+Matt1344 Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) I want to check something. I just listed three unactivated 2003 USA geocoins on ebay and I say in the description that you can still activate them. Is this correct? I wouldn't want to steer anyone wrong. BTW, the numbers on these coins are under 10250. ETA: my ebay auction Edited December 24, 2010 by Matt1344 Quote Link to comment
+Ruud4d Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) Yes, there is no problem with activating these coins. Edited December 24, 2010 by Ruud4d Quote Link to comment
RedShoesGirl Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Yes, there is no problem with activating these coins. are you sure? they look like the USA coins that were made that could be tracked on another site, but not on Groundspeak. made by the same folks that made the canadian coins. i sure wish i had kept a couple of those! i could be wrong ... Quote Link to comment
+AtlantaGal Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 USA 2003 are trackable on geocaching.com Quote Link to comment
+Matt1344 Posted December 25, 2010 Author Share Posted December 25, 2010 Yes, there is no problem with activating these coins. are you sure? they look like the USA coins that were made that could be tracked on another site, but not on Groundspeak. made by the same folks that made the canadian coins. i sure wish i had kept a couple of those! i could be wrong ... FWIW, they say Groundspeak on them. Quote Link to comment
RedShoesGirl Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 USA 2003 are trackable on geocaching.com thanks, learned something new! lara Quote Link to comment
+Bhob Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 (edited) to the best of my knowledge, here is how it works - when a tracking code is purchased from Groundspeak (eg PCxxxx), it is assigned an item code (eg TBxxxxx) and an activation code, and all three of these are entered into the database immediately it then sits there patiently, waiting to be activated so, I would say that yes, any trackable from any time in the past will still be available to be activated, and then tracked, just like any other (more recent) trackable Edited December 26, 2010 by Bhob Quote Link to comment
+Matt1344 Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 (edited) Got curious so I wasted a little time checking the early coins' status. I discovered that of the first 151 USA coins (numbers 10000 through 10150), there are 44 that have not been activated. A few more have been activated but never released. Incidently, the very first USA coin (no. 10,000) just started traveling this year. Edited December 26, 2010 by Matt1344 Quote Link to comment
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