+blkhawks Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 I thought this would be an interesting topic, I just started collecting geocoins and I want to know what kind of coins all you geocachers like. Cheers The Blkhawks Quote
+Ryder3 & Better Half Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 We Like them ALL!!! LOL!! (Well most of them anyway) Quote
ParentsofSAM Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 I like the Tracking Time....it is most beautiful. Of course I LOVE our coin!! Quote
danoshimano Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 The Tracking Time coin would make my top ten list! I have a large photo of it HERE. Parents of SAM geocoin is cute and different (triangular), and a favourite. Some other recent favourites of mine are: idTimberwolf Blind Acorn *Tumbleweed* Geonut Evil Micro Geosquid (copper version is my favourite) etc. I guess I am in the "like 'em all" group, but with a qualifier: Personal geocoins are my number one goal. After that comes coins issued by caching groups/organizations. Third, I'll go for a theme coin if it is well done (e.g. Evil Micro fits in this category). Quote
+MetroGT Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 1. 2LUKNF8 2. Junglehair Garmin 3. Serenity 4. WorkerofWood Quote
+nicolo Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 I like the Tracking Time....it is most beautiful. Of course I LOVE our coin!! Ditto, love the design. Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 Well I REALLY like the 2006 Compass Rose. The tracking time also makes my list. Of the personal coins that I have I like the Fire Elemental probably because it has the symbols from the DaVinci Code! Quote
gridlox Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 (edited) Tops on my list (in no particular order) Crake's "Tracking Time" SEPAG Liberty Bell Bailey-Nippon's Buddha Crake's Blue Bonnets And the "Coinfusion Project" coins!! Just because it was an honor to work with these pioneers of geocoins on their coin design! Of course I also like the Loggerhead Turtles series, the Geopolice Badge, and the Spinning Geocoin. Also have to give a shameless plug to my Appalachian Trail Series and the Evil Micros!! Just because they are mine!! D-man Edited June 25, 2006 by gridlox Quote
+geoSquid Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 Tracking Time would probably top my list, with the 2006 Compass Rose a close second. I actually agree with danoshimano's assessment of my coin - I think the regular edition copper do, in fact, look better than the limited edition chrome - not that the chrome ones look bad, because they look fine. But, I should have listened to my wife She wanted a satin-silver finish, but was out-voted by the supporters of the shiny chrome. The chrome looks ok, but sitting here looking at the single mint sample of satin silver, I think she was right. Heh. Quote
+Team JSAM Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 Tracking Time, Nevada 06, POW/MIA to name a few Quote
+scaw Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 junglehair Garmin loggerheads British Columbia ajayhawkfan police Quote
+slowdownracer Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 Both Red and Green Selective Availability coins from GCC. Then maybe the 4-piece Puzzle coins as second. Round-out my top 3 with the GC+P Virtual Ghost coin and pin set. Quote
+MustangJoni Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 My favorites are: Tracking Time June Coin Club Team Sand Dollar Of course, mine is way up there on my list! Quote
+chrisgun Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 1. The GreenMan 2. Rupert2 gold 3. Rey del Roble silver Quote
+BlueDeuce Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 I think the Wales coin is kinda cool and the Illinois (Big Penny) coin is a fun one. Quote
+57chevy Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 (edited) Here are some of my favorites, There are a LOT of great coins out there, but.... there are also a LOT of not so great. Everyone has their own opinion, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Edited June 25, 2006 by 57chevy Quote
+big rick Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 :)My all time favorite is Crake's Tracking Time. Number two would be the 2005 Georgia Geocoin. Quote
+jamrasc Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 I think my favorite is the Australian Geocoin. Quote
+Rattlingcrew Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 AJAYHAWKFAN for a personal coin, hard to get though. TeamPez was a really clever design as well. New Mexico for a state coin. The 2006 Compass Rose, Kansas Twister for a commercial coin, followed by the GeoNut. The MTN-MAN Admin Brick for a admin coin. Texas Geocaching Association 2006 for an association coin. The Groundspeak Lackey coin for reviewers. Like oithers said though, I like a lot of them, I must with over 140 different ones here on my desk. Glen Quote
+chaosmanor Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 Just got our new Monarch butterfly coins in yesterday, and they fly to the top of the list Gorgeous work on them. Tracking Time is definitely up there, as is the Prague one. The London Phonebooth-shaped one is very clever; wish we could have gotten more than just the one. The Torn Yellow Mailer is another that we like a lot, and will probably get more of. Other favorites are the Puzzle series of four interlocking, the Spinner, Serenity and the All-Seasons Winter. In truth, however, we like 'em all Quote
+BadAndy Posted June 26, 2006 Posted June 26, 2006 I release almost every coin I get. There are a few I like too much to place into the wild. my 3 favorites (in hand) are: Moun10bike IdTimberwolf Tracking Time Quote
+Rotorqueen Posted June 26, 2006 Posted June 26, 2006 Tracking Time coin is my favorite....I loved researching the Cesium Clock ( Atomic ) and the ancient Mayan peoples way of tracking time........ Quote
+ajayhawkfan Posted June 26, 2006 Posted June 26, 2006 Commercial coin…..Tracking Time and GCC Benchmark Geocaching Association Coin….SEPAG State Coin…..Pennsylvania and Kentucky Individual Coin…..Bad Andy Country…..Czech Republic Others: Rhode Island, Nevada, Prague and Illinois PS. Thanks to the two who mentioned my coin. Quote
+Lemon Fresh Dog Posted June 26, 2006 Posted June 26, 2006 Very tough question! I like so many of the coins -- maybe it's just a "type" that I like. I like the coins that are either very, very simple in design, or those that are very "technical" and/or "world" For example, I like the Tiki's,BC Coin,Telling Time,Greenman etc. (Shop99er, Mauison.....sheesh ...the list goes on!) Then I like the simple Moun10Bike icon/logo and such I'm also a fan of the shaped coins that make sense to me: Fall Pumpkin, CavScout Raven, GCC Ammo Can etc. Of course, I really like my geobone and red-handed coin -- but what kind of a person would I be if I didn't care for my own coins! Quote
+cqdx Posted June 27, 2006 Posted June 27, 2006 I am biased but honestly Police Geocaching Squad is my favorite Quote
+mikeylou Posted June 27, 2006 Posted June 27, 2006 My favorites (that I own) are Dorkfish and GeoSquid. I -so- want a penguin! Quote
+saso792 Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 My own coin, of course. a.k.a. the Emergency Response Geocoin. Sorry for that shameless plug. I really like most coins and especially the .999 silver coins but I can't afford too many of those. Quote
+Ryder3 & Better Half Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 My own coin, of course. a.k.a. the Emergency Response Geocoin. Sorry for that shameless plug. I really like most coins and especially the .999 silver coins but I can't afford too many of those. Really nice! How (or where) do we get one? Buy or trade? Quote
+UOTrackers Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 "Our" collection really belongs to our baby, so my favorites that I've tried to collect for her are more cute I guess. Lil Dorkfish was one of the first and one of my favorites. The Loggerhead turtles are a close second. The Firefly mini is also a cute LITTLE coin, and of course we all love our new coin! Quote
+Nero Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 I like personals a lot, many unique ones. Of all coins out there, one of my favorit is the Alaska 2005 coins, all Three, Brass, Silver, and Gold Relief. they just look sooo nice. and of course my own personal, Im rather partial to the Gold. Quote
+palmetto Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 The Groundspeak Lackey coin for reviewers The Groundspeak Lackey coin is for Lackeys (paid labor). The volunteer coin is for reviewers (slave labor). My favorite coin continues to be Geowoodstock 3. Quote
+zygote2k Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 My top 5 favorites are: 1) Zombie Tribe 2) Kootenay Pirates 3) Worker of Wood 4) GCC Benchmark 5) Tracking Time Quote
+Lemon Fresh Dog Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 Yes! I fogot to mention the Kootney Pirates and the Benchmark(survey marker) coin. Both of these are absolute beauties. Quote
+HooTunes Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 So, are all these favorites trackables with icons? I have designed a personal coin mostly for us to use as a sig item, but I think it might be something collectors might enjoy. Should I just do 100 numbered or should I do a trackable with an icon and sell it? I would still keep a good number for swag and great cache rewards. I like the personal coins and sig items, but am not big into general coin collecting, so I would probably only do some trading for personal coins/sig items. Thoughts? Quote
+UOTrackers Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 So, are all these favorites trackables with icons? I have designed a personal coin mostly for us to use as a sig item, but I think it might be something collectors might enjoy. Should I just do 100 numbered or should I do a trackable with an icon and sell it? I would still keep a good number for swag and great cache rewards. I like the personal coins and sig items, but am not big into general coin collecting, so I would probably only do some trading for personal coins/sig items. Thoughts? Our coins are only numbered, not trackable on GC.com but I hope to set them up on sigitems.com. Our coins were never sold and never will be by us. We've done a good deal of trading with them for other coins. We have a good amount left still for leaving in caches too! We even made some special FTF and TFTC coins. It's all up to you. I figure I'd love to find a coin in a cache (for keeps) so I'll leave some and hope that others will start doing the same! Quote
+GBOTS Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 (edited) My favorites (next to our own, that is ) are the ones from cachers we know or have met. Including DHOBBY1 and Rubicon brothers, StuckonWGS84, and chef cache a lot. Plus we were fortunate to meet Cog & gil at an event and trade coins with them We met Dorkfish at the same event and her coins are awesome! Better not leave out Grandpa Kim, Damenace, Fire Elemental, the nano twins Also Redwing Dave, SirGerald and Lady LeAnn. All a great bunch of people! Edited July 2, 2006 by GBOTS Quote
+CachingCoins Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 (edited) My favorites have got to be shapes first of all, then probably what most would call cute Like: Loggerhead baby, penguin, lampost, balloon (t.? valley), junglehair, PEZ, Boots (geoswag April), bigfoot, cat, yellow mailer (just too cool!), parrot, All american & I'm almost ashamed to say the May Signal (although, I think it looks like fireworks not flowers) And, I can't wait to see the ladybug that Ryder3 & Better Half are doing!! Forgot Dorkfish!!! Can't forget that one!!! Edited July 2, 2006 by CachingCoins Quote
+Teamhawaii1981 & blueicyrose Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 Mine: Original Stash Barbaric Yawp Coin Quest I Dorkfish Quote
2cvdriver Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 Brobdingnagian Geocoin, LE (Gold) You gotta see this coin! It'll kill you trying to lug this one out! Quote
+Icebreaker Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 My favorites seem to only come from two people Crake (tracking Time, Texas Bluebonnet, NAVSTAR, Monarch) Hogwild (National Park Series & The Lewis & Clark benchmark) I'd also have to include the POW, GBA & Quebec coins amongst my Favorites. Quote
+Team Yarber Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 I think the Wales coin is kinda cool and the Illinois (Big Penny) coin is a fun one. What's the Canadian one with the moose? My wife would love it! Quote
+GA Cacher Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 I think the Wales coin is kinda cool and the Illinois (Big Penny) coin is a fun one. What's the Canadian one with the moose? My wife would love it! Is this the one? If so thanks, I'm glad she liked my design. Quote
+graylling Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 Thats a heck of a question. I'm having a hard time narrowing it down to a few. Geomuse - I love that butterfly!!!! Kootenay Pirates - cuz they are good friends of mine British Columbia - very cool GAS - that orange dinosaur gets me every time Yemon Yime - sublime simplicity Quote
+ModelCitizen Posted October 19, 2006 Posted October 19, 2006 You're right, Graylling. The Yemon-Yime coin is a thing of beauty. Wish I could get one! Also, Dressel Dragons - Another beautiful coin. I also like the American Caching Geocoins (they look like a $ bill). Quote
+forthferalz Posted October 19, 2006 Posted October 19, 2006 my new top 3 1.Centris red - one of the few coins we really don't know which side we like best to display 2.Alaska 2006 gold leaf 3.landsharkz Compass rose, worker of wood , saffier koi and diving helmet all lose out on top spots because the back is a let down Quote
+fox-and-the-hound Posted October 19, 2006 Posted October 19, 2006 Top of the heap: Have to include Dancing Fool, Yemon Yime, PsychoChicken and Dorkfish. All well designed and attractive on both sides. Quote
+Nero Posted October 19, 2006 Posted October 19, 2006 (edited) You're right, Graylling. The Yemon-Yime coin is a thing of beauty. Wish I could get one! Also, Dressel Dragons - Another beautiful coin. I also like the American Caching Geocoins (they look like a $ bill). Yes, Dressel Dragon's coin is a very nice coin as well. i'm like the gold variety best. Yemon Yime is very cool as well. Edited October 19, 2006 by Nero Quote
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