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eagleyes · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:51 pm Post subject: Maybe a new idea?

I am not into coins but have followed enough to know that they go missing. I picked up a "traveling coin" today in a Texas cache only it wasn't a coin. The person had laminated a picture of a Colorado coin that he owns with all the info needed to log for a count. that way if it goes missing he isn't out anything- and the people who "find " it can log it. Just an idea - maybe some of you already do this.
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loneeagle_24 · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:20 am Post subject:

I've seen a couple of these that were done this style already. I don't have a laminator yet, though.
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merkman · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 2032

I personally am not very fond of that idea. Imagine if everyone did that for travel bugs too (or jeeps). Heck in that case lets just take a pic of the cache, that way it won't be muggled. The more coins that go out into caches will make coins less of a novelty and therefore fewer coins will be stolen. With more people putting coins in caches, I think the coins being stolen issue will resolve itself over time.

EskoClimber · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:52 am Post subject:

I can see realeasing a picture of a coin AFTER its gone missing, but I wouldn't do that until that sad event actually happened. I like finding geocoins in the cache, especially with all the new designs that are out there.
One thing I've done is to drill and tag some of my coins. That wrecks the value for someone to collect them and keeps them on the road for others to enjoy.

Arcticabn · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:05 am Post subject:

eagleyes · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:31 pm Post subject:

Ah-ha- I read the card carefully- the idea is not the coin itself, but to move through as many caches as possible and get as many cachers as possible to get a Colorado coin icon on their stats page. Well, like I said I am not into coins- so will drop today. Hey- I just went to Johnny Horton's grave as part of a first stage multi that will eventually wind up in Shreveport's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame- Johnny Horton "Battle of New Orleans" (In 1814 we took a little trip...) " North to Alaska" ( Way up North), and "Sink the Bismarck -( In May of 1941 the war had just begun)
good songs from my youth!
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merkman · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 2032

merkman · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 2032