes but there are still many huge systems out there using cobol. Certainly here in europe there is a shortage of old dusty skills, so if you're considering international employment, don't chuck your collectors item cobol manual yet :laughing:

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