+BRoKeN W Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 Just curious if anyone prefers to buy geocoins that do not contain a username over geocoins that do? Example: Would you rather buy a coin that has BRoKeN W written on it somewhere over one we designed that doesn't? Does it even matter? Thanks! BRoKeN W Quote
+57chevy Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 If you are talking about personal coins, I would have to say that I actually prefer them. They're well... more personal! Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 If you are talking about personal coins, I would have to say that I actually prefer them. They're well... more personal! I agree. If its a personal coin I'd like to know whose it is. If its just a commercial coin then it matters not a hoot to me Quote
+SeabeckTribe Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 Certainly... Personal geocoins should have the cachers name. How would we know who's is who's without a name on it! Quote
+chaosmanor Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 What the three folks above us said! Quote
+UOTrackers Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 Me too! But ya know, you like Kanji, you could always put your name in Kanji! That would be very cool. Quote
+BRoKeN W Posted January 26, 2007 Author Posted January 26, 2007 Thanks for all the responses! UOTrackers - Not sure if anyone would know it was our coin if we put our name in kanji. Plus we'd have to ask for the assistance of my grandmother to get it spelled correctly. Quote
+AtlantaGal Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 Definitely with your caching name on it Quote
danoshimano Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 2 out of 3 coins in my collection (over 400) are personal coins with the cacher's name. That ratio is rising, because now I focus almost exclusively on personal coins. If you issued a coin with your name in Kanji, I would surely want one in my collection! Quote
+BRoKeN W Posted January 26, 2007 Author Posted January 26, 2007 2 out of 3 coins in my collection (over 400) are personal coins with the cacher's name. That ratio is rising, because now I focus almost exclusively on personal coins. If you issued a coin with your name in Kanji, I would surely want one in my collection! I don't suppose anyone knows how to correctly translate "Broken W" into kanji do they???? I'm thinking the letter W might pose a problem with the translation process... I was just looking up a translation my friend did for me in hiragana and my first name (Kelly) is broken down into two characters (the one for ke and the one for ri). Quote
+O-Mega Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 2 out of 3 coins in my collection (over 400) are personal coins with the cacher's name. That ratio is rising, because now I focus almost exclusively on personal coins. If you issued a coin with your name in Kanji, I would surely want one in my collection! I don't suppose anyone knows how to correctly translate "Broken W" into kanji do they???? I'm thinking the letter W might pose a problem with the translation process... I was just looking up a translation my friend did for me in hiragana and my first name (Kelly) is broken down into two characters (the one for ke and the one for ri). While I was stationed in Japan, I learned that most English (Non-Japanese) words were written in hirigana or katakana phonetically. I hardly ever seen it done in Kanji, it was always one of the two mentioned above. There are a bunch of web sites out there that will give you a rough translation, just do a google search on katakana/hiragana translation and a bunch will show up. v/r O-Mega Quote
+BRoKeN W Posted January 27, 2007 Author Posted January 27, 2007 2 out of 3 coins in my collection (over 400) are personal coins with the cacher's name. That ratio is rising, because now I focus almost exclusively on personal coins. If you issued a coin with your name in Kanji, I would surely want one in my collection! I don't suppose anyone knows how to correctly translate "Broken W" into kanji do they???? I'm thinking the letter W might pose a problem with the translation process... I was just looking up a translation my friend did for me in hiragana and my first name (Kelly) is broken down into two characters (the one for ke and the one for ri). While I was stationed in Japan, I learned that most English (Non-Japanese) words were written in hirigana or katakana phonetically. I hardly ever seen it done in Kanji, it was always one of the two mentioned above. There are a bunch of web sites out there that will give you a rough translation, just do a google search on katakana/hiragana translation and a bunch will show up. v/r O-Mega I've noticed that also. It's tough to have it translated by my grandmother since she's pretty much forgotten which is Hiragana, katakana and kanji. -Kelly (the K of BRoKeN W) Quote
+fox-and-the-hound Posted January 27, 2007 Posted January 27, 2007 We tend to look at personal coins more and having your name is paramount I think. Having it in Kanji would just be icing on the cake! Design is very important to us when looking at coins and the whole caligraphic art of this language is beautiful just by it's very nature. Can't wait to see your design. Quote
+bnpkidz Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 We think a cachers name on the coin is preferable to not. We have started to mount a collection of coins, but none we have purchased compare to the one we received as a present from a cacher while on a recent excursion. We found a cache with a coin as a present for us inside, complete with the cachers name and unique artwork. To this day we still think that it is the best one in our collection...it keeps it personal. So, our two cents would be to put your name on it and share your uniqueness with the community! Quote
+ScoutingWV Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 If it's a personal coin, I'd like for it to somehow let me know who's coin it is. If it is a commercial coin that has been engraved with someone's ID, I'd rather not. Quote
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