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 isbn71 discovered it   Visit Log

Deze coins gezien tijdens het Coinstruck event in Haacht. Dank je wel Johnny Lighting om ze te laten discoveren.
Discovered It 2/1/2015 isbn84 discovered it   Visit Log

Deze coins gezien op het Coinstruck event in Haacht. Bedankt Johhny Lightning om ze te laten zien!
Discovered It 2/1/2015 destroj007 discovered it   Visit Log

'Seen & Discovered' at the Coinstruck Event 2015 by annizir & mb815. Thanks for sharing.
Discovered It 2/1/2015 YouryDW discovered it   Visit Log

Deze trackable kunnen (en mogen) spotten op het coinstruck event, bedankt om deze te sharen :)
Discovered It 2/1/2015 DE PANSKES discovered it   Visit Log

bedankt om deze te delen tijdens coinstruck
Discovered It 1/23/2015 Rezi73 discovered it   Visit Log

Auf meinen Reisen gesehen. Danke fürs Zeigen.
Discovered It 1/13/2015 P@je discovered it   Visit Log

Leuke kennis making op M&G event Kappellekesboom 10/01/2015.
Wat een indrukwekkende collectie met soms heel mooie geocoins in !
Bedankt om die te mogen bekijken en te mogen loggen
Discovered It 1/2/2015 Birre discovered it   Visit Log

Deze mogen discoveren tijdens het event te Haacht.
Thank you for sharing.

Birre,

Discovered It 1/1/2015 d2x discovered it   Visit Log

I saw this trackable/coin past time ago on a event or in a cache and now it's time to discover all the many pictures at my mobilephone.

Good luck in all that comes your way in the future. I hope it goes well for you.
Discovered It 1/1/2015 soulpower discovered it   Visit Log

Thanks for sharing and a happy new year.
Good luck for 2015!

Cheers soulpower
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