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Released:
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Origin:
Netherlands
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The 2009 Compass Rose Geocoin™ design comes from a mid 1600s Portuguese map of Brazil. It is made with translucent colors and multiple angles in the background. The names of each wind direction encircle the compass rose representing the cardinal and ordinal directions. You can interpret the direction names at the 5th Anniversary Compass Rose Geocoin™ page. 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 the 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 not as effective as other methods. In addition, they also helped 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 coins, 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. Read more about this coin at www.CompassRoseGeocoin.com.

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Tracking History (5454.6mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 11/14/2010 ArianeHRO retrieved it from TB und Coin Hotel an der A 19 Güstrow - Süd / B104 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany   Visit Log

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Dropped Off 11/10/2010 MCC007 placed it in TB und Coin Hotel an der A 19 Güstrow - Süd / B104 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 25.21 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/7/2010 MCC007 took it to NSG Ribnitzer Moor Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 23.16 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/31/2010 MCC007 took it to Meine Frau kommt hier nicht ran!!! Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 17.49 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/30/2010 MCC007 took it to Rostocker Halloween-Event Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 28.19 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/30/2010 MCC007 took it to Dornier im Walde Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 23.16 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/30/2010 MCC007 took it to Museumsdorf Kobrow Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 24.59 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/30/2010 MCC007 took it to Ostseebaum1 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 7.71 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/29/2010 MCC007 took it to Treibgut und Strandperlen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - .41 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/29/2010 MCC007 took it to vor Heiligendamm Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 121.54 miles  Visit Log
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