Willem van Oranje Geocoin Willem van Oranje Geocoin (Antique Gold)

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Owner:
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Released:
Friday, October 2, 2009
Origin:
Netherlands
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The Willem van Oranje Geocoin was designed by Mr. Van Stoffelen Sr. The information about the coin shown below was taken from his website: "huiberst.info".

Willem van Oranje Geocoin

William of Orange (a.k.a. William the Silent) was born in the House of Nassau as a count of Nassau-Dillenburg. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau. He was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years’ War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. In the Netherlands, he is also known as the Vader des Vaderlands, “Father of the Fatherland”, and the Dutch national anthem, Het Wilhelmus was written in his honor.

Design

The geocoin is round shaped and has a size of 1.75″ (approx. 44 mm). The front of this coin is a copy of the first Dutch coin which was minted in 1583. It shows the portrait of William of Orange and the motto Vigilate Deo Confidentes, which means ‘Guard, trusting in God’.

The backside of this coin has one of William most important statements written on it: “Ik kan niet goedkeuren dat vorsten over het geweten van hun onderdanen willen heersen en hun de vrijheid van geloof ontnemen” which translated means “I cannot approve that monarchs want to rule over the conscience of their people and take away their freedom of religion”.

Final Artwork of the Willem van Oranje Geocoinfinal artwork

Finishings:

It totally 14 different finishings of the Willem van Oranje Geocoin were minted:

  • Polished Gold
  • Polished Silver
  • Antique Gold
  • Antique Silver
  • Polished Gold/Polished Silver
  • Antique Copper   XLE (15 made)
  • Foggy Silver/Polished Silver   XLE (15 made)
  • Foggy Gold/Polished Gold   XLE (15 made)
  • Antique Silver/Antique Gold   XLE (15 made)
  • Antique Nickel/Polished Nickel   XLE (10 made)
  • Antique Gold/Polished Gold   XLE (10 made)
  • Antique Bronze/Polished Bronze   XLE (10 made)
  • Antique Nickel/Antique Bronze   XLE (10 made)
  • Antique Nickel/Antique Copper   XLE (10 made)

About This Item

Willem van Oranje Geocoin (Antique gold) - regular edition

geocoin - frontgeocoin - back

The Willem van Oranje Geocoin is one of the geocoins I have retrieved out of the JackHoe collection! I really appreciate the opportunity to get a part of his stunning dutch geocoin collection

The aim of this geocoin is to please everyone who looks at this beautiful coin and discovers it 

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Discovered It 10/8/2016 Willem-Jan discovered it   Visit Log

Geo-Dragonchild stelde zijn geocoin verzameling ten toon tijdens het SAKE2016 event. We hebben genoten van de prachtige uitstalling en waren onder de indruk van de omvang van de verzameling.
Bedankt dat we de trackables mochten zien.

MT & WJ
Discovered It 10/8/2016 Trekkie29 discovered it   Visit Log

Deze mooie en grote collectie TB's / coins mogen ontdekken op het SAKE event...
Er zitten er een paar mooie tussen die ik wel in mijn collectie zou willen hebben :)

Bedankt om ze te tonen... hopelijk kan je je collectie nog wat laten groeien...
Discovered It 10/8/2016 DVERK discovered it   Visit Log

Am 08.10 waren wir DVERK's und unser Sohn Liam (LErdO) zu Gast in Holland auf dem Event Saens Kessers Evenement [SAKE2016] - GC64Z75-. Wir hatten die weite Anreise auf uns genommen und haben nicht nur viele nette Menschen getroffen, sondern auch bekannte Gesichter gesehen. Es hat uns sehr gefreut dich mal wieder zu sehen und mit dir ein paar Worte wechseln aber natürlich und insbesondere deine fantastische Sammlung begutachtet. Daher bedanke ich mich dafür, deine besondere Sammlung (und deiner Freunde) discovern zu dürfen, es ist mir eine Ehre! Liebe Grüße aus Essen/NRW und wir sehen uns bestimmt in Maije oder in Bremerhaven wieder. Danke fürs zeigen! Tom
Discovered It 10/8/2016 ErwinKarin discovered it   Visit Log

Deze verzameling gezien tijdens de SAKE2016. Prachtig tentoon gesteld in een overzichtelijke vitrine. Grandioos om dit bijeen te zien en de je ziet wat de moeite van de eigenaar en vooral de liefde voor deze leuke hobby. Bedankt.
Discovered It 8/23/2016 tulak discovered it   Visit Log

I have been given this incredibly huge collection of trackables by Geo-Dragonchild. Since that moment I am trying to visit (and admire) individually as many of these trackables as possible - but the collection is so big that I may not be able to visit all of them in details. I met Geo-Dragonchild perhaps several times during various Mega and Giga events in Europe, definitely it was this month at North Wales Mega event on the beautiful Llangollen canal. The Geo-Dragonchild's collection gives really a pleasure to browse through. I congratulate the owner for the given time and investment that this collection represents. Indeed, incredible! Thanks.
Discovered It 8/18/2016 ujoe discovered it   Visit Log

Am Finale der Wilden Kreaturen trafen wir auf den Owner dieser TB's.
Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen dieser schönen und außergewöhnlichen Sammlung.
Viele Grüße von ujoe
Discovered It 12/23/2015 Salta katt discovered it   Visit Log

Många coins blev det att upptäcka. Fantastiskt.
Discovered It 12/2/2015 Karl XI discovered it   Visit Log

This guy introduced me to geocaching a day in October 2011. The days are still counting 😁! Now I was invited for a great evening with chat and "coinfest". I am really proud knowing you and what a great collection. The coins are amazing!

Thanks Geo-Dragonchild for everything! Hope to see you soon again.
//Karl XI
Discovered It 11/30/2015 2Berkas discovered it   Visit Log

Auf dem Megaevent (Coinfest) in den Niederlanden gesehen.
Danke für's zeigen dieser schönen Sammlung
Discovered It 11/22/2015 Team blyfot discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at a great event i Stensjö by, so many amazing geocoins in the same area at the same time. Thanks to Geo Dragonchild for putting this event together and letting us meet up for a chat on a cold november afternoon.
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