+AtwellFamily Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Reservations ending Dec-18-2008 (Reservations only no money collected) Reserve Yours Now (the silver version has blue enamel even though artwork looks purple) Year of the Ox Reservations: Dec-18-2008 Expected Release : Jan-24-2008 The coin is done in gold with red enamel - red and gold are considered very lucky colors in China, especially red, which is associated with blood (and therefore, life). The front side features a frame held up by four butterflies. In ancient Chinese maps, south was placed at the top, where the hole is located. At the bottom is the symbol for "north", and to the left and right, respectively, are "east" and "west". Eight Chinese flower motifs fill in the compass under the enamel: 2009 is an "Earth Ox" year, and the flowers symbolize the earth. Under the ox -- the new year's symbol -- there are thirteen coins, a lucky number and one included for safety on the hunt (as well as success in finding geocoins). The back features a classic version of the Chinese symbol for "eternity" and lucky clouds as a recessed design under the transparent red enamel. Reserve Yours Now Size: 1.75" or 45mm Editions: gold, silver, copper and AE (two-tone) Designed By: Jackalgirl Artwork By: Jackalgirl Produced By: Atwell Family Special Features: 3D Ox, multiple layers Trackable: www.geocaching.com (with 250 sold) Reserve Yours Now Quote Link to comment
MotoCycleBoi Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Looking Good! Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 (edited) Thank you, MCB! I've been wanting to do a Chinese New Year coin for over a year now, and it was a lot of fun to do. Thanks to Mike for asking me to come up with a Chinese-themed design and giving me the opportunity to do one! Edited to add some clarification: Chinese maps didn't have holes in them (on purpose, as far as I am aware). ; ) But they were oriented so that south was at the top. I looked around a little for the symbolism of the butterfly and found this from WikiAnswers (so I can't vouch for how accurate it is): >> The Mandarin Chinese word for butterfly is "hu-tieh". "Tieh" means "70 years", therefore butterflies have become a symbol for a long life. >> In this culture butterflies have also become representative of young men in love. A couple of other sites also link butterflies to love, which is pretty appropriate (in my mind) because a) I love geocaching and I really love geocoins! : ) Edited December 12, 2008 by Jackalgirl Quote Link to comment
+Cheesy pigs Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 (edited) Oh nice! Reserved! So we have another excellent up and coming geocoin artist, do we? *Cheesy Pigs kisses goodbye to all her hard earned cash...* Edited December 13, 2008 by Cheesy pigs Quote Link to comment
+AlliedOz Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 ** Must... Slow... Down...** Or do more overtime at work to pay for the addiction. Its the latter for sure. Quote Link to comment
+earthrooster Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Very nicely done! I was born in a Year of the Rooster Quote Link to comment
+tom4props Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I got the newsletter and reserved mine yesterday. How could I resist? My wife and one of my daughters were both born in the Year of the Ox. PS - My other daughter and I were both born in the Year of the Dog, so we'll be waiting for that coin too. Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Oh nice! Reserved! So we have another excellent up and coming geocoin artist, do we? *Cheesy Pigs kisses goodbye to all her hard earned cash...* :D Heh -- thank you very much for that compliment! I certainly hope to be. Geocoins are too much fun without wanting to design one or two, I think. And the community is so much fun, too -- I really want to be able to get into the cointest and mission scene with some of the ALEs from this run. Very nicely done! I was born in a Year of the Rooster Thank you kindly! I notice that your geonick is "Earth Rooster", which reminds me of something that's in the coin description, but isn't really clarified: 2009 is the "Earth Ox", and the plants/flowers in the background of the compass side of the coin (the side with the ox) are meant to invoke that. There are eight of them, which is a lucky number. I got the newsletter and reserved mine yesterday. How could I resist? My wife and one of my daughters were both born in the Year of the Ox. PS - My other daughter and I were both born in the Year of the Dog, so we'll be waiting for that coin too. I was also born in the Year of the Dog! I can't wait to do one for that. If it were a personal, of course, it'd be a Jackal! : ) Quote Link to comment
+E.caballus Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Love this one! I was born in the year of the ox, and it appears the back is one way of writing my last name in Chinese! Quote Link to comment
+E.caballus Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Email sent hoping for a trade. Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Just two more days 'til the reservations close! Quote Link to comment
+AtwellFamily Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Last day for reservations. Quote Link to comment
+earthrooster Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Invoice received and payment sent Quote Link to comment
+tom4props Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Invoice received and payment sent (for this and Compass Roses Coin) Quote Link to comment
+AtwellFamily Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Everyone who ordered should have received an invoice now. To save shipping cost, I tried my best to match up order for the two coins I have shipping at the same time. The invoice might be from The Atwell Group, LLC. Which is my new LLC. There will be some extra and they willbe available at my new site CacheAddict.com when they are in stock. Quote Link to comment
+AtwellFamily Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Coins are in and will ship this week. There are still unpaid invoices and should be paid within the month or your order could be forfeited. Please contact me in you ordered and have not received an invoice or have an issue with paying by the end of the month. Quote Link to comment
+sweetlife Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Coins are in and will ship this week. There are still unpaid invoices and should be paid within the month or your order could be forfeited. Please contact me in you ordered and have not received an invoice or have an issue with paying by the end of the month. Hip Hip Horray, we are so excited to see these coins we ordered Thanks for the update Mike. Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 To echo what I said on the compass rose pendant thread: pictures? Pleeeez? : ) Quote Link to comment
+AtwellFamily Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) Go to Cache Addict to see the backs. Edited January 30, 2009 by Atwell Family Quote Link to comment
+tsunrisebey Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Go to CacheAddict.com to see the backs. Those look nice, kudos to both vendor and designer Quote Link to comment
Flying Spaghetti Monster Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Title updated for the OP. Quote Link to comment
+sweetlife Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Very Beautiful Mike. Who came up with this design for a geocoin? Quote Link to comment
+AtwellFamily Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Very Beautiful Mike. Who came up with this design for a geocoin? Jackalgirl Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Very Beautiful Mike. Who came up with this design for a geocoin? Jackalgirl That's right -- me! Me me me me me! Muah hah ha ha ha ha! (I'm just really happy with the way these turned out. They look really nice in the photos and I can't wait to have them in hand. Mike, thanks for making this happen!) Quote Link to comment
+sweetlife Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Very Beautiful Mike. Who came up with this design for a geocoin? Jackalgirl That's right -- me! Me me me me me! Muah hah ha ha ha ha! (I'm just really happy with the way these turned out. They look really nice in the photos and I can't wait to have them in hand. Mike, thanks for making this happen!) You did a outstanding job Jackalgirl Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 You did a outstanding job Jackalgirl Thank you very much! I've been itching to do a Lunar New Year coin for a couple of years now. Of course, I only ever thought of it in January. Then Mike gave me the chance...and there was enough time to pull it off! Quote Link to comment
+tom4props Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 My Copper Year of the Ox just arrived this afternoon. It's gorgeous! Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 My Copper Year of the Ox just arrived this afternoon. It's gorgeous! I really like the way your page is set up, Tom -- I wish that more Travel Bugs and Coin pages had good pictures in a nice layout like that. : ) Quote Link to comment
+AlliedOz Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 My Copper Year of the Ox just arrived this afternoon. It's gorgeous! I really like the way your page is set up, Tom -- I wish that more Travel Bugs and Coin pages had good pictures in a nice layout like that. : ) I'm sure the answer is out there and I have not looked for it and forgive the off topic for the next paragraph But I must admit I have always wondered why GC.com was so basic when it comes to logging finds and trackables, the edit windows are bare bones. I understand not everyone would know how to or even want to use a bit of flair on logs I mean how much to you need to log "easy find TNLNSL TFTC" as a lot of logs seem to be. But it is always nice to have the choice to add a bit, and yes I realise you can just as tom4props has but thats my point make it accessible for joe public who does not know html (phew ok small rant/why over) Back on Topic I have ordered 6 of these beauties, some for my small collection and some for trades/gifts/missions, I can't wait to see them. Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I'm sure the answer is out there and I have not looked for it and forgive the off topic for the next paragraph But I must admit I have always wondered why GC.com was so basic when it comes to logging finds and trackables, the edit windows are bare bones. I understand not everyone would know how to or even want to use a bit of flair on logs I mean how much to you need to log "easy find TNLNSL TFTC" as a lot of logs seem to be. But it is always nice to have the choice to add a bit, and yes I realise you can just as tom4props has but thats my point make it accessible for joe public who does not know html (phew ok small rant/why over) Back on Topic I have ordered 6 of these beauties, some for my small collection and some for trades/gifts/missions, I can't wait to see them. The nice thing about the description sections of the coin/bug/cache pages, though, is that they will accept HTML. If you can't code them manually*, there are a lot of tools out there that will allow you to layout a nice page (heck, you can even save Microsoft Word docs as HTML). If you've got something that lets you save as HTML, try laying out something that looks nice, saving it as HTML, opening it in Notepad (or in your browser and using "View Source"), then copying it and pasting it to your coin/bug/cache page. You can always erase it if you don't like how it looks. *I made a thread with some manual coding tips for coin pages, btw -- here it is. And it's not just me in that thread -- several other people made some really good suggestions and provided links to good examples. Sorry for the off-topic drift, but I thought it was worth mentioning. Thank you for liking the coins! : ) Quote Link to comment
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