+Woletrap Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 2007 Interstate 10 Geocoin This coin commemerates 50 years of Transcontinental Interstate 10. The front of this large 1.75" diameter coin will be polished silver with sparkling glitter soft enamel colors. The back side will be beautiful antiqued gritty silver, with a 3-dimensional map depicting the route of Interstate 10, a brief history of the interstate, and a 3-d compass rose to hold the tracking number. In addition to being trackable on geocaching.com, this coin has its own unique icon: When I recieve photos of the sample coins, I will post those as well. As usual, the cost of the coins will depend on the number ordered, but I am shooting for the $8-9 range. Updates to follow. Pre-ordering is now Open! Visit this link to pre-order these coins! Any questions? Please email me through my geocaching profile, or post em here! Thanks! Quote
+The Dream Cachers Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 Very nice coin, and FL is on it! Placed my reservation. Thanks! Quote
+tokencollector Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 Just a comment - the tracking number looks to be unreadably small. Quote
+tom4props Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 Order sent. PS - I've got to agree with tokencollector, the tracking number does look a little on the small side. To me, it's very important that cachers be able to read them in the field, without the aid of reading glasses or magnifiing equipment. Quote
+Woletrap Posted April 1, 2007 Author Posted April 1, 2007 The LE Gold coins are almost all spoken for. I am addressing your concerns over the tracking number size with the minter. Thanks! Quote
+Go JayBee Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 Woletrap... Here's a suggestion... Get rid of the Groundspeak logo (not required)...as long as you keep the "Track this coin at:...." That will give you a nice space to create a BIG Tracking Number Box, and still leave the 3D Compass Rose which should be on the coin. I love the coin, otherwise...great design Quote
+kf4oox Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 Order Sent. I ordered 1 each hopefully I was in time for the gold. Looks like a really nice coin. I have traveled I-10 from FL to New Orleans a few times. I have family in New Orleans and now TX. Will be looking forward to receiving these coins. Thanks kf4oox Quote
+Woletrap Posted April 2, 2007 Author Posted April 2, 2007 LE coins are all spoken for. THe response for this coin is tremendous! Thanks! Quote
+Woletrap Posted April 2, 2007 Author Posted April 2, 2007 Ok, so I talked to the coin company. Yes, they say tracking number is too small. Why they (the professional die artists) made the art like that I do not know, but thank you to those who spoke up. Unfortunately, now I have to change the coin slightly to accomodate the larger numbers. They are working on it, and I will post the (hopefully minor) changes to the original post's photo as soon as I get them. Thanks for your patientce and understanding. Quote
+sawblade5 Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 2007 Interstate 10 Geocoin This coin commemerates 50 years of Transcontinental Interstate 10. The front of this large 1.75" diameter coin will be polished silver with sparkling glitter soft enamel colors. The back side will be beautiful antiqued gritty silver, with a 3-dimensional map depicting the route of Interstate 10, a brief history of the interstate, and a 3-d compass rose to hold the tracking number. In addition to being trackable on geocaching.com, this coin has its own unique icon: When I recieve photos of the sample coins, I will post those as well. As usual, the cost of the coins will depend on the number ordered, but I am shooting for the $8-9 range. Updates to follow. Pre-ordering is now Open! Visit this link to pre-order these coins! Any questions? Please email me through my geocaching profile, or post em here! Thanks! If you haddn't sent the coin in yet for Final Artwork. I can correct the type face on the shield for you. Quote
+Woletrap Posted April 2, 2007 Author Posted April 2, 2007 I am now working with the company to re-work the bottom of the back to correctly accomodate the tracking number. The front side will also be slightly modified to more accurately represent the typeface/font of the actual signs. I expect new die art on Tuesday or Wednesday, at which time I will update the top post in this thread. Thank you for your patience! Quote
+T"n"T Posted April 3, 2007 Posted April 3, 2007 Great coin. We have made that run several dozen times. Oldest daughter and Grand-daughters in California. Made reservation for two. Quote
+q22q17 Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Well I think it's a very nice looking coin and can hardly wait to see the final product! I sent in my pre-order! Quote
+Woletrap Posted April 8, 2007 Author Posted April 8, 2007 updates: Fixed font of "10" on front. Made the tracking number larger. posted updated art on the original post. next update should be the sample coins! Quote
+Woletrap Posted May 15, 2007 Author Posted May 15, 2007 Yay! Samples are in, finally. I had a few issues with the vendor I was using, so I started over with a new one. This made things take longer than I wanted, but we are now full steam ahead, and have the sample photos as seen below. Minting will now begin, so hurry and send me your preorders if you haven't already. The LE gold coins are sold out, but the silver/nickel coins are still available. Need to crunch some numbers, but it looks like these will go for $10-11 each, shipping included to the US. International shipping will probably add $2-5. The pics aren't that great, but you get the idea.... (actual size is 1.75") Thanks for your interest! Order Page Quote
+AtlantaGal Posted May 15, 2007 Posted May 15, 2007 Is the glitter area epoxy sealed? For some reason I thought these were to be solid color ink. Quote
+Woletrap Posted May 16, 2007 Author Posted May 16, 2007 The glitter colors are soft enamel. As it turns out, I will be using epoxy on the glitter sides, both to protect the glitter as well as provide a nice glossy look for the glitter. Don't panic, I'll eat the extra charges. Quote
+AtlantaGal Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 The glitter colors are soft enamel. As it turns out, I will be using epoxy on the glitter sides, both to protect the glitter as well as provide a nice glossy look for the glitter. Don't panic, I'll eat the extra charges. Awesome. You'll be much happier with the look in the end Quote
+Woletrap Posted June 18, 2007 Author Posted June 18, 2007 Well folks..... The coins have arrived, and wow do they look good!!! And, the bubble mailers have also arrived, woohoo! Invoicing/shipping will begin shortly, at $11 per coin with shipping included. Shipping outside the US will be evaluated by each address. If you haven't already ordered, you may go to my order page here: http://www.woletrap.com/coinorderform.htm Quote
+chief20r2 Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 Received my invoice this evening and payment sent Thanks Quote
+sawblade5 Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 I am still waiting on my invoice. I just got it and paid for it. I am tihnking about having my own version of this coin using the Kansas 5 Shield as shown on my Avitar. The deal is what to put on the back of it. Quote
+The FanCachetic 4 Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 Invoice received and payment sent. Thank You! Quote
+The Klever Boys Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 Woletrap, I have it on my spreadsheet that I ordered one coin on April 1st, but haven't received an invoice, so it's making me wonder if I ever did or not! Any chance of checking please (the order was to England)? Thanks, Russ Quote
keewee01 Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 I'm sure my invoice is coming... but thought I'd better confirm I am on the list. Quote
+Woletrap Posted June 19, 2007 Author Posted June 19, 2007 I'm sure my invoice is coming... but thought I'd better confirm I am on the list. Sorry, I need to figure shipping costs before I send out the international invoices, will probably be tonight or tomorrow (I'd love to stay home from work to do this!). Quote
+Woletrap Posted June 21, 2007 Author Posted June 21, 2007 any trades? I'm working on a wishlist, I hope to have it done within a week. Quote
+nscaler Posted June 23, 2007 Posted June 23, 2007 Got my coins today. Took this picture to show off the "sparklies". used this picture on cointracking.com too. Quote
+dflye Posted June 23, 2007 Posted June 23, 2007 (edited) Received today, looks very nice, even with a high quality pic as above hard to see the full sparkle effect, glad to have one in hand! Edited June 23, 2007 by dflye Quote
+Woletrap Posted June 25, 2007 Author Posted June 25, 2007 Thanks for all the positive feedback!! All preorders have now been invoiced. All paid orders have been shipped. I will be sending out reminders to those that have not yet paid, in order to free up the saved LE coins. I am working on my trade list, and will be publishing it soon, so keep watching here if you want to trade for a coin. I still have coins available for purchase as well.... http://www.woletrap.com/coinorderform.htm Quote
+tom4props Posted June 26, 2007 Posted June 26, 2007 My coins (Gold and Silver) arrived on Saturday. Thanks Jeff. Quote
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