Alaska Geocoin Information

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Celebrate Alaska – America’s Last Frontier – with the 2009 Alaska Geocoin!  

Produced during the 50^th year of Alaskan statehood, this trackable geocoin depicts two brown bears fishing for salmon in one of Alaska’s pristine streams, continuing the theme of “animals you may encounter while geocaching in Alaska.”

This is a Made in Alaska product, manufactured in Anchorage at the Alaska Mint.  The 1.5 inch/39 mm coins are struck in solid commercial bronze (85% copper, 15% zinc, also called brass), one ounce 0.999 silver, and one ounce 0.999 silver with 0.9999 fine gold relief.  The coins are all proof quality, produced by striking the planchets twice using a pressure of 160-180 tons with dies polished to a mirror finish .  The edge of the silver and silver with gold relief coins are stamped "1 OZ .999 FINE SILVER."  

The 2009 Alaska Geocoin is a testament to the state’s wildlife, its resident art and manufacturing abilities, and its citizens’ commitment to sustaining populations of both Brown Bear and Wild Salmon.  Alaska is the world’s last stronghold of sustainable wild runs of all five species of Pacific salmon and the home of more than 98% of the U.S. population of brown bears.  In Autumn, a brown bear may eat as much as 90 pounds (40 kilograms) of food each day, and it may weigh twice as much before hibernation as it will in Spring. Alaskans have done so well at protecting wild salmon runs and populations of brown bears that it is not uncommon while geocaching to see tracks of the big bears alongside the salmon-spawning streams running right through the heart of Anchorage – home to more than 300,000 persons.  Brown bears symbolize Alaska as shown on the back of the state quarter and on the state flag (Ursa Major – The Big Dipper).

The geocoin’s reverse features the signature highly-detailed view of a prospector seeking his cache against the backdrop of Denali – “the Great One.” 

In addition to the regular edition Alaska geocoins, a limited edition of 150 "Beary Christmas" bronze coinaments were also produced.  The front of the geocoin features the 2009 brown bear and salmon design and the reverse side of the geocoin features a pair of bears and a Christmas tree offering a "Happy Holidays" greeting.  All Beary Christmas geocoins are packaged with a red or green border in an airtight "coinament" capsule suitable for gifting and/or displaying the coin.

The geocoins are trackable at geocaching.com and will have a custom icon for your stats page when you log or activate one .  Many thanks to Anchorage, Alaska, cachers NorthWes and evansalaska for creating the icon for this GeocacheAlaska! project.

Matching 1" geopins were also produced.  An initial production run of 250 antique bronze pins and 250 antique silver pins were produced for GeocacheAlaska! by Oakcoins.  The total number of pins produced will not exceed 750.

Alaskan cacher Eagle618 generously donated several dozen of her personal geocoins to GeocacheAlaska!  for resale with all proceeds going to our fledgling non-profit organization.  The geocoin is 3D on both sides.  Take note of the talons around the edge of the coin, "RIPPING THROUGH 1 CACHE AT A TIME."  The reverse of the coin features a snowy road that Eagle618 and her daughter traveled down one snowy evening while caching.  If you look closely, you can even see the glitter of distant stars & falling snow.  The geocoin comes with a custom icon when activated .

For a gallery and history of past GeocacheAlaska! geocoins, click here.

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