+yumitori Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 The Montana geocachers are happy to announce that Montana's first 'official' geocoin is now available for orders. The 2 inch coin is in the shape of the state, has two-sided 3-D relief, and comes in gold and silver in deference to Montana's motto. There were a total of 500 of each metal minted. The coins is trackable at geocaching.com and has a unique icon - The Gold version - The Silver version - The obverse commemorates Lewis & Clark's explorations through the state. Typical geocachers, they are searching elsewhere while overlooking the ammo can near their feet. The reverse is of Granite Peak, the highest point in the state (and incidentally the location of Montana's highest geocache), with its coordinates and benchmark. Prices will be as follows - $9.00 per geocoin $2.00 + 0.50 per coin shipping & handling So if for example you order 5 gold and 5 silver, your total would be ($9.00 * 10) + $2.00 + (0.50 * 10) = $97.00 One coin would be $11.50 with shipping, two are $21 and so forth. Payment will be through PayPal, sent to my gmail.com e-mail address, username 'yumitori'. E-mail me with the number of each type you wish, and I'll send you an invoice for the total. If for any reason you don't 'do' PayPal, contact us for an address to send money orders to. Be sure to include your geocaching name as well as your real name and address. If you have any questions or comments please e-mail me directly, either through my geocaching.com profile or to my gmail account. I may not see something posted in response to this message. Ron/yumitori Quote
+fairyhoney Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 WOW . . . Great looking coin AND shaped Quote
+The Walkabouts Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Nice design, have been looking forward to the Montana geocoin email sent Quote
+MustangJoni Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 I really love how ya'll did the benchmark on there. Cool coin! Quote
+Kealia Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Agreed - I typically don't like shaped coins as much as round but I LOVE the design on the backside - especially the way the benchamrk was done. Well done! If anybody is willing to trade for this one for an older coin (new collectors??) please email me. If I get no bites in a few days I'll be buying a gold one. Quote
+tsunrisebey Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Yumitori brought these to a couple of Helena events to show the local cachers and I have to say they turned out very nice. Although I admit I may be a bit biased due to my location and the place the coin represents I'm happy Montana is now on the geocoin map! Thank you yumitori for taking this on, nice job. I believe Montana has a coin it can be proud of. tsun PS: I will have some for trade, I ordered quite a few and will probably order more. Quote
+Team FIREBOY Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 I'll have to get some of these, since it's the great state to the north of me. I am trying to get one of every state that touches WY. Montana, what pretty countryside you have! Tsun... maybe we will trade. I am tying flies for you. Quote
+tsunrisebey Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 I'll have to get some of these, since it's the great state to the north of me. I am trying to get one of every state that touches WY. Montana, what pretty countryside you have! Tsun... maybe we will trade. I am tying flies for you. Drop me a note woman Quote
+chaosmanor Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 E-mail sent If anybody is willing to trade for this one for an older coin (new collectors??) please email me. Quote
+fairyhoney Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 yumitori, I like the Greenman on your profil page It's cool! Quote
+HockeymomZ Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 What a cool coin! Since I'm from Montana I MUST have one!! Thanks for having a coin made that Montana can be proud of. Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Excellent coin. Worth the wait. You can see a lot of work went into it. Well done. Since we plan to cache in MT this year, coin is a must have. Quote
+i$r Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Anyone wanting to trade a 2007 Idaho Micro for one of these contact me. Quote
+yumitori Posted February 1, 2008 Author Posted February 1, 2008 I've sent out invoices to everyone I have received an order from. If you've e-mailed me but haven't gotten a response yet, we'll need to try again. Make sure your e-mail address is in your message and let me know this is a second try. I'll double-check and see if I got the first one or not and if the invoice was sent. We'll figure out any problems from there. Ron/yumitori Quote
+intolerable Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Wow, that gold one looks *great* with the benchmark set in it. Quote
+Ladybug Kids Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Got our order in...it's great to see another state coin come out! Quote
+Lazer Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 This one looks very, very nice. Sent an email Quote
+grampapa Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 Looks great gotter dun sent and received emails thanks Ron Quote
+Team Weathergirl Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 Email sent. Always nice to be able to add to my state geocoin collection. Quote
+Jennifer&Dean Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 This is a great looking coin! We've got our order in! Thanks to Yumitori, Brian of Team AI and all the others who worked to make this coin happen! -J&D Quote
+yumitori Posted February 5, 2008 Author Posted February 5, 2008 The coins are on their way to us now, and we'll be filling orders as soon as possible. And again, I've send invoices to everyone who has contacted me. If you have received yours yet, let me know and we'll get your order taken care of. Quote
+The Moop Along Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 Great to hear! How many do you have left to sell of each metal? Quote
+yumitori Posted February 5, 2008 Author Posted February 5, 2008 Great to hear! How many do you have left to sell of each metal? Heh. Are you placing an order for the rest? Quote
+The Moop Along Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 Great to hear! How many do you have left to sell of each metal? Heh. Are you placing an order for the rest? Nope. Just thought it might be nice to know how the sales are going. I'm curious to see how fast they move. Quote
+Jennifer&Dean Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 They were designed mainly by Brian of Team AI with the collective opinions of a bunch of other Montana cachers. Quote
+yumitori Posted February 7, 2008 Author Posted February 7, 2008 Really, it was a synthesis. A number of us had Montana-shaped designs and there were three or four of us who had some variant of Lewis & Clark's travels through the state for the obverse. The reverse was another matter; lots of ideas, very little agreement, until Brian proposed using Granite Peak and its benchmark. Quote
+yumitori Posted February 7, 2008 Author Posted February 7, 2008 The coins are in! We'll be holding a mailing party in the near future to get them packaged up and shipped out. I know there's been occasional issues with coin pre-sales in the past and some folks might be leery of ordering from an 'unknown' source, so if anyone has been holding off on buying since the coins weren't available yet, wait no longer! Quote
+Jennifer&Dean Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 Mailing party! This is gonna be a blast! We can't wait to get our coins! I may have to order some more to drop randomly around MT and other places we visit. Quote
+Jennifer&Dean Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 The mailing party went quickly and the coins should be in the mail today! Thanks to everyone who helped and everyone who ordered coins! Quote
+KrazyTrollz Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 Ohhhhhhhh Beautiful coin!!!!! I'm going to guess that there are still some left? Since I visited Yellowstone years ago and was in MT and Wyoming... I will have to get some of these. I love the benchmark in the coin!! (we like hunting benchmarks as well as caches) Someday I want to get back out West to see Yellowstone, the Badlands and all those things I've seen years ago....... and it'll be fun snapping up all the Earthcaches as well, LOL! Quote
+Jennifer&Dean Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 Yep, there are some left! When you guys come out to visit someday you will have to drop us a line. Maybe attend an event in MT. -Jen Quote
+yumitori Posted February 12, 2008 Author Posted February 12, 2008 Most of the coins were mailed today, and the rest will go out tomorrow. Start watching your mailboxes! Quote
+KrazyTrollz Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 That would be awesome! Any plans on coming back out our way anytime soon?! Sonya Yep, there are some left! When you guys come out to visit someday you will have to drop us a line. Maybe attend an event in MT. -Jen Quote
+RustyBeerCan Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 What a Great design I just had to get one, I like state Geocoins Quote
+Mauison Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 Anyone got an extra to trade? Check my trade list below. Thanks! Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 (edited) Got ours today. Super nice. The benchmark adds quite the extra touch to it in addition to the history. Well done Montana crew! Edited February 14, 2008 by GPX Navigators Quote
+tsunrisebey Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 Got ours today. Super nice. The benchmark adds quite the extra touch to it in addition ot the history. Well done Montana crew! Dang, I haven't even got mine yet and I only live 2 hours away, lol. Quote
+The Moop Along Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 I've already heard lots of great comments about the benchmark side. I sure hope there's some left for sale Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 Got ours today. Super nice. The benchmark adds quite the extra touch to it in addition to the history. Well done Montana crew! Dang, I haven't even got mine yet and I only live 2 hours away, lol. Well I know people who know people. Wait - you are one of those people! Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 I've already heard lots of great comments about the benchmark side. I sure hope there's some left for sale Its a minature version of the real thing. It's so well done makes one want to log it as found. Quote
southpawaz Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 I received mine today and I agree the benchmark is outstanding. I like the back better than the front, especially on the silver. Quote
+GrizzFlyer Posted February 15, 2008 Posted February 15, 2008 Mine showed up today in NW Ohio. I bought them for the benchmark (I collect benchmark geocoins), and they turned out super! Quote
+tsunrisebey Posted February 15, 2008 Posted February 15, 2008 Got mine today. I'll be sending out the trades I set up for these on Tuesday. (Thanks) Quote
+Team FIREBOY Posted February 15, 2008 Posted February 15, 2008 Kewl Tsun. Flies are almost ready to ship as well. I should be done by Tuesday too. Quote
Team Sidewinder Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 WOW !!! Have my Montana coins and they look great. A geocoin we Montana geocachers can be proud of and with mine I can repay some special geocachers who have sent me geocoins over the years just out of the kindness of their hearts with nothing in return. Quote
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