A New Home Geocoin: Monarch Edition
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Owner:
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Quingdao
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Released:
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
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Origin:
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Southern Scotland, United Kingdom
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Butterfly, the wind blows sea-ward,
strong beyond the garden-wall!
Butterfly, why do you settle on my
shoe, and sip the dirt on my shoe,
Lifting your veined wings, lifting them?
big white butterfly!
Already it is October, and the wind
blows strong to the sea
from the hills where snow must have
fallen, the wind is polished with
snow.
Here in the garden, with red
geraniums, it is warm, it is warm
but the wind blows strong to sea-ward,
white butterfly, content on my shoe!
Will you go, will you go from my warm
house?
Will you climb on your big soft wings,
black-dotted,
as up an invisible rainbow, an arch
till the wind slides you sheer from the
arch-crest
and in a strange level fluttering you go
out to sea-ward, white speck!
~ David Herbert Lawrence ~
A large number of animals are migratory and travel long distances to ensure their survival. Nature awakens something in them and they answer the call to leave all that they have known and to move on in search of a new home. Monarch butterflies are well known for their epic journeys that require generations to complete. One sets off, but it never reaches the end. It is left to its children or grandchildren to finally enter the Promised Land.
Humans are like butterflies in that their survival depends on listening to the instinct that compels them to leave behind their comfortable routines in order to seek out a new valley, to cross uncharted oceans, and finally plunge into the sea of stars to look for a new home. A journey this grand will not be completed in one lifetime.
This is the Monarch Edition of 'A New Home'. It features an 18 karat gold finish on a bronze core with orange, black, green, and blue enamel. The coin is a large 2 inches in diameter and has a custom icon showing a monarch butterfly.
Brand: Gregson Vaux Artifacts
Minted: 50
Year of Production: 2012
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