+Bhob Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 here is what I think that I know . . . produced in 2008 four versions - gold error gold silver artist it is my understanding that the mint made incorrect gold coins, and re-minted them I believe that the re-minted coins had the same tracking codes as the error coins and that many of the gold coins sold were sets of the two with the same tracking code unknowns - 1. just what the "error" was 2. what is different about the artist edition - finish, enamel, etc 3. is my list of four versions complete 4. approximate quantities corrections to the above are welcome any additional insights/information would be appreciated Quote Link to comment
+JoergWausW Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Ok, some information I could find: Most detailed descriptive information seems to be here: http://coord.info/TB247XY. "The Rt 66 series was created by 9key." -> so you may email 9key to get answers. "There are 55 error gold coins where the background of the reverse is in an orangish color." -> I can't confirm the number 55. http://coord.info/TB247T9 : says "This is a set of two coins, the first (orange background) was a LE in that it was an incorrect color. The second coin (gold background) is the version that was released for traveling. These coins have the same tracking number....2 for the price of 1! " -> same tracking code as you suggested. And then I found this picture here: http://coord.info/TB247RT -> is that the mint error or a too bright picture of the gold? About a possible AE: Here you can find three activated coins with pictures: (1) http://coord.info/TB247MH (antique silver) (2) http://coord.info/TB247WR (gold) (3) http://coord.info/TB247YW (antique silver) -> HG as a prefix means probably that hogwildstuff minted them. Sadly, they are out of business today and they left hardly any online information behind. but my main point about those pictures is this: The TB-numbers of those three coins are ascending, usually (after 2006) same editions have consecutive TB-codes. If you can detect a difference between the silver coin (1) and the other silver (3), let me know. The gold coins like (2) have numbers between the other two - maybe that means those silver ones are different versions. But any comparison is useless if these pictures don't show the actual coins but are reposted from somewhere else. Maybe the second coin is gold and just has the wrong picture of a silver one. At last: chrisgun at cointracking.com posted these pictures: http://cointracking.com/photos/chrisgun_trade_txs_rt66_ae_Front100.jpg (named "AE" -> looks like hard enamel) http://cointracking.com/photos/chrisgun_trade_texas_rt66_slv1_Front100.jpg (appears to be soft enamel) The gold ones look like hard enamel. Please let us know if you can find any more answers. Quote Link to comment
+Bhob Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 it took me a few days, but I have been able to gather some more info on these geocoins there are at least 360 of them TB247KF thru TB247YY = 325 TB2914Z thru TB29132 = 35 I have looked at each of these 360 trackable pages to my surprise, 220 of them (almost two-thirds) have not been activated yet less of a surprise is that just about all of the coins that were released have gone missing the bulk of the ones that are still active were never released into the wild, but are in collections that are shared at events many of the activated ones (well over half of them) do not have a picture or other indication of the version here are the ones that do - # 1 - picture is of a silver coin # 9 - picture is of a silver coin # 10 - picture is of a silver coin # 16 - picture is of a silver coin # 18 - picture is of a silver coin # 22 - picture is of a silver coin, appears to be soft enamel # 26 - coin name says silver # 29 - coin name says antique nickel # 34 - picture is of a silver coin # 35 - picture is of a silver coin # 39 - picture is of a silver coin # 42 - picture is of a silver coin # 46 - picture is of a silver coin # 57 - picture is of a silver coin # 59 - picture is of a silver coin # 66 - picture is of a silver coin # 68 - picture is of a silver coin # 78 - coin name says antique silver, picture is of a silver coin # 94 - description says "antique silver" and "soft enamel", picture is of a silver coin # 98 - description says "silver" # 100 - coin name says silver # 104 - coin name says silver, picture is of a silver coin # 113 - picture is of a silver coin # 114 - coin name says silver # 119 - picture is of a silver coin # 140 - coin name says silver # 148 - description says "silver" # 150 - coin name says silver # 153 - picture is of a silver coin # 154 - picture is of a silver coin # 158 - picture is of a silver coin # 161 - description says "pair" of coins # 165 - picture is of a silver coin # 166 - picture is of a gold coin # 174 - coin name says gold # 180 - description says "gold", picture is of a gold coin # 181 - description says "pair" of coins # 185 - picture is of a gold coin # 197 - picture is of a gold coin # 217 - picture is of a gold coin # 223 - picture is of a gold coin # 231 - coin name says gold and hard enamel, picture is of a gold coin # 237 - coin name says set # 241 - coin name says gold, description says "gold" and "hard enamel", picture is of a gold coin # 243 - description says "pair", picture is of a gold coin # 244 - coin name says gold # 249 - description says "gold", picture is of a gold coin # 256 - picture is of a gold coin # 258 - coin name says gold, picture is of a gold coin # 266 - description says "gold" # 267 - description says "gold" # 269 - description says "pair" of coins # 294 - picture is of a gold coin # 295 - coin name says gold # 300 - picture is of a gold coin # 307 - description says "gold", picture is of a gold coin # 313 - coin name says gold # 317 - picture is of a gold coin # 323 - picture is of a silver coin # 332 - picture is of a gold coin I did not find the word "artist" in any of the places that I looked perhaps they do not actually exist perhaps there is another group of coins that I did not find there is not really enough date to draw firm conclusions but here is one possibility - there were 180 silver coins made and 180 gold coins made the silver had soft enamel, and the gold had imitation hard enamel I have e-mailed 9Key (the creator of these geocoins) and asked if there is any information that they would be willing to share we shall see . . . Quote Link to comment
+JoergWausW Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 50% of those coins with pictures show the same one... my guess is still three versions as noted in my previous post: 1) silver soft enamel in #9 you can clearly see the black soft enamel in the ring of the revers (sign side). 2) gold hard enamel as stated 3) silver hard enamel in #323 and in #165 I can't see soft enamel in the ring. Looks like (imitation) hard enamel. Same difference in enamel at chrisgun's two pictures of the fronts at cointracking.com... I just checked again. Please check the enamel in the inner of the horse. And chrisgun uses the term "AE" - so I think this third version does exist (because the difference in the pictures). There are only very few of them, or they are not trackable. But why those pitcures #323 an #165 then? Quote Link to comment
+9Key Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Yes, "AE" is "Artists Edition", and they are not trackable. They have my geocaching name etched in the spot where the tracking number would be. I still have them... somewhere. Quote Link to comment
+Bhob Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 it looks like this thread has gathered all of the information that is readily available in summary - silver version exists, and has soft enamel gold version exists, and has imitation hard enamel gold error version exists, and has same enamel as the "regular" version . . . the "error" is an incorrect background color of orange . . . each error coin was replaced a regular one, and has the same tracking code artist versionn exists, but is not trackable on GC.com . . . finish and enamel not known at this time my main interest was to determine what to look for to add to my collection since my focus is on trackable coins, it looks like I only need two the silver and the gold for me, the error version is of low interest, since it would not have a different tracking code I will watch this space, and welcome any new information . . . Quote Link to comment
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