Making Geocoins

[fisherman28 0]

I've Been reading all these things on selling Geocoins you've made and I want to know where you make the dang things?

Edited June 23, 2005 by fisherman28

[+geocacher_coza 0]

See this thread-

Coin thread

[fisherman28 0]

But how do you put on the code to make it a Geocoin?

[+avroair 2]

I poked around on the web and called a bunch of places. I settled on: www.qualitylapelpins.com

Since they had what I was looking for with a decent price in mind.

[+welch 0]

But how do you put on the code to make it a Geocoin?

you mean making it trackable? (like a TB)

[+geocacher_coza 0]

But how do you put on the code to make it a Geocoin?

Contact Groundspeak (Bryan), pay an amount and you can get the coins to be trackable on Geocaching.com

or you can use the services offered on some of the other threads for free!

Edited June 24, 2005 by geocacher_coza

[+AtlantaGal 0]

But how do you put on the code to make it a Geocoin?

Contact Groundspeak (Bryan), pay an amount and you can get the coins to be trackable on Geocaching.com

or you can use the services offered on some of the other threads for free!

Through another cacher that inquired, I learned that GC.com tracking is only available to cacher groups/associations with a minimum of 1000 (?) coins are produced.

[+Nurse Dave 0]

And it's $1.50 per coin.

[+Shop99er 14]

Yeesh!!!

[fisherman28 0]

But all the threads I've been to thay don't say that yeou can make them in to Geocoins.

Edited June 24, 2005 by fisherman28

[+Mauison 0]

"Geocoin" is a generic term that relates to all geocaching-related coins, whether they're trackable on geocaching.com or not.

[fisherman28 0]

"Geocoin" is a generic term that relates to all geocaching-related coins, whether they're trackable on geocaching.com or not.

Well thats what I mean trackable .

[+welch 0]

"Geocoin" is a generic term that relates to all geocaching-related coins, whether they're trackable on geocaching.com or not.

Well thats what I mean trackable .

[+Spencersb 0]

To be trackable, each coin must have a unique identification code, either numeric, alpha, or alphanumeric. It also must have someone, somewhere, keeping track of who has what coin. It could simply be emailing a person who keeps a spreadsheet, but more often it's some site that finders can log into and post using the coin's number. Travelertags.com will do it. So will cointracking.com once it is up and running.

 

Problem is, you generally need to know how you're going to track them before you have them minted, so that the mechanism for tracking can be printed on the coin itself.

 

My personal coins are numbered, by me by hand, but are not trackable.

[fisherman28 0]

Thanks Spencersb.

[fisherman28 0]

But how do you put on the code to make it a Geocoin?

Contact Groundspeak (Bryan), pay an amount and you can get the coins to be trackable on Geocaching.com

or you can use the services offered on some of the other threads for free!

Could you tell me the name the free threads

[+welch 0]

In the upper right corner there should be a link that says 'search'. Change the default search date, and put in 'free tracking' or something like that and start the search.

 

hope that helps

[fisherman28 0]

In the upper right corner there should be a link that says 'search'. Change the default search date, and put in 'free tracking' or something like that and start the search.

 

hope that helps

On all the threads I've seen I haven't seen the link.

[+welch 0]

Its forum feature and should always been in the upper right corner when in the forums. Not just when looking at certain threads.