Golden Horns Geocoin ;- mazanti's Golden Horns Geocoin no. 2

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Released:
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Origin:
Denmark
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In Denmark, close to the German border, two horns made of gold were found in a field at Gallehus. The first was found in year 1639 and the second  in 1734. The horns were made around year 450. In 1802 the horns were stolen by a poor goldsmith named Niels Heidenreich. He melted them in his kitchen and used the gold for making jeweleries under a false name.
The goldsmith was caught and put to prisson for 38 years. He died 4 years after getting out.Using old drawings it was possible to reconstruct copies of the horns. These copies have been on display at the National Museum in Copenhagen for many years, true national treasures of Denmark. Incredibly, the copies were stolen in 2007 while on loan to another Danish museum, but fortunately they were soon recovered by the Police.Based on this true story we made the Golden Horns Geocoin. They can now be ordered via this webshop at http://www.geocoin.dk.
There are two variants, both with Golden horns, but one is with gold edge and gold text, the other is with silver edge and silver text. They are trackable on geocaching.com with their own icon. The coins proudly carry the "DK" tracking code prefix, being designed in Denmark, and the text "Geocaching in Denmark - hiding treasures since the Iron Age".

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Discovered It 9/4/2024 Kylanah discovered it   Visit Log

På eventen så jeg mange fint Coins. Tak derfor :)
Discovered It 9/4/2024 52Grisu discovered it   Visit Log

Auf dem Event De gamle holder formiddagspause i det gronne 35 konnten viele Reisende bestaunt und begrüßt werden. Ich wünsche allen bei unserem schönen Hobby noch viele Kilometer.
52Grisu
Discovered It 9/3/2024 Trout01 discovered it   Visit Log

Heute beim CITO in Vrøgum (GCAWE97) gesehen. Vielen Dank, mange tak 😘😀
Discovered It 8/28/2024 MrsBebo66 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it. Thank you for sharing.
Discovered It 8/21/2024 MrMob85 discovered it   Visit Log

Diesen Coin habe ich in deinem Koffer auf deinem Event gesehen. Vielen Dank fürs mitbringen.

Viele liebe Grüße
MrMob85
Discovered It 8/21/2024 Vi-Larsen discovered it   Visit Log

Nå - det var dig der snuppede guldhornene … :)

Discovered It 7/10/2024 Geomouse15 discovered it   Visit Log

Die Geocoin konnte ich heute beim Event "De gamle holder formiddagspause i det grønne 32 ;)" discovern. Danke fürs Zeigen
Discovered It 6/27/2024 Puck80 discovered it   Visit Log

Diesen TB konnte ich heute auf einem Event bewundern. Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen.
Discovered It 6/26/2024 Sniper 1 discovered it   Visit Log

Auf einem netten Event gesehen und discovern können.
Beachtliche Sammlung.
Gruß Sniper 1
Discovered It 6/24/2024 Geoklatti discovered it   Visit Log

Auf dem Mega-Event in Dänemark gesehen...
Vielen Dank!
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