Compass Rose Geocoin 2009 2009 Compass Rose Geocoin - AS/PG

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Origin:
Antwerpen, Belgium
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2009 Compass Rose in Antique Silver & Polished Gold

The 2009 Compass Rose Geocoin design comes from a mid 1600s Portuguese map of Brazil. It is made with translucent colors and multiple metal angles in the background. The names of each wind direction encircle the compass rose representing the cardinal and ordinal directions.

The backside image is an armillary sphere. Armillary spheres were developed a few hundred years before the birth of Christ, modified several times as new discoveries were made, and used until the late 1700s. Earlier models have Earth placed at the center of the universe, and then later models reflect the sun in the center of the universe. They were used for navigation, but were not as effective as other methods. In addition, they also helped astronomers to understand the heavens. They were great at measuring distances in the heavens and tracking movements of planets, comets, and other objects. But notably related to our special navigation coin series, they were used extensively for training navigators. The armillary sphere design on this coin is from the same era of the compass rose used on the front side.

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Discovered It 2/1/2015 Trebbi discovered it   Visit Log

Diesen TB/Coin irgendwann in den letzten Wochen gesehen.
Auf einem Event, einem MEGA Event (oder GIGA;)), bei einem Cacher, auf einem T-Shirt, an einem Hund, auf der Mütze, hinter der Scheibe, auf der Kofferraumklappe, in einem QR Code, auf einer Liste, oder sonst irgendwo...
Bitte mich nicht mit Mails nerven wenns geht ;-)
Danke fürs zeigen + loggen!
Discovered It 2/1/2015 MuYbJeN discovered it   Visit Log

Seen on the coinstruck event
Discovered It 2/1/2015 Zwuzze discovered it   Visit Log

Gezien op het Coinstruck-event ... Thx voor deze ...
Discovered It 2/1/2015 gerymas discovered it   Visit Log

Gezien op het Coinstruck event in Haacht. Thanks for sharing.
Discovered It 2/1/2015 Didgedude discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it during the coinstruck-event. Thank you for sharing.
Discovered It 2/1/2015 microdaan discovered it   Visit Log

Mogen discoveren op het Coinstruck Event te Haacht. Thanks for sharing!
Discovered It 2/1/2015 RVRV discovered it   Visit Log

Deze gezien op het Coinstruck Event in Haacht. Was wel indrukwekkend.
Bedankt voor de QR code om deze te kunnen discoveren.
Discovered It 2/1/2015 FNFT discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at the Coinstruch event in Haacht, thanks for sharing your nice collection 🙂.
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😉 Discovered at the [url=http://coord.info/GC5FWGH]Coinstruck[/url] event.
Discovered It 2/1/2015 Orion&Co discovered it   Visit Log

Tijdens het Geocoinstruck event in Haacht, hadden we tussen de vele babbeltjes door toch nog tijd genoeg om een aantal fotookes te nemen van al die prachtige collecties die hier uitgestald lagen.
Dit was één van de vele trackables die we mochten ontdekken !
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