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Lonely Loonie Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

jksenn: On a pre-winter check of the cache, I found it missing. It requires a special shape of container, which I do not have, so the cache will be archived.

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Hidden : 12/10/2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Ah, the beloved loonie, Canada’s $1 coin!

The purpose of this geocache is to get you to find out more about the loonie, while calculating the coordinates for this cache.

The cache is not actually at the posted coordinates, but is within 2 kms. The cache can be found at the following coordinates:

N 43° A.B W079° C.D

where

x= the number of sides on the loonie
y = the first year of the loonie
z = the mass of the loonie, in grams

A = 4x-1
B = (y-427)/10
C = 2(x+z)-13
D = 33xz-y-5

This cache will only accept one type of item. Make a withdrawal and a deposit and log it.

The container is a larger spice bottle covered with silver duct tape.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Znxr fher gb ybt lbhe ivfvg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)