New coin design

[+msphynx]

Ok, i'm new and considering making a coin. I ask you, what hasn't been done yet and what exactly are the properties you look for in a geocoin?

 

My wife is a graphics artist (old school i.e. hands, drawing instrument, and paper) so she could easily come up with the design for me and put it to paper which i could scan.

 

Some of my thoughts are:

 

a puzzle coin - 2 pieces serial numbers match, but any two numbers would fit together (i'm sure the cost would be outrageous to make every single coin cut differently so only 2 like s/n would fit together.

 

a hidden cache coin - top and bottom half connect together (twist perhaps) and inside is a hollow area to fit paper, another 'smaller' geocoin, who knows whatelse.

 

a utility coin, not sure but maybe a earth magnet in the middle of it, perhaps a flathead tip, phillips tip, other tools you might use on the trail, who knows. could be anything just a thought in it's very infancy.

 

Anyhow...throw me ideas, even elaborate on the above. what materials, colors, features, etc. Exactly what makes you say WOW.

 

My goal is probably like most others. Make a very nice coin to add to the community that many would purchase and have a few for myself for little or no cost. And who knows..maybe the wife could get back into the art she so loves to do.

[+maldar]

The Puzzle Coin would be really cool, but you would have to pay mold fees for each different piece, if made of metal. I would use wood to do a coin like that and use 2 different color stains to do the design

 

The hidden cache coin is something I have considered, but I think it has been done already; which is why I have not placed much effort into designing on myself. Still, I'm not 100% sure about that, and since you will have your own unique design that is what really matters.

 

I love the idea of a utility coin and I say you should go with this idea. Just remember not to include and knife type tool. Phillip and standard screw drivers for sure, anyone else have an idea as to whatelse?

 

maldar

 

Ok, i'm new and considering making a coin. I ask you, what hasn't been done yet and what exactly are the properties you look for in a geocoin?

 

My wife is a graphics artist (old school i.e. hands, drawing instrument, and paper) so she could easily come up with the design for me and put it to paper which i could scan.

 

Some of my thoughts are:

 

a puzzle coin - 2 pieces serial numbers match, but any two numbers would fit together (i'm sure the cost would be outrageous to make every single coin cut differently so only 2 like s/n would fit together.

 

a hidden cache coin - top and bottom half connect together (twist perhaps) and inside is a hollow area to fit paper, another 'smaller' geocoin, who knows whatelse.

 

a utility coin, not sure but maybe a earth magnet in the middle of it, perhaps a flathead tip, phillips tip, other tools you might use on the trail, who knows. could be anything just a thought in it's very infancy.

 

Anyhow...throw me ideas, even elaborate on the above. what materials, colors, features, etc. Exactly what makes you say WOW.

 

My goal is probably like most others. Make a very nice coin to add to the community that many would purchase and have a few for myself for little or no cost. And who knows..maybe the wife could get back into the art she so loves to do.

[+msphynx]

Maybe a sliding 'toothpick' like piece that won't seperate from the coiin for pulling out those micro logs :-)

Edited August 12, 2008 by msphynx

[+GEO*Trailblazer 1]

How about a GSAC Geocoin.

Geocaching Swiss Army Coin.

 

And like suggested you could have all those geocache retrival tools on it.

[+ECplus3]

 

I love the idea of a utility coin and I say you should go with this idea. Just remember not to include and knife type tool. Phillip and standard screw drivers for sure, anyone else have an idea as to whatelse?

 

 

And a Robertson (square) head for us Canadians!

 

A knife would be out of the question, although it is the most useful tool I carry with me!!

 

The only other thing I could think of is to have a cutout for opening beverage bottles, but that's already been done.

 

Here's a link to a nifty item from Lee Valley that can unscrew any size flat screw:

Pocket Screwdriver

 

I use these as trade items in caches. You could make the edge of the coin look like that. A problem you would have to consider though is the strength of the metal used as the base for the coin. Can it stand up to being used as a screwdriver?

Edited August 12, 2008 by E&Cplus3

[+fox-and-the-hound]

I like the idea of a utility coin The Geocoin Club already did the two-part coin with a PathTag inside that could be removed to put a paper log/etc. inside. I'm pretty sure I've seen a 2 piece puzzle type coin, too, that was made for the geocoinfest last year.

[+Droo]

Be careful of posting your ideas for coins you'd like to design vs. those already in the design phase. You may find your ideas getting implemented by other designers claiming to have been sparked by the Muse before your wife can finish it.

[+maldar]

Be careful of posting your ideas for coins you'd like to design vs. those already in the design phase. You may find your ideas getting implemented by other designers claiming to have been sparked by the Muse before your wife can finish it.

 

Droo, you bring up a sad, but true fact. This is why I have been so secretive about some of my other ideas. I have 2 coin designs on post-it notes on my desk right now that only a couple people "MAY" know about. There is another coin I mentioned elsewhere in which I asked for opinions on which direction to take the coin before I started to design it. I didn't want to waste time doing a design and then not have the interest. That coin totally changed after reading responses to the idea.

[avroair]

I would go to www.geocoincollection.com and take some time browsing the galleries of coins to get an idea of what is out there. There are lots of things that have been done... but there are also a lot of things that haven't been done.