+lavender5215 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 What is a numbered but untrackable geocoin? Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Probably a coin with a unique ID code but not a Groundspeak code or a code recognized by any of the other tracking websites. Quote Link to comment
+WRITE SHOP ROBERT Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 What is a numbered but untrackable geocoin? Sometimes these are made by players or groups to leave as signature items, but they didn't want to add the tracking ability at Geocaching.com often because of the extra cost, sometimes just because they want it that way. Quote Link to comment
LordEd Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 or the coin hasn't been activated yet..... Quote Link to comment
+donbadabon Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Or the coin was created before GC allowed tracking of personal coins. My two personal coins are numbered, but not trackable, for that exact reason. Quote Link to comment
+ThirstyMick Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 What is a numbered but untrackable geocoin? swag There are tons of geocoins out there that aren't trackable on geocaching.com. usually they are used as gifts for other cachers, traded with other cachers or left in caches as swag. Tracking adds quite a bit of cost to the coin so a cacher making a coin with no intention of selling it (to sell it in the forums, it needs to be trackable) might make it non-trackable knowing that most people won't set it free to travel anyway and there's no need to track when it sits in someones collection at home. Numbering is an option in minting, it adds a little bit of cost but not nearly as much as tracking, some choose to do it, some don't. It's done to differentiate the different coins of the same type from each other, 1 of 250, 2 of 250, etc. Before keeping it in your collection, make absolute sure it's a Numbered Untrackable coin! Some older coins' tracking numbers are 3 digits. If it's trackable, the sentence (or a close variation of) "Trackable at geocaching.com" will appear somewhere on it. Check the rim too! Sometimes it'll be there so not to detract from the design If it is indeed untrackable, then enjoy your new coin Make sure to trade fairly though, a non-trackable coin is a nice piece of swag Quote Link to comment
+lavender5215 Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 Wow, Thanks to you all for all the answers! Quote Link to comment
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