+OshnDoc Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Time and Space by OshnDoc and CoinsandPins based on the St. Marco Torre dell'Orologio (Venice Clock Tower) Before I moved to the United States, I used to spend my summers in a small village near Venice, Italy, visiting Venice on numerous occasions with friends who grew up either directly in the city or to the north, in Mestre, on the mainland. The clock tower of San Marco always fascinated me. The San Marco clock tower, probably the 2nd most famous clock tower in the world after Big Ben in London, was built between 1496 and 1506. The main clock face consists of a number of concentric dials. The outermost displays the numbers 1 to 24 in Roman numerals and has a hand decorated with an image of the sun pointing to the hour. A second dial shows the 12 signs of the zodiac. These are illuminated in gold on an enamel blue background. The center most rings show the sun and moon phases. Front of coin: I used this general theme of the clock face for the front of the new Time and Space geocoin. The coins will be minted from solid brass in a two tone finish. The antique base finish used shows the intricate detail of the coin with contrasting polished plating of the Zodiac images. The front of the the coin has glowing stars showing the constellations as seen from the immediate area of the North Star Polaris. A unique texture pattern is used under the blue translucent color. The back of the coin shows both the time keeping section used on the front side extending in a sun ray pattern of individual compass roses. Each of the small compass roses on the outer ring indicating the multiple directions one can go after finding the first position, almost like finding a multi geocache. The small image in the very center of the backside is a geographical location --- you may guess where. More information about the San Marco Clock tower and a picture of the actual clock face can be found at this link. This coin will be available soon for preorder here.(I will have an additional different version minted as travelers and trade items for geocaches, and maybe some personal face to face trades.) Some Coin Stats: 2" diam Two-tone plating Imitation hard enamel translucent colors Edge text Trackable on Geocaching.com Activation codes will be made available through CoinCodes.com Will have its own icon. (I will post updates for that here, once I have some artwork in hand.) Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Wow, that is beautiful! Love it too!! PM sent Quote
+PengoFamily Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Arne, those turned out BEAUTIFUL!!! I love them!! :D Quote
+wsgaskins Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Stunning! I'll have an even more glowing and gushing review once I have them in my hands. Quote
+gardengorilla Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 beautiful coins! Congratulations. Hope to get in to the presale. Quote
YemonYime Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Whoa, those are really cool. Great concept there. Quote
+darnjoeSNARG Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Great job! I'll keep my eyes open for the presale! Quote
+The Moop Along Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Ahhh, the torture of not being able to see linked photos at work. I'll be excited to check them out from home. TMA Quote
+-Eleanor- Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Yeah, I wish I could see the pics at work too But I checked out the other link, and I know I'm going to have to have this coin Quote
+avroair Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 not being able to see linked photos Check your email. Quote
+The Moop Along Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 not being able to see linked photos Check your email. I did. It had the pictures from three of my very kind friends. So thanks to all three of you Quote
+intolerable Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Wow, so much for watching my budget. These are beautiful. Quote
+LadeBear68 Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 I really hope I don't miss out on the coins. When you say available soon, do you know when? Quote
+AtlantaGal Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 I really hope I don't miss out on the coins. When you say available soon, do you know when? You won't miss out. He said they'll be PRESOLD at coins and pins. THe presale usually is open for at least several days. Quote
+LadeBear68 Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Thank you AG, wasn't sure what presold meant. To some it means a limited number will be presold and others it is open for a couple days. Quote
+kyk96 Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 wow.... these are gorgeous!!!! can't wait to see one in person! Quote
+Marky Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Those turned out great! A definite must have. Quote
+3BlindEyes Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Excellent coin Arne! Will definitely be getting some of those! Quote
+geocachingdragon Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 A really incredible nice coin . Great job Arne Quote
+slowdownracer Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 I really like the red version, gotta get me one of them! Quote
+Moose-r-us and MrEdden Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 I was just checking those out before I hit this posting!! Very nice. Quote
+Cach-U-Nuts Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Awesome, Beautiful, Amazing!!!! Nice Job!!! Quote
danoshimano Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 DARN! I am only collecting personal coins! Wait... I see your name on the edge! Hooray! Quote
+mrjiffy Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 These are great, I would love to get some but see nothing on your pre-order page? MRJIFFY Quote
+OshnDoc Posted January 29, 2008 Author Posted January 29, 2008 WOW, what great responses. Thank you very much everyone .....I would love to get some but see nothing on your pre-order page? These coins are not yet available for pre-orders. If you sign up for the newsletter on the preorder webpage, you will get an e-mail alerting you once they come online on the pre-order page, or you can watch this thread for an anouncement. A couple of points to clarify my post: I am not selling these coins personally. All orders need to go through C & P's website. Thanks again. OshnDoc Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Nice job Arne. A new house, a new job and a new coin. Hat trick for sure. Now was there a new job or did I remember incorrectly? Quote
+Dolfy Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 WOW! Another great job on a coin that I must have! Quote
+2golfers Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Nice looking coin! I like the orange version. Quote
+007BigD Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 YEP, Thats a good one!!! Very nice coin ya got there...and cool representation too! As many have said "Stunning" another "Must have" I like the Blue/Orange and the Blue/Red the best. Good thing your doin a preorder, cause these things will go! Quote
+AtlantaGal Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 FYI: I was surfing around and saw that these and all the other offerings from C&P are now available for presale through 2/8. I never received the newsletter. Quote
+DresselDragons Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 FYI: I was surfing around and saw that these and all the other offerings from C&P are now available for presale through 2/8. I never received the newsletter. Just received my newletter and got my preorder in. Quote
+PaRacers Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Got our preorder in too, of course I found several other items I just HAD to have! Quote
+Band of Bradys Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 I got my newsletter this evening also. One of my New Year's resolutions was to cut back on the coin buying. Out of all the new coins C/P was offering, these caught my eye. All three of these are so nice. It took me almost an hour to decide which one I was going to get. It was so hard to stick to my guns, and not order all three! I finally settled on the orange glitter one. Maybe if they have some extra that they will sell later on, I'll pick up one of the others finishes. Congrats on a super nice coin! It will sell well. Valarie Quote
+slowdownracer Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 I really like the red version, gotta get me one of them! And that's exactly what I did! More 's Quote
+fairyhoney Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 I think I like the red one wigh the yellow making a close 2nd Quote
+OshnDoc Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 I never received the newsletter. Did you ever get our newsletter? I got mine around 6:50 that night. Quote
+lake_wannabees Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 I just got the email notice yesterday about the pre-sales and since I was just at the clocktower last June, I had to order a couple. Quote
+-Eleanor- Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 I received the newsletter a couple minutes after AG's post last night. Ordered a few this morning Quote
+AtlantaGal Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 I never received the newsletter. Did you ever get our newsletter? I got mine around 6:50 that night. Yes, it arrived about 10 minutes after I placed my order, lol. I must have just timed my surfing right. Quote
+fox-and-the-hound Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Time and Space by OshnDoc and CoinsandPins based on the St. Marco Torre dell'Orologio (Venice Clock Tower) Before I moved to the United States, I used to spend my summers in a small village near Venice, Italy, visiting Venice on numerous occasions with friends who grew up either directly in the city or to the north, in Mestre, on the mainland. The clock tower of San Marco always fascinated me. The San Marco clock tower, probably the 2nd most famous clock tower in the world after Big Ben in London, was built between 1496 and 1506. The main clock face consists of a number of concentric dials. The outermost displays the numbers 1 to 24 in Roman numerals and has a hand decorated with an image of the sun pointing to the hour. A second dial shows the 12 signs of the zodiac. These are illuminated in gold on an enamel blue background. The center most rings show the sun and moon phases. Front of coin: I used this general theme of the clock face for the front of the new Time and Space geocoin. The coins will be minted from solid brass in a two tone finish. The antique base finish used shows the intricate detail of the coin with contrasting polished plating of the Zodiac images. The front of the the coin has glowing stars showing the constellations as seen from the immediate area of the North Star Polaris. A unique texture pattern is used under the blue translucent color. The back of the coin shows both the time keeping section used on the front side extending in a sun ray pattern of individual compass roses. Each of the small compass roses on the outer ring indicating the multiple directions one can go after finding the first position, almost like finding a multi geocache. The small image in the very center of the backside is a geographical location --- you may guess where. More information about the San Marco Clock tower and a picture of the actual clock face can be found at this link. This coin will be available soon for preorder here.(I will have an additional different version minted as travelers and trade items for geocaches, and maybe some personal face to face trades.) Some Coin Stats: 2" diam Two-tone plating Imitation hard enamel translucent colors Edge text Trackable on Geocaching.com Activation codes will be made available through CoinCodes.com Will have its own icon. (I will post updates for that here, once I have some artwork in hand.) Very, VERY nice 'Doc! I can't believe I didn't see this thread earlier. Quote
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