I've posted a few geocoin resources here on the listserv before, but I guess it might be time to update some of the information.<br>
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The Team Fisur site has probably one of the best lists of almost every
Geocoin produced.&nbsp; They don't update the site with every new coin,
but they do a pretty good job considering all the coins that have come
out lately.<br>
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<a href="http://www.geocities.com/team_fisur/geocoins/">http://www.geocities.com/team_fisur/geocoins/</a><br>
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Nurse Dave has done a pretty good job of keeping photos of his collection too.<br>
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<a href="http://www.beckydavis.com/Coins-Metal/index.html">http://www.beckydavis.com/Coins-Metal/index.html</a><br>
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Clicking on some of the links on the Team Fisur site will lead you to
the websites where coins can still be purchased.&nbsp; The country coins
like USA and Canada are pretty easily obtained.&nbsp; South Africa was a
first come first served event.&nbsp; The Germany coins are only available to
people that live in the EU.&nbsp; I managed to find a way to get a few.&nbsp; The
EU has a limited edition coming out.&nbsp; I believe they have taken all the
orders they are going to accept.<br>
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Most of the state releases are limited time offers.&nbsp; Michigan is
the only state I can think of off hand that keeps an inventory in their
online store.&nbsp; They produce a seasonal coin that is a very limited
run.&nbsp; I have the Spring and Summer coins, but no Winter.&nbsp;
With the popularity of this collection, I'm not sure if I'll be able to
get a Fall at this point, but I'm sure gonna try.&nbsp; <br>
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Most state releases, and some personal coin releases, can be found in
the Geocaching forums.&nbsp; They will announce a coin, people with be
given various methods of requesting to be added to the buying
list.&nbsp; Almost all ask for the money up front to pay for die and
minting fees.&nbsp; This is a common practice and I am not familiar
with an problems with it so far.<br>
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Some personal coins are minted and then made available on a trade only
condition.&nbsp; It's generally the best way to get ahold of personal
coins as the availability of state and country coins.&nbsp; Some
personal coin traders are just beginning and they do not have some of
the older state coins, so deals are still out there for trading the
state and country coins.<br>
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The geocaching coin forums is at the following link.<br>
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<a href="http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showforum=44">http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showforum=44</a><br>
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Checking the region forums is another good place to find coin
information.&nbsp; The Arizona gecoin discussions were in the Southwest
forum.<br>
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Another forum to watch is the trading post and <a href="http://terracachers.org">terracachers.org</a>.&nbsp;
It's more of an annoucement board then a trading list.&nbsp; It does a
pretty good job of keeping you up to date with any large trades or
sales.<br>
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<a href="http://www.terracachers.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=10&amp;sid=ff2ef39b578d9034226caaf6bb75d395">http://www.terracachers.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=10&amp;sid=ff2ef39b578d9034226caaf6bb75d395</a><br>
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There is also now a Geocoin club.&nbsp; It's a for profit venture that
charges a pretty high price for their coins.&nbsp; Some are actually
worth it, in my opinion, but not enough of them.&nbsp; It requires a
subsription to join.&nbsp; You will receive your first coin for the
month after you subscribed.&nbsp; So subscribing today, October 1st,
will get you in for the November coin.&nbsp; They also have a forum
with their board, but it leaves alot to be desired.&nbsp; It seems to
have no traffic on it.<br>
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<a href="http://www.geocoinclub.com/">http://www.geocoinclub.com/</a><br>
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My new favorite coin website is <a href="http://cointracking.com">cointracking.com</a>.&nbsp; I have posted
my collection there, and have made a quite a few trades since my
listing there.&nbsp; They have quite a few features, and even more for
paying customers.&nbsp; If you have a coin coming out, they will make
their site available to you for web-based ordering for the fee of one
of your coins.&nbsp; That's a pretty good deal if you ask me.&nbsp;
Their site is <br>
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<a href="http://cointracking.com/index.php">http://cointracking.com/index.php</a><br>
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My personal list can be found at<br>
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<a href="http://cointracking.com/public/jake-teamai">http://cointracking.com/public/jake-teamai</a><br>
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A few groups have formed recently for buying coins.&nbsp; It's
generally done by region to keep the shipping to a minimum.&nbsp; Coins
are ordered by one person, then distributed from that person to the
rest of the group.&nbsp; I've debated whether or not to see if there is
any interest in forming an Arizona group.&nbsp; I even went as far as
to come up with a few name ideas.&nbsp; Grand Canyon State Geocaching
Coin Syndicate or (GCS)^2 was the best one so far.<br>
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There usually isn't much of a response to my posting in this matter, so
I've left it to posting information when questions are asked.<br>
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Discussions on the Arizona Geocoin are on the GC.com.&nbsp; Now it's
become more of a collection of requests.&nbsp; If you are interested in
ordering some of the AZ coins, please send a request to <b><a href="mailto:azgeocoin@gmail.com">azgeocoin@gmail.com</a><br>
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I hope you find this useful.<br>
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&nbsp;Jake - Team A.I.<b><br>
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