Frisia Geocoin (Antique Nickel)

The Frisia Geocoin was designed by Mr. Van Stoffelen Sr. The below shown information related to the geocoin were taken from his website: "huiberst.info".

Final Artwork of the Frisia Geocoin                     

Frisia Geocoin

The Frisia Geocoin is made after an old Dutch coin, a silver florin of Frisia, minted in the city of Leeuwarden
in 1684.
Frisia was one of the 7 provences of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. In 1579 these northern provences of the Netherlands signed the Union of Utrecht, in which they promised to support each other in their defence against the Spanish army. This was followed in 1581 by the Act of Abjuration, the declaration of independence of the provinces from Philip II of Spain.
This coin was introduced in Frisia (a region in the Northern Netherlands) in 1601 as a response to changing coin weights in the southern Netherlands.

Design

The geocoin is round shaped and has a size of 1.75″ (approx. 44 mm). The man on the front of the coin is an unknown Frisian nobleman, with on his head a ‘klapmuts’. The latin text ‘Florenvs Argent Ordi Frisia’ surrounding the Frisian nobleman means ‘Silver Florin of Frisia’. The text ’28 st’ means 28 stuivers, the actual value of this Frisian florin.
On the back of the coin the arms of Frisia is shown surrounded by the two little ‘Pompeblêden’ (leaves of a water lily). The two little ‘Pompeblêden’ is a little reference to the current Dutch provence Friesland.
The latin text ‘Nisi Dominvs Nobiscvm’ means ‘Unless the Lord is with us’.

Finishings:

Ten different finishings of the Frisia Geocoin were minted:

• Antique Nickel    -   RE
• Antique Bronze    -   RE
• Polished Silver    red glitter   LE (75 made)
• Polished Gold    blue glitter   LE (75 made)
• Black Nickel    German edition   LE (75 made)
• Antique Silver    red/white/blue   XLE (25 made)
• Antique Gold    white/orange/blue   XLE (25 made)
• Antique Copper    translucent red and green   XLE (25 made)
• Foggy Silver    white and orange glitter   XLE (25 made)
• Foggy Gold    red and blue glitter   XLE (30 made)

Frisia Geocoin (antique nickel)

Picture taken from geocoinshop.de

The Frisia Geocoin is one of the geocoins which was accidentely activated by Team Terrier_05, which had a different geocoin bought with nearly the same tracking code! As I discovered this mistake, I contacted them and got the opportunity to adopt this geocoin and could put it back in my dutch geocoin collection

The aim of this geocoin is to please everyone who looks at this beautiful geocoin and discovered it