Jump to content

Show Us Your Coins


GEM's

Recommended Posts

I know of few cachers who keep geocoins against the wishes of the coin owners.

I've heard about some cacher's who want their geocoins back when they can't get another geocacher's personal geocoin.

Why do insist on continuing to try to stir up trouble? Grow up and drop it. Besides, I only suggested undoing our "trade" when you commented that you felt you got the worst end of the deal.

Moun10Bike and CavScout,

 

I'm going to respectfully ask that you two take this disagreement to PM or email. It doesn't belong in a public forum.

 

Thank you,

 

Team Misguided

Link to comment

>If people were hoarding coins that had travel goals, then I would agree. However,

>the vast majority of geocoin collections are obtained through trades or direct

>purchase. I know of few cachers who keep geocoins against the wishes of the

>coin owners.

 

Yes, I realized that after I posted my message. I should have read all the messages in the thread before posting. My mistake!

 

GE

Edited by Glitche Ente
Link to comment

Ever wonder what those coins are worth. I recently placed a bid on Ebay for A Blazerfan coin The bid was in excess of $20 And I figured since the average coin I have seen goes between $5 & 10 I figured 20+ should get me the coin LOL. Well I am here to tell you if you dont already know those of you with Full racks are sitting on miniature goldmines. Winning bid for blazerfan coin $31.00

Link to comment
Ever wonder what those coins are worth. I recently placed a bid on Ebay for A Blazerfan coin The bid was in excess of $20 And I figured since the average coin I have seen goes between $5 & 10 I figured 20+ should get me the coin LOL. Well I am here to tell you if you dont already know those of you with Full racks are sitting on miniature goldmines.  Winning bid for blazerfan coin $31.00

I saw that too, and was disappointed to see that a cacher somewhere had stooped to selling someone's personal geocoin on Ebay. According to Blazerfan, it is a production test coin which was pocketed by an employee of the company that made the coins. Still not cool, but I'm glad it wasn't someone from the caching community.

Link to comment

I've also thought about posting some of my extra state coins on ebay, but have mixed feelings.

 

There obviously is demand since many of these are otherwise unavailable if you can't arrange a trade. (and it would help fund my coin habit).

But I am concerned with what happens if too many start fetching these kind of prices... will that make the coins already in caches too tempting for thieves? Or since that is already often the case (coins removed without a fair trade), could it get any worse?

 

How would you be able to tell if the coins for sale were legit? I suppose that if you sold them under your actual user name, at least you would be held accountable. Numbered coins would be traceable too.

 

It's tempting, but could start a trend with unforesceen consequences...

Link to comment
It's tempting, but could start a trend with unforesceen consequences...

I think it has already started... I saw a couple of active canadian geocoins sell on eBay. And canadian coins are still for sale. Very little can stop someone who thinks they can make a buck.

Link to comment
I hear you have a REAL nice coin-rack there... when you gonna post a picture of that thing eh?  :unsure:

As requested. Note the second picture that really shows off the nice Burl wood.

 

Maybe the artist who was commissioned for this piece would be interested in buidling another.....

 

d3337186-4986-4ffd-bc14-67964549dea8.jpg

 

bf5acf3e-d531-4899-a6e1-1df91e5114bd.jpg

Link to comment

There's a few in here that some of you west coast cachers might not have seen. I'm not really a collecter, just someone who likes to see new things, so I'd trade any of these coins/chips/etc. (except for the ones I've activated). I like the ones I can let other cachers log. Get me a Moun10Bike coin and you can have all of them. :anicute:

 

a2898e28-a06d-4be8-b8b0-e65c75ce2a55.jpg

Link to comment
My small, but growing collection in their case:

 

case1.jpg

And just look at that lovely AG coin on the top row :unsure:

 

I don't know if I could fit all my coins in one pic... last count was 54 different coins with 9 more on the way. I'll try it tho... tomorrow.

Edited by AtlantaGal
Link to comment
I've also thought about posting some of my extra state coins on ebay, but have mixed feelings.

 

There obviously is demand since many of these are otherwise unavailable if you can't arrange a trade. (and it would help fund my coin habit).

But I am concerned with what happens if too many start fetching these kind of prices... will that make the coins already in caches too tempting for thieves? Or since that is already often the case (coins removed without a fair trade), could it get any worse?

 

How would you be able to tell if the coins for sale were legit? I suppose that if you sold them under your actual user name, at least you would be held accountable. Numbered coins would be traceable too.

 

It's tempting, but could start a trend with unforesceen consequences...

Well, if you don't want to put them on Ebay and you want to raise some funds for yourself, plus keep the coins in GeoCaching circles, I'd be happy to purchase some of your extras.

 

It's very difficult for some of us with only the newer coins for trades to be able to pick up any of the older, or different coins. I've contacted several collectors who would prefer to just hold onto their extras and wait.

 

Personally, I've found a few caches but I've only seen a few coin type signature items. The GeoCoins I've run across (also only a few) were all on a mission and as to me, that means keep them moving.

Link to comment

One of the canadian coins I released years ago ended up on ebay. I was not a happy camper about seeing it being sold on ebay. I found out that it was sold when the auction ended and the highest bidder logged it and sent it on it's way. I was greatful that the winner was a cacher that put it back into circulation. The seller had quite a few coins in the collection sold, and I can only assume that a majority were snagged from caches.

 

the coins was a Canadian coin... there are still available for sell at the geocoins.ca site.

 

If I wanted my coins I released to circulate through ebay, I would have put it there myself.

 

I don't released coins in general anymore. I'll place them as FTF prizes and give them to people that go caching with me. I don't register them, unless it's a special situation.

 

If you are selling your own personal coins on ebay, you could sell them at a set price and possibly limit the number sold to each individual... instead of selling it auction style. Unless you're really looking a some fund rasing.

Link to comment

If you are selling your own personal coins on ebay, you could sell them at a set price and possibly limit the number sold to each individual... instead of selling it auction style. Unless you're really looking a some fund rasing.

Well any of us who use the gc.com logo really shouldn't try to eBay our coins. I don't know about anyone else, but when I obtained permission to use the logo, it was not-for-profit useage only. Listing on eBay would kind of violate that agreement.

Link to comment

If you are selling your own personal coins on ebay, you could sell them at a set price and possibly limit the number sold to each individual... instead of selling it auction style.  Unless you're really looking a some fund rasing.

Well any of us who use the gc.com logo really shouldn't try to eBay our coins. I don't know about anyone else, but when I obtained permission to use the logo, it was not-for-profit useage only. Listing on eBay would kind of violate that agreement.

You obtained permission to use it to manufacture the coins.

 

There's nothing you do in dropping the coins that encumbers the consumer (finder, trader, purchaser) more than that.

 

I find it impossible to believe that if you found a coin (or traded, whatever) that had the logo on it, and then sold it on eBay, that geocaching.com would have the slightest leg to stand on if they complained via their trademark/logo usage.

 

It's been fascinating for me over the last 3+ years to see the trend where many people seem to be looking for an excuse to come up with rules and regulations regarding things geocaching.

 

Selling coins on eBay ? Sure, why not ? You can sell it at a garage sale. No difference.

 

Less rules please. Less posturing about what is 'right and wrong' please. No use of a coin is wrong unless it's breaking a law.

Link to comment

You obtained permission to use it to manufacture the coins.

 

And to distribute my coins.

 

There's nothing you do in dropping the coins that encumbers the consumer (finder, trader, purchaser) more than that.

 

Ahem, I never said this.

 

I said *I* or anyone else who produced coins using the GC logo could not/should not sell them themselves for a profit. Since this DOES violate the logo usage permission granted by gc.com.

 

Whatever anyone does with a coin they found, purchased or traded for, is up to them. I never stated otherwise.

 

You can appologise any time, thanks.

Edited by AtlantaGal
Link to comment
Here's my latest pic of the collection:

 

collection.jpg

 

Need to find a way to display the beautiful wood racks so al lthe coins and the racks are visible.

you've got quite a few I don't have! <_< (Grumble, gripe....)

 

Great looking coinrack WorkerofWood made. I miss my woodshop terribly!

Link to comment
Current Coins I'm hoping to find or trade for:

 

GeoNap

Team FISUR

Indy Diver

MRCOGEO

waypoint 15

HeadLlama

blazerfan

 

:)

I guess I am late on this, but seeing the first photo post. The first thing I noticed is the yellow jeep. Is this part of your collection or just temp window dressing to the collection?

Link to comment

Here is a shelf that I have added inserts to. I finished the inserts just in time for it to be slightly overfull. The shelf was made by my father-in-law with a groove in each shelf to hold collector plates. We used it as a CD rack until we bought a new desk for the computer.

I didn't want to modify the shelf itself, so I made the 3 three-tiered shelf inserts with grooves for geocoins. Most levels have a narrow slot for the coins. The front row on the bottom shelf has an extra wide slot for the air-tites. There is a row with an in-between width to accomodate the varying thicknesses of coins.

Now what am I gonna do with future trades :D

SmallerCoinsOnRack.jpg

Link to comment
My small, but growing collection in their case:

 

case1.jpg

And just look at that lovely AG coin on the top row :drama:

 

I don't know if I could fit all my coins in one pic... last count was 54 different coins with 9 more on the way. I'll try it tho... tomorrow.

 

When was that Va- Cache coin made? I've never seen it before? Does anyone know where I can get one? I live in VA and like any coin with Va on it.

Link to comment

Wow what a bump to an old thread. This thread was started long before the coin forum existed but now it's off topic here. I'll move it to the right forum. Perhaps someone in the Coin forum will know about that VA coin.

 

Ask and you shall receive. The VA-cache coin was donbadabon's personal geocoin released in 2005.

 

va.jpg

Link to comment

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...