+woejam Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 (edited) One of the famous legends in our region is the legend of the Bokkenrijders (goatriders) or as it was written back in the 18th century: Bockeryeders. It was a fearsome gang that operated in the border region on both sides of the river Maas (Meuse), both in the Netherlands (Kerkrade), Germany (Aachen) and Belgium (Wellen). It was believed they rode on goats through the sky..... "There are eight of us, We go out stealing every night. Because we are too lazy to work, We rob churches. Across woods and shrubs All the way through the clouds!" "We zijn met achten, we stelen alle nachten. Omdat we te lui zijn om te werken, bestelen we de kerken Over bos en struik Door de wolken uit!" After consulting the designer of one of the Dutch Geocoin 2011 content proposals, I made a new design on this topic. What do you think of it? ps: there is still a small error in the text on the side ('Bokkenryders' should be 'Bockereyders') Edited March 2, 2012 by Eartha Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Title revised for the OP. Quote Link to comment
+Admonkey Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 What do you think of it? My one suggestion would be a copy change: instead of "Ghost riders in the sky," make it "Goat Riders in the Sky." Quote Link to comment
+ECplus3 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Save me a set!!! You did an awesome job with this design! Quote Link to comment
+Johnny Rango Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Add me to the list. Quote Link to comment
+steben6 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 What do you think of it? My one suggestion would be a copy change: instead of "Ghost riders in the sky," make it "Goat Riders in the Sky." +1 Quote Link to comment
+keewee Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Awesome geocoin!!! Quote Link to comment
+woejam Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) The samples have been ordered, including a two-tone edition . The text 'ghost riders in the sky' has been explicitly chosen. It is referring to the goatriders which where seen as ghosts, moving through the sky on their goats.... Anyway, I decided to adapt to as it might be confusing. woejam Edited February 3, 2012 by woejam Quote Link to comment
+woejam Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 The 1st sample result. More will follow soon: Quote Link to comment
+woejam Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 Below some more pictures of the samples. I don't know what I was thinking when ordering the samples . Not really the colors which I wanted to see Anyway, the actual production will be started with some other combinations: - Antique bronzewith green (bottom left) - Antique silver with olive - Satin gold with red - Two-tone (shiny gold/nickel) with purple (top right, but outside right will be darker purple) Maybe other combinations will follow later. woejam Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Title updated at OP's request. Quote Link to comment
+Frank n Beck Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Very sweet design!!!! Quote Link to comment
+steben6 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Below some more pictures of the samples. I don't know what I was thinking when ordering the samples . Not really the colors which I wanted to see Anyway, the actual production will be started with some other combinations: - Antique bronzewith green (bottom left) - Antique silver with olive - Satin gold with red - Two-tone (shiny gold/nickel) with purple (top right, but outside right will be darker purple) Maybe other combinations will follow later. woejam I'm loving that two-tone one! I am such a purple person. Great job! Quote Link to comment
+woejam Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 Bockereyders Geocoin "There are eight of us, We go out stealing every night. Because we are too lazy to work, We rob churches. Across woods and shrubs All the way through the clouds!" One of the famous legends in our region is the legend of the Bokkenrijders (goatriders) or as it was written back in the 18th century: Bockeryeders. It was a fearsome gang that operated in the border region on both sides of the river Maas (Meuse), both in the Netherlands (Kerkrade), Germany (Aachen) and Belgium (Wellen). It was believed they rode on goats through the sky..... Size: 45 mm. Editions: Bockereyders the Gold&Silver, LE (75 pieces): Polished Nickel & Polished Gold Two-Tone Bockereyders Dark Night, LE (75 pieces): Antique Silver Bockereyders Red Fury, RE : Satin Gold Bockereyders Green Forest, RE: Antique Bronze Trackable at Geocaching.com with its own icon They are available here. Quote Link to comment
+mlrs1996 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 very cool looking coin and interesting story Quote Link to comment
+Droo Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 (edited) Is there more to the story to makes this fearsome gang worth paying homage to, worth honouring? I just don't get this cultural fascination with evil. Edited May 9, 2012 by Droo Quote Link to comment
+woejam Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 Is there more to the story to makes this fearsome gang worth paying homage to, worth honouring? I just don't get this cultural fascination with evil. Well, actually there are two sides of the story. Indeed, you could see it as a legend of an evil gang. And there was a gang. But in reality it has a dark side as many people where captured and tortured to get a confession. A lot of people were killed in this witchhunt. After some historic research, nowadays, historians don't believe the gang was actually so fearsome and there are locations where this failure of justice is remembered with statues and so. Quote Link to comment
Flying Spaghetti Monster Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Merged duplicate threads. Quote Link to comment
+woejam Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Here a picture of all 4 together: Quote Link to comment
+woejam Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 The Bockereyder coin is back on stock and one more edition has been added and now available: the Ghost edition: Quote Link to comment
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