+ElliPirelli Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) Proudly presenting: My first personal coin. Both squirrels are drawn by yours truely and have been my avatars at several social networks. The front at first was designed for a pathtag for the milestone of my 1000th find. The one on the back is inspired by those drawings, where the artists use a single line to draw a face or animal. As the drawing with one line wasn't what I wanted to achive, I've used several. Now both squirrels have been combined and put onto a coin. Why squirrels? Well, I just fancy those rats with their bushy tails, they're lively and cute. Also they hide caches, as they collect their winter forage of nuts. As they are also forgetful, quite a number of trees was planted by quirrels. The overwhelming use of green in the background is not only a symbol for my occupation of horticulturist, but also the one colour Ireland is renown for. As I used to live there for over 6 years, the clover (shamrock) just had to be part of the design. There are 100 coins made, 70 in copper and 30 in antique gold. They are trackable on geocaching.com and have their own icon. They're 30mm square, 3,5mm thick and both sides are covered with epoxy, which gives them a nice smoth feeling. A hole makes it easy to attach them to anything you like. These coins are not for sale, but for trade. edit: to add the size of the coins. Edited November 14, 2014 by ElliPirelli Quote Link to comment
+jpbarr Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Awesome first coin, I remember you telling me about these drawings in Ulm Congrats Quote Link to comment
+ice13-333 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Well done, i like them Quote Link to comment
Dofferson_Katch Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) Nice ! Hope to trade one some time Edited November 15, 2014 by Dofferson Quote Link to comment
+imoutnabout Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Very nice. Quote Link to comment
+kini_ont Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Wonderful! We're all nuts about personal geocoins Hope to get one in a trade. Quote Link to comment
+nevadanick Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Coins are awesome ... trades are good ... Quote Link to comment
+Hide*seek Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Congrats to your first own personal geocoin. I was happy to meet you this week and so two cute squirrels are jumping around my home. I love the design and the story behind it. Quote Link to comment
+steben6 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 I love this coin! Do you have a seeking list somewhere? Quote Link to comment
+yanagi Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Congratulation to your new cute Personal Coins! Quote Link to comment
Maine Family Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 . It is fun watching the squirrels and when looking at your coin, it reminds you of it . Great job and congrats on your first personal coin. Quote Link to comment
+ElliPirelli Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) I love this coin! Do you have a seeking list somewhere? My seeking list is here: TB2DQY8 But as most of them are quite rare coins and hard to find, the most important part on that list is following: "Anything with a nature or maritim theme, about Geography or Locations, and "girls coins". Non Trackables always welcome." Feel free to offer me anything you consider fitting, I'm not too picky. . . . . edit: will I ever get a posting written without spelling mistakes? I'm sorry... Edited November 15, 2014 by ElliPirelli Quote Link to comment
+Tschakko Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Cool coin! Congrats Quote Link to comment
+pingos Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 WOW! Congrats with this beautiful design. I love your avatar and squirrel and of course I like to trade with you my dear friend! Quote Link to comment
+Shop99er Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Can I interest you in this one? If you're interested, email me through my profile, please. Quote Link to comment
+Six Little Spookies Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Very nice! Congrats on your first personal coin. I'll have to see if I have anything you are interested in, once I return from my deployment. Quote Link to comment
+MtnMutt-ProDuckShins Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Perhaps one of these? Quote Link to comment
+Taubin_ZL2TOY Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Nice looking coin! The coin I promised you 6 (!) years ago, is finally on it's way. Shipped today. Hopefully it finds its way to you safely! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment
+grodan & fiabus Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Nice Coin. Please remember to accept the adoptions ang grab retreive on those coins you bought fr.o.m. Me some time ago. All the best. //grodan Karin Quote Link to comment
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