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    Geocoin Size

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    Can anybody tell me the size of geocoins in mm. I need to buy some collector's cases and they are sold in different sizes, in millimeters.

     

    Thanks: Mark

     

    It seems every coin is different, but some standard sizes are:

     

    2" - 51mm

    1.75" - 44mm

    poker chip - 40mm

    1.5" & wooden nickel - 38mm

    1.25" - 32mm

    1" - 25mm

     

    Is there one specific that you're looking for?

    GEOCOIN TRADING, WANTS, OFFERS AND LISTS

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    I am looking for the following...

     

    Wanna Go

    GONE

    Colombia

    Minnesota

     

    Will trade the following...

     

    2Hillbillies (Antique Bronse LE) AND 2Hillbillies (Antique Silver) - trade as a set for 2 coins

    California 2005

    COOL - COin Order Liason

    Emerald Valley Cachers (Silver)

    GBA Faultline

    Geocoin Addicts Anonymous (Bronse)

    JoeMerchant

    KTAG

    Lowracer

    Maine 2005

    RCGDS-NUTS

    South Carolina 2006 (Nickel)

    Worker of Wood

     

    You've got mail!

    GEOCOIN TRADING, WANTS, OFFERS AND LISTS

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    Since our coins have become so valuable, Linda and I would like to make another 25 available for trading. Although the asking price is now worth 5 to 1, :huh: we will be only too happy to trade one for one. :) Any coins would be acceptable. Please email me with your Geocaching handle, real name, and address. E-mail to K2QY@arrl.net

     

    You've got (more) mail!

    Geocoin Profiles

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    I had a couple of other things I was looking to track. Perhaps you can add them to the list. First was the size of the coin in inches or mm. I'd also like to know when the coin was "released" as in the ship date or general availability date - to help with when coins came about. What do you think?

    Any Money Savers?

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    In a perfect world Id be making 100,000. a year. ;)

    In a perfect world, we could all get a coin made just because we want one, and we wouldn't need money at all. Besides, if you did make $100k, you'd think a perfect world was one where you made $150k :lol:

    Coins For Profit?

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    Welcome Kayakerinme! Anytime you want a partner in crime I would love to go caching with you just to lay my eyes on the bike! Hold it in my hand and just go :grin::lol:

     

    So glad to know one of thoses bikes will call New England home is wonderful. Even if it sits in a personal collection...we all know it would disapear in a cache.

     

    I wont calculate the profit margin on that one single coin lol.

     

    Happy Caching!

    I can always be cajoled into attending an event :lol: and I do want to go caching in MA sometime this spring... so I'm sure it can be arranged. GA Cacher too it to many events and it has many logs and a great history. I'll be doing the same, as time permits.

     

    -kayakerinme

    Coins For Profit?

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    Just goes to prove one of my points.

     

    We are making "collectable" items!!

     

    Limited edition, short run items!!

     

    For the most part, other than a few, once the coins are minted and shipped, "there will be no more exactly like them"!!

     

    I'd be hard pressed to see anyone walk into a true "collectables" business and ask for a limited edition run of any type of "collectable" with 1000 pieces or less in existance and be able to purchase it for under $10 bucks.

    I honestly do not see it happening! :grin:

     

    Case in point...

    Why do these coins draw such prices on aution sites?

    Because the people buying them know they are buying a "collectable".

     

    Why do they bid over and above what some of them can still be bought for on the sites that sold them?

    I "assume" it's because they just don't know they are still available at the original purchase price from the original sellers. :lol:

     

    You also have to realize not everyone bidding on them are geocachers.

     

    Some are just plain and simple "coin collectors". And are willing to run the price of a limited edition, short run item up , because they see the "possible" value of such a "collectable". ;)

     

    For the particular coin mentioned above, you not only have an extemely short run of only 200 coins, but also a "plus" factor in that it belongs to the originator of the "Geocoin" = Moun10Bike.

     

    Another factor in the high selling value is the testament of the awesome people that participate in our sport/hobbie/way of life/...

    If this had been "just another auction" I honestly think that the coin would have sold at about a 3rd of what the final selling price was.

    (But this is just an assumption)

     

    BUT because a fellow cacher was selling it because of a need to cover much needed medical expenses, the community as a whole was willing to bid above and beyond what they normally would "just because it was going to a fellow cacher in need!!" :)

     

    D-man :D

    I've been sitting here for about half an hour trying to decide if I wanted to respond in this thread. D-man has finally inspired me to give it a go.

     

    I'm the insane individual who bought the Moun10Bike coin. I've been accused (rightfully so) of having more money than sense. And for those keeping track, I'm also the one that bought Indy Diver's #99, and the last pdxmarathonman charity auction.

     

    A little about me:

     

    I'm a relatively new geocacher here in Maine waiting for the thaw. I've only been caching since September and have a relatively low 79 finds. My goal is to get 150 by the first of March and I've got some time in Florida in February that should end up making a serious dent in my goal. I've been tromping through the snow and sweating like a pig and I'm having a ball. I've got a GPS sticker on the back of my car and I've got my GPS with me wherever I travel.

     

    I'm also geocoin addicted. I found out about geocoins through the Maine geocoin sale and met some wonderful people in the process. I've only been collecting since December 10 and I'm still learning the ropes. I have a wonderful collection mostly purchased and a few trades (http://cointracking.com/public/kayakerinme - contact me!). I'll be the first to admit I've been a little carried away and I've made more than a couple of mistakes. I only found out about the forum at the beginning of this month and I've been lurking for a couple of weeks.

     

    I have found the geocaching community here in Maine to be a great bunch of people. I've also cached in San Francisco and got wonderful suggestions and help with some caches out there.

     

    Back to the coin:

    My bid was driven much higher by a couple of other bidders. But it was still worth it anyway. As gridlox pointed out, this was a fellow cacher who made a hard choice to sell the coin rather than hold on to it (remember kilted cacaher and his dilemma? drawing any parallels?) and I made a decision to go above and beyond what would normally be called for - simply because it was a fellow cacher in need.

     

    Insane - no! Crazy - maybe. Addicted - definitely!

     

    Speaking simply for myself, I appreciate the opportunity to purchase coins. I've been in on most purchases over the last month simply because I don't have a personal coin to trade - though that will change in the next couple of months. And I will give some the opportunity to purchase if they choose, and others the opportunity to trade, and others the opportunity to ignore me. But that's a topic for another thread.

     

    Thanks for reading this all and I hope it makes sense. Remember, I'm still playing catch up with those of you at this for years :lol:

     

    Regards, kayakerinme

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