GC&P Club August 2012 Mayan Calendar Geocoin/Copy tag

The goal of this coin/proxy is to just travel around.  So whatever your pleasure is, cache to cache, event to event, drop it in a new cache, hand it off to another cacher, take it to a new country, whatever you desire..  Just as long as it keeps moving!  Original coin will remain in my collection and the copy tag being sent out in its place. The copy tag has the same tracking number as the original coin.

This is a four part spinner bronze geocoin which has the Mayan Calendar on the front side and the Haab and the Tzolkinon on the back.

The Mayan calendar completeed the 12th “Great Cycle” of the Long Count on December 21, 2012. There were many myths in 2012 about doomsday prophesies which surrounded this date related to the Mayan calendar cycle coming to an end. We are now in the 13th "Great Cycle" which began on December 22, 2012.

The Haab is a 365 day solar calendar which is divided into 18 months of 20 days each and one month which is only 5 days long (Uayeb). The calendar has an outer ring of Mayan glyphs (pictures) which represent each of the 19 months. Each day is represented by a number in the month followed by the name of the month. Each glyph represents a personality associated with the month.

The divine calendar is also known as the Sacred Round “Tzolkin” which means “the distribution of the days”. It is a 260-day calendar, with 20 periods of 13 days used to determine the time of religious and ceremonial events. Each day is numbered from one to thirteen, and then repeated. The day is also given a name (glyph) from a sequence of 20 day names. The calendar repeats itself after each cycle.

The Mayan Calendar has three corresponding calendars. Time is cyclical in the calendars and a set number of days must occur before a new cycle can begin. The three calendars are used simultaneously. The Tzolkin and the Haab identify and name the days, but not the years.

Size: 2" (50mm) x 3mm

Coin and copy tag remain the property of Bali-Hi