This is no ordinary geocaching trading item!

Groningen Stad en Ommeland Geocoin (Antique Copper) is a Groningen Stad en Ommeland Geocoin Travel Bug, traveling from geocache to geocache on a very specific mission.

If you do not intend to log your visit on the Geocaching.com web site, please DO NOT TAKE THIS ITEM. Its travels and its progress requires you to log that it is being taken from this geocache. You will also need to log when you place it in another geocache. It's easy!

If you are willing to log your part of this Trackable's journey and place it in another geocache as soon as possible (after you log your find), grab it from this geocache.

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The Groningen Stad En Ommeland Geocoin was designed by Mr. Van Stoffelen Sr. The below shown information related to the geocoin were taken from his website: "huiberst.info".

Final Artwork of the Groningen Stad En Ommeland Geocoin

Groningen Stad en Ommeland Geocoin

Groningen is the capital of the most north-eastern province of the Netherlands. It is the ‘pronkjewail’ (‘jewel’) of the province which is also called Groningen. The Ommelanden (dutch for “surrounding lands”) are the parts of Groningen province that surround Groningen city. Usually mentioned as synonym for the province in the expression Stad en Ommeland (“city and surrounding lands”).

Design

The text on the back of the coin is a verse out of the hymn of Groningen. The text: ‘Grünnen Stad en Ommelaand, pronkjewail in golden raand’ is dialect and translated: ‘Groningen City and Surrounding Area’s, jewel in a golden border’. The year 1584 refers to the year of which the independency of the City of Groningen came to an end. Groningen chose to join forces with the Spanish during the Eighty Years’ War in 1594. The army of Maurits of Nassau, prince of Orange forced the city to change sides and the city and the surrounding lands were forced to join together.