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Tag: geocoin collection

Highwood Pass Geocoin

On October 1, 2008January 11, 2016 By GeoKsIn Geocaching2 Comments

Our first personal geocoin is in production at the mint and we hope to have it in hand late October / early November. At 2206 meters (7170 feet), Highwood Pass is the highest point in Canada that can be reached by paved roadway. Many of our favourite hikes in the Canadian Rockies start at the Highwood Pass …

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Personal Geocoin

On February 4, 2008January 9, 2016 By GeoKsIn GeocachingLeave a comment

After scribbling, sketching, googling, thinking, discussing and revising, we finally landed on solid design concepts for our first personal geocoin. Since Mr. and Mrs. GeoK aren't very artistic, we noted all our thoughts down in a detailed e-mail and sent it off to our chosen geocoin producer, Landsharkz. We're waiting to hear their feedback and then we'll …

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Geocoins Trading Newbies

On January 25, 2008January 9, 2016 By GeoKsIn GeocachingLeave a comment

Last week, Mrs. GeoK finally got all of our "keepers", "traders" and "seekers" listed on Geocoin Collecting & Trading Gallery. We didn't know whether that would do anything more than give us an online tool for keeping track of our ever-growing geocoin collection, so we were surprised when, within a few days of finishing the …

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Time to tame the geocoin madness

On January 11, 2008January 9, 2016 By GeoKsIn GeocachingLeave a comment

It happens every 6 or 8 weeks...geocoins have been arriving, sometimes just one, but usually a few at a time... Eventually, the small cardboard box that sits on the corner of my desk gets so full that I can't ignore it anymore. And then I spend a good part of the day sorting through them, …

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