+Sepp & Berta Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Last Sunday evening i had a vision of a coin, which comes from the future. I began to work on my idea and this the result: Coin from Future / Futurecoin (i'm not sure about the name, do you have good ideas?) I hope you like it... estimated features: Diameter: 38mm (longest side) Thickness: 3 mm two-tone metal (gold and silver), silk finish (like brushed steel) yes, icon trackable (of course!) The amount depends on your feedback ;-) Greetings from bavaria, Sepp & Berta Quote Link to comment
+D@nim@l Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 It must work, cause I don't see this coin in my future. Quote Link to comment
+hobbycachegirl Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 I think its a nice idea and a nice looking design. Quote Link to comment
+tom4props Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 (edited) Interesting look ... sort of 50's industrial with a futuristic flair. The World's Fair style globe and triangular Trek shape work well together. I'm not sure what it costs, but a message on the three edges (sides) of the coin would be cool. Words like "Quest" and "Portal" come to my mind for a theme in choosing a name. Edited March 23, 2007 by tom4props Quote Link to comment
+chaosmanor Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Interesting design, and the "Star Trek" lettering still has a futuristic look, despite that it's from the 60s. My concern about this is that there is no obvious connection to geocaching. Granted that a lot of geocoins (including some of my favorites) have no direct connection to geocaching, this one seems to have even less than many of those do. Why does this particular design signify the future of geocaching? I see nothing in the design that is directly connected to the hobby. Perhaps if you can make some "predictions", much as a science fiction author might, about what an ammo can or a GPSr in the 22nd century might look like... just a thought. I really think you need a stronger link; I can guarantee that others will say the same thing, and some won't be nearly as nice about it as I'm trying to be. Please take this as constructive criticism. Quote Link to comment
+Sepp & Berta Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 Hmmm.. you're right. There is no direct connection. My intention was that the coins looks like a geocoin from the future. Thus the futuristic and minimalistic design - a high tech product maybe with technical features. It could be a communicator with a screen in the middle or it could be a stylish and expensive geocaching device. Maybe we should call it iCoin Quote Link to comment
+tom4props Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 ICoin ... quantum galactic positioning device Quote Link to comment
Ferreter5 Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Hmm, on the back you could take the 'Trackable at Geocaching.com" text, make it a bit smaller, and wrap it around the gold circle in the center. That'd free up some room at the top for artwork or text related to geocaching. However, I *do* like the clean looks of the coin, so not adding a lot of extra clutter is key to keeping the look. Expecially if you can keep the front the way it is. Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Interesting design, and the "Star Trek" lettering still has a futuristic look, despite that it's from the 60s. My concern about this is that there is no obvious connection to geocaching. Granted that a lot of geocoins (including some of my favorites) have no direct connection to geocaching, this one seems to have even less than many of those do. Why does this particular design signify the future of geocaching? I see nothing in the design that is directly connected to the hobby. Perhaps if you can make some "predictions", much as a science fiction author might, about what an ammo can or a GPSr in the 22nd century might look like... just a thought. I really think you need a stronger link; I can guarantee that others will say the same thing, and some won't be nearly as nice about it as I'm trying to be. Please take this as constructive criticism. Once again, well said. Quote Link to comment
+AtwellFamily Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 (edited) If it is the future, would the chip have a GPS transmitter in it. So it would be tracked worldwide? Front: GEOCACHING The logo modified slightly for a futuristic look 2020 Back: Coin done in copper With "Trackable at geocaching.com and the world PCXXXX" etched on edge of coin. just an idea Edited March 23, 2007 by Atwell Family Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Front: GEOCACHING The logo modified slightly for a futuristic look 2020 You'd have to use the Generic "G" logo if you want to modify it. No modifications of the Geocaching logo are permitted. Quote Link to comment
+"fish" Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 i like it just the way it is Quote Link to comment
Double Agents Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I see more of a Wankel engine rotor than anything remotely StarTrek about it... Throw some wireframe Satalites around the wireframe Earth! Quote Link to comment
+wallace&gromit Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I see more of a Wankel engine rotor than anything remotely StarTrek about it... Throw some wireframe Satalites around the wireframe Earth! ...or throw some Mazda RX-8 around the whole coin! Quote Link to comment
+derschlings Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Nice, clean coin. I REALLY like it! what about the whole blue center being a cut-out, then filled with translucent blue with the gold globe sandwiched inbetween the resin layers... visible hologram-like from both sides... kinda like the dragonfly here: http://www.aetoys.com/geocoins.htm maybe rim the blue center with a gold ring... this has sooo many way cool possibilities... just don't give up on the clean, minimalistic style. In this case, less is probably more. Quote Link to comment
+GeoSmurfz Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 (edited) I kinda like this coin. If it gets made please remember me. I will take a few of these. Edit to add: About the whole non-caching related coin prob with some cachers. If you add a box type area for engraving and have cachers choose on the first run to have their caching nick added and make it personal to each buyer. Up until a date then after that just sell the coin as is or for future runs the cacher can have it engraved somewhere themself. Just a thought. Edited April 16, 2007 by GeoSmurfz Quote Link to comment
+501_Gang Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Last Sunday evening i had a vision of a coin, which comes from the future. I began to work on my idea and this the result: Coin from Future / Futurecoin (i'm not sure about the name, do you have good ideas?) I hope you like it... estimated features: Diameter: 38mm (longest side) Thickness: 3 mm two-tone metal (gold and silver), silk finish (like brushed steel) yes, icon trackable (of course!) The amount depends on your feedback ;-) Greetings from bavaria, Sepp & Berta Great looking coin, plain but yet has a great look to it. Hope the cost will be just as great. Would love to see this one in my collection. Quote Link to comment
+Woletrap Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Last Sunday evening i had a vision of a coin, which comes from the future. I began to work on my idea and this the result: Coin from Future / Futurecoin (i'm not sure about the name, do you have good ideas?) I hope you like it... estimated features: Diameter: 38mm (longest side) Thickness: 3 mm two-tone metal (gold and silver), silk finish (like brushed steel) yes, icon trackable (of course!) The amount depends on your feedback ;-) Greetings from bavaria, Sepp & Berta love it just as it is. don't see why every geocoin has to have the same "caching" theme. its a trackable coin, not a cache. and this trackable coin looks great! Quote Link to comment
+501_Gang Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) If there's not enough interest as a trackable, make 100± of them non-trackable, trade only and add your caching name to them. I'd trade you for one of our trade only coins then! Edited April 17, 2007 by 501_Gang Quote Link to comment
+LeonW Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) I think that there would be a lot of interest in this coin. The current volume of posts are an indication. Please remember me for a set of these coins, including any Limited Editions that you may produce. It resemble to me a GeoPortal to caching on Earth. Beautiful clean design - put the distracting lettering on the sides. Have the front and back encased in translucent epoxy to give it even more depth. Good luck LeonW Edited April 17, 2007 by LeonW Quote Link to comment
+pghlooking Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 don't see why every geocoin has to have the same "caching" theme. its a trackable coin, not a cache. and this trackable coin looks great! This might just sound silly, but because this is Geocaching? I know a real stretch huh. How dare people want Geo with their coins? As usual. People will make anything as long as there is someone to buy it, and more power to them. But you really should jump off the bandwagon of beating up on the people who have a different view than yours or wish coins were more caching related than cashing related. Quote Link to comment
+hybridgeek Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I actually like the coin design. I think it could use a few alterations, including the one Atwell Family suggested, and the wire frame satellite idea sounds nice. I think it should have some futuristic looking Geocaching text though. Perhaps "SEEK" "HIDE" "????" along the three sides? Something to do with the purpose or methods used in geocaching. If the tracking circle was inset on the back and the globe was raised on the front, it would be a neat effect. The center "sphere" would be raised out of the coin effectively. Perhaps some simplistic shapes could be combined on the back to create a border on either side for the Geocaching logo and other associated logos. I like that the coin doesn't have a geocacher name on it. I know personal coins are meant to be neat and spread a persons name, but I find it usually drives me away from an otherwise awesome looking coin because the name is written in big letters, and usually isn't something that makes sense, so it kind of sticks out. It definitely has potential. I'll look forward to the end result! -Hybridgeek Quote Link to comment
+Woletrap Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 don't see why every geocoin has to have the same "caching" theme. its a trackable coin, not a cache. and this trackable coin looks great! This might just sound silly, but because this is Geocaching? I know a real stretch huh. How dare people want Geo with their coins? As usual. People will make anything as long as there is someone to buy it, and more power to them. But you really should jump off the bandwagon of beating up on the people who have a different view than yours or wish coins were more caching related than cashing related. Your response to this thread is a personal attack against me and my opinion of this coin? way to go. sorry i didn't know i was on a bandwagon. maybe you should jump off the bandwagon of beating up on the people who have a different view than yours or wish geocoins were just coins that can be moved and tracked on this website. I think the OP is looking for some constructive criticism so why waste your typing fingers insulting me? lets try to stay on topic here and talk about this coin. If it doesn't have enough Geo on the coin for you, speak up! I happen think its a beautiful coin as is, with a very original idea. I think if you add much more it might lose its clean simple look. I'd be interested in buying a few. Quote Link to comment
+501_Gang Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Don't take me wrong, I love the coin. I also like the idea of all the text on the edges. maybe only leave the tracking number in the center on the back. I think this is one of the better looking coins that's being worked on in a long time. Hope this one is made either trackable or non-trackable. I'd take one either way. Quote Link to comment
+pghlooking Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 don't see why every geocoin has to have the same "caching" theme. its a trackable coin, not a cache. and this trackable coin looks great! This might just sound silly, but because this is Geocaching? I know a real stretch huh. How dare people want Geo with their coins? As usual. People will make anything as long as there is someone to buy it, and more power to them. But you really should jump off the bandwagon of beating up on the people who have a different view than yours or wish coins were more caching related than cashing related. Your response to this thread is a personal attack against me and my opinion of this coin? way to go. sorry i didn't know i was on a bandwagon. maybe you should jump off the bandwagon of beating up on the people who have a different view than yours or wish geocoins were just coins that can be moved and tracked on this website. I think the OP is looking for some constructive criticism so why waste your typing fingers insulting me? Not a waste of time at all. Was trying to explain the very simple reason of why people like their coin to be caching related since you obviously couldn't find the connection alot of us are having. Seems kind of in your face to me, but then again I get Mr. Obvious. I will be more careful when responding to your posts. I didn't realize anything and everything said could be twisted into a personal attack. My skin is thicker than that. As for the coin, I have no clue what it is about or for. Simply stating "Geocaching Fuiture" on a piece of metal with no other tie in or giving us something to have a feeling with seems like nothing but a commercial venture with a half thought out idea. If it would be a personal coin I would say nothing since a personal coin could be about anything, but hopefully about the cacher themself. This to me is just about nothing. It tells me nothing. I have been waiting to hear something solid about it, but honestly there seems to be little about it. Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Don't make me come in here. Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I see more of a Wankel engine rotor than anything remotely StarTrek about it... Throw some wireframe Satalites around the wireframe Earth! that's a cool idea. Quote Link to comment
+501_Gang Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Is this one a go yet? Quote Link to comment
kg4kpg Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I think the "trackable..."phrase and/or a little GC.com logo is plenty. We already know were all interested in geocaching, nothing wrong with sharing personal interest and personalities through custom designed coins. When I finally get a coin out there, I want it to be about sharing my interest with whoever finds it in a cache and be able to share its journey through the tracking system. Quote Link to comment
+cavaliertjes Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 (edited) nice coin, when can i order them, i ppresume,: gold, silver bronze..... take the lot.... really think there would be interesses in them good luck Edited October 10, 2008 by cavaliertjes Quote Link to comment
haysonics Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Nice coin. I would add wire frame satelites on front, put the tracking number and all the text on the sides and add the Geocaching logo in the middle of the gold circle on the back. That way when someone picks it up and they don't recognise the geocaching logo they will only discover what it is by looking on the sides. Then it will realy look like something from the future! If you could press a button and have it play a bit of Philip Glass that would be ideal Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Just so you know, this thread was from April, 2007. I don't think this coin was ever made. That doesn't mean there can't be interest now, but Sepp and Berta would have to still want to make it, if it wasn't made yet. Quote Link to comment
+IBcrashen Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Just so you know, this thread was from April, 2007. I don't think this coin was ever made. That doesn't mean there can't be interest now, but Sepp and Berta would have to still want to make it, if it wasn't made yet. The coin was made and sold out. Might want to look at one of the coin trading site for it. Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I stand corrected. Quote Link to comment
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