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 5/27/2015 Calli87 discovered it   Visit Log

Auf dem Weg und beim Gigaevent in Mainz viele neue Coins und TB's in unterschiedlichen Formen und Farben zu sehen bekommen. Auch die vielen Stempel sei es am Auto, Logbüchern oder Wänden waren zahlreich vertreten. Wirklich sehr schöne Exemplare und beeindruckende Sammlungen. Danke fürs Zeigen und die Möglichkeit des Discoverns.
Discovered It 5/23/2015 Mc1492 discovered it   Visit Log

In the last weeks I traveled a lot e.g. Munich, Berlin, Mainz, Halle, Danemark,... At this trips I visited many caches and events or other cache meetings. Now it is time to discover all the beautiful pieces which I saw on my trips.
Thanks for showing me this traveller and further more a nice trip.
Greetings from the coast of North Germany
Discovered It 5/22/2015 Ermsritter discovered it   Visit Log

Auf dem Giga in Mainz entdeckt und discovern dürfen. Vielen Dank für´s Zeigen.
Discovered It 5/22/2015 MaZoNe discovered it   Visit Log

Urlaub, endlich. Gleich am ersten Tag werden die Handybilder der TB's bereinigt um Platz für Neue zu machen. Vielen Dank für die Möglichkeit, sie discoern zu dürfen, auch, wenn es zum Teil schon recht lange her sein kann, dass ich sie fotografiert habe.
Discovered It 5/20/2015 acubee discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it. Thank you for sharing.
danke fürs zeigen. viele grüße acubee
Discovered It 5/20/2015 nigg_ae discovered it   Visit Log

Diese aussergewönliche Geocoin/Trackable am Gutenberg-Giga-Event in Mainz gesehen.👍
Vielen Dank für's Zeigen.
Grüsse aus der Schweiz, niggae.

This nice Geocoin/Trackable seen on the Gutenberg-Giga-Event Mainz 👍.
Thanks for sharing!
Greetings from Switzerland, niggae.
Discovered It 5/20/2015 buisset discovered it   Visit Log

bedankt om te mogen discoveren. grts, hilde.
Discovered It 5/18/2015 DAS-Gruppe discovered it   Visit Log

Während des GIGA-Events Mainz Gutenberg 2015 habe ich eine Menge Coins und TB's zum Discovern gefunden.
Unter allen tollen Einzelstücken und Listen waren viele schöne Dinge dabei und dafür bedanke ich mich. Sollte dieser TB oder diese Coin nicht zum discovern gedacht sein, dann bitte einfach diesen Logeintrag löschen. Bei allen stolzen Besitzern bedanke ich mich fürs Zeigen und Discovernlassen.

Danke für's Discoverndürfen
Thanks for sharing
Peut discovern Merci pour
Discovered It 5/17/2015 frankenlady discovered it   Visit Log

Beim Giga gab es viel zu entdecken, vielen Dank dafür!!
Discovered It 5/17/2015 Werner91 discovered it   Visit Log

gesehen in mainz
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