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    Default Penguin Geocoin

    Any one interested in an Eclectic Penguin?

    https://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/in...&#entry3726388

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    Hywel has the first active coins now (the others are somewhere between the US and here) and the icon is also active :cheers:

    click the penguin to see the coins page :socool:

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    Having seen this coin in the "metal" I can honestly say it is a fantastic coin and Hywel has sold 24 or so already so get your orders in quick people .

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    Quick update the coins have arrived

    http://eclectic-penguin.org.uk/coin/...9/they-re-here

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    Newbie cacher here & have seen your coin while surfing this evening. Very nice - couldn't resist buying one

    Found my first 4 caches today & none had a coin in do I'm going to put that right when penguin arrives!

    Jo

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    Got ours in the post this morning :socool: and the coins are simply Fantastic :cheers: - well done EP!

    Mike & Helen

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    And us - PDG, all we want now is one of those LE one's...

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    Mine has arrived too. Almost too nice to activate & let loose.....

    At least the first will be memorable

    Jo

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    Quote Originally Posted by L8HNB View Post
    And us - PDG, all we want now is one of those LE one's...
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=180317466308

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    Mmmm, I have my eye on it.........

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    Quote Originally Posted by L8HNB View Post
    Mmmm, I have my eye on it.........
    I have one Click me



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    Quote Originally Posted by matrix View Post
    I have one Click me


    You little tinker :lol: - I hope a few will escape the Principality.....

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    To be fair, Mike's Goldie was a gift for the help he provided in testing the sales software for me and for helping me iron out some of the wrinkles in the software.

    To date, the gold coin has only been freely for sale at the recent UK event (limited to one per person who bought at least one other coin).

    The exception is going to be the 10 that will be auctioned off over the next month or so on e-bay.

    Once the coins break the profit barrier (and this is getting close with copper coins now on the verge of the endangered list), there may be options for swaps for special coins but until that happens I'm trying to avoid doing any swaps.

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    As to gold coins escaping the principality - to date 2 have - to 2 new continents, both special gifts to people who have been special to me.

    Edit: There was a post prior to this explaining a little more about the coin - I hope it turns up - there was a message about something to do with a moderator reading it before it vanished...

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    I don't know why my first post to the forum was completely ignored with some message flashed briefly across the screen about some sort of moderation involved before I could even read most of the message and then my second was accepted without question... never mind!

    All I wished to say in my first post was, to be fair, that Mike's gold coin was a gift from me to him for helping me set up the on-line shop software:cheers: I'm happy he likes the coin, and even more happy with how smoothly the entire sales have gone in the last 4 days!

    For the record the gold coin has only ever been on-sale "over the counter" as it were in the recent South Wales event as a token of thanks to friends who have given me moral support over the coin's development.

    10 Goldies (with their respective initialed and numbered inserts) will go on sale on e-bay in the near future - one of which is on auction at the moment and more will follow in the next month or so, at random, sometimes overlapping intervals.

    More Goldie E.P. coins will be available once the coins break even - which is going to be any day now based on how the last 4 days of sales have gone Mostly for swaps.

    But being the disciplined chap I am, until I break the profit barrier on the spreadsheet, I need to sell until the coins make the sum needed to break even. I'm sure most of you out there understand.

    : It's been quite an experience over the last few days shifting jiffie bags full of small metal bits in the shape of "me" (or at least my avitar) all over the planet!

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    Quote Originally Posted by L8HNB View Post
    You little tinker :lol: - I hope a few will escape the Principality.....
    Oh and for the record, we Welsh take the use of the word Principality as an insult, as we regard ourselves as a Country (with a capital C) despite the invasion by the English sometime in the past and how they regard us.

    :lol: but many of my friends are English so I forgive you for your indiscretion

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    are there any of these still available??

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    Quote Originally Posted by pasha&kralice View Post
    are there any of these still available??
    There has been a couple on Ebay recently send an email to Hywel (Eclectic Penguin) via GC.com he may have some left .

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    Received our Gold EP coin today - it is very nice and I think there are 4 more (EP please correct me if I've miss counted ) to go on fleabay...

    There's also a glow-in-the-dark one coming out soon I believe. :socool:

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    The initial batch of 200 (copper & antique bronze) sold out within 3 weeks of going on sale, which is far quicker than I anticipated. I still have a handful that I kept back for postal faliures (none so far) which will probably either go on ebay or be made available on the online shop when the new flock arrives.

    Henry's right - another 100 have been ordered and minted - this time with glow in the dark eyes and belly and epoxy coating. I've also minted a number of badges using the front die (exactly the same as the front of the copper coin) - these will also go on sale on the online shop when available - obviously these aren't trackable and will cost less than a genuine geocoin.

    Yes, there are 4 other genuine e-bay auctions for low serial number limited edition gold E.P. coins left to be released. There may be other ways to obtain a gold coin in the future too as I still have a number of these left...

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