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Printable information sheet to attach to Geoswag C&P Club January 2011 - The Winged Disc Geocoin - ShG
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The Winged Disc Geocoin (GC&P Club January 2011) was designed by "manu luq" in the year 2009. Here is his story about the geocoin:
The Winged Disc Geocoin
This coin represent the first three great civilizations, who are the cradle of Humankind.
The star and the planets represent the Sumerian civilization.
This graphic comes from clay tablets thousands of years old.
I have not been in Mesopotamia to find them, ... although I would have liked to be there in real time, when they were writen.
The figures and hieroglyphs represent the Egyptian civilization.
I also would have liked to sail on the Nile and being in the Temple of Dendera thousand of years ago ... but who knows ... maybe I do not remember it 
The petals represent the Hindu civilization.
...Lost in the immensity of the Indus Valley, when Mohenjo Daro and Harappa teemed with life and splendor!
The winged disc is a symbol that we find represented at different times of the three civilizations. Some are very complex, which I have set is greatly simplified. Hence the name of the geocoin.
The latest archaeological discoveries, linguistic, genetic, ...show that there was a close relationship between the great civilizations, from the beginning, and had a common origin, which represent the men eagle.
I would have filled the side A of the geocoin with many details, but it seemed good to leave it, so that the winged disc could stand out from the bottom, and in the background, above the record, men eagle, that brought civilization, ...where are they now? 
On the B side, there are two symbols, among the egyptian figures, on opposite sides, which are East and West, the rising and setting sun ... another allusion at winged disk and what it represents.
I'm talking about side A and side B as if it were a music album 
This is because sometimes one would prefer the B side to the A, although the idea is represented on both sides.
Other times it's hard to say which side you prefer.
Well, this is the short history of this geocoin.
As for the pin that goes with the coin, possibly will have the winged disk image, and above, the image of the sun and the planets. Also possibly, around the edge, the sacred lotus of the Nile, much used by the Egyptians in their paintings, sculpture and architecture. Its symbolic meaning is also widespread, although it basically represents, the rising sun and setting sun.
The Winged Disc Geocoin (satin gold) is a geocoin out of the stunning collection of JackHoe and has been transferred to the personal collection of -flying-dutchman-. The aim of this geocoin is to please everyone who looks at this beautiful geocoin and discovered it