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

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Released:
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 5/16/2015 kan3 discovered it   Visit Log

Beim Giga in Mainz zu Gesicht bekommen.

Danke fürs Zeigen.

Discovered It 5/16/2015 MartinMirja discovered it   Visit Log

This trackable was discovered on a large list that was shared on the Mainz Giga event on May 16, 2015.
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Gesehen auf dem Giga-Event Mainz Gutenberg 2015
OREGON-TRAIL wünscht Gute Reise.
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Discovered it. Thank you for sharing.
Discovered It 5/16/2015 HvH.li discovered it   Visit Log

Am Giga in Mainz durfte ich viele Coins/Travelbugs/trackbare Gegenstände und sogar discoverbare Tattoos bewundern.
Vielen Dank für die Discovermöglichkeit und immer happy geocaching wünscht
HvH.li
Discovered It 5/16/2015 Team Gilicache discovered it   Visit Log

In MAINZ auf dem GIGA bewundert, DANKE!
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Auf dem GIGA in Mainz in form von Listen T-Shirts, einzeln und so gesehen...
Discovered It 5/16/2015 Foxendail discovered it   Visit Log

I am sorry I am not writing an individual log for your special trackable.
There were way too many trackables at the GIGA to treat them all appropriately.
Thanks a lot for sharing and always happy caching.
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Auf dem Giga-Event in Mainz gesehen
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Diesen TB, Coin, oder TB Aufkleber habe ich heute auf dem Gutenberg Giga in Mainz gesehen vielen dank fürs zeigen
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