Op zijn verjaardag vond het oudste teamlid een persoonlijke tradionele "verjaardagscache" onder de mat van onze voordeur, gemaakt door onze vrienden ook wel bekend als "Orm en de geitjes". Na een korte wandeling met de GPS door de voortuin, vond hij deze prachtige coin als verjaardagscadeau.
Graag zouden wij willen dat deze "NAP-coin" vele rivieren, meren, zeeën en oceanen oversteekt om zoveel mogelijk caches te bezoeken over de gehele wereld.
Een fotootje van de coin onderweg waarderen wij altijd zeer.

Groeten team "Papermill"


On his birthday our eldest teammember found a personal traditional "birthdaycache", made by our friends alias "Orm and the goats" at our frontdoor. After a short travel with the GPS in our garden he found the "birthdaycache" with this beautiful coin in it.
We would like this "below sealevel" coin to cross many rivers, lakes, seas and oceans to visit as much as possible caches all over the world.
We really apreciate pictures taken from the coin during its travel.

Kind regards, team "Papermill"

Dutch Geocoin 2008

Caching below sealevel

The saying is: God created the world, but the Dutch created Holland. The Dutch are proud to think that there's a lot of truth in that. More than half the country was reclaimed from below sea level and the fight against the water continues every day. The Netherlands has more than 3.000 polders, i.e. areas located below the surrounding water levels. Caching below sea level.

Design

The front of the coin is a replica a Zeeuwsche Stuiver, and old coin dated 1737. It shows the coat of arms of Zeeland with a lion half-emerged from water and represent the motto "luctor et emergo" (Latin for "I struggle and I emerge").

On the back of the coin features a blue 'peilschaal', a mostly email plate which is place by the Water Board to measure the height of the water at the N.A.P. scale (Normaal Amsterdams Peil or Amsterdam Ordnance Datum). It stands beside a height map of The Netherlands.

Details
Dimensions	1.75" (42 mm); round
Trackable	Yes
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