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Welcome Pin Collectors From Around The World
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We trade/buy/sell
We only trade/buy/sell official Canadian Edition pins
that support the Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Games.
We do not trade/buy/sell the American USOC pins
that have recently appeared on some American websites and on Ebay.
If you wish to guarantee your purchase of official Canadian 2010 Olympic pins,
please acquire your pins from us,
or other reliable Canadian sources or you will be purchasing USOC pins licensed for the US market.
These games are being held in Canada not the USA.
Bookmark us and come back often
We constantly update this website.
We hope to meet some of you here in 2010.
Brief History Of
Olympic Pin Trading
| Athens 1896 | First team pin is issued by the German team |
| Stockholm 1912 | First official Olympic souvenir pins sold to spectators. The most popular pin depicts the official poster of the Games. |
| Paris 1924 | First Olympic Athlete Village facilitates pin trading among
athletes and officials. Athlete pins from Sweden, Holland, Poland, Great Britain, Switzerland and France are the most popular. |
| Helsinki 1952 | First corporate sponsor pin is produced by a Finnish margarine company. |
| Squaw Valley 1960 | Sylvania Electric became the first sponsor to produce a pin with
the Olympic rings. Availability and popularity of pin trading increases. |
| Lake Placid 1980 | Pin trading fever catches hold as thousands of "pinheads" roam
Lake Placid's main street. The Olympin Collector's Club with members from 35 countries, is formed in 1982. |
| Los Angeles 1984 | Pin trading becomes the "Official Olympic Spectator Sport" for
all future games. Sam the Eagle mascot pins are a big hit. An estimated 17 million pins in over 1000 designs are collected or traded. The first Pin Collector's Guide, outlining the basic rules of pin trading and listing all the pins produced for the 1984 Games, is published. |
| Calgary 1988 | Coca-Cola sponsors the first Pin Trading Center, a tradition that
has continued at every Olympic Games since then. The most popular pins collected were the Jamaican Bobsled and Calgary snowflake logo pins. The Calgary Pin Collector's Club is formed shortly after the games. |
| Atlanta 1996 | Pin trading and collecting reach new heights. The Atlanta Organizing Committee reported over 30 million retail and corporate sponsor pins were sold or traded. Day pins become popular among traders. |
| Salt Lake 2002 | Retail pins are in demand with traders as much as corporate
sponsor pins. Sought after retail pins include Green Jello, the 3.2 beer stein, Missionaries on bicycles, Mitt Romney with mascots, funeral potatoes and other designs featuring Salt lifestyle and heritage. |
| Torino 2006 | The Torino Olympic Organizing Committee's "Look of the Games"
multi-layer colour graphics introduce a unique design featue into pins. This feature has been continued by the Vancouver Organizing Committe's "Sea to Sky" graphics. |
Rules of Pin Trading
| 1 | Wearing a pin signifies
that you are a collector; wearing two or more pins signifies that you
are a trader. Don't wear a pin which isn't a "trader". A general rule of pin trading is... if you wear it, it's tradeable. |
| 2 | If you are wearing a
non-trader, make sure it is set apart from the rest of your pins and
inform the person with whom you are trading that it is "not available". |
| 3 | Wearing a pin vest, pin lanyard, pin scarf, or carrying a pin bag signifies you are a "serious" trader and interested in trading. |
| 4 | Don't let anyone rush
you into a trade. Always make sure a trade seems fair to you. If you don't feel comfortable with a trade, simply say "no thanks". |
| 5 | Get informed about the pins you collect. Ask questions and pass on your knowledge. |
| 6 | Tell people what kind of pins you collect. They will be able to help you with your quest. |
| 7 | Be patient and don't beg for pins. This is usually one of the hardest pin collecting lessons to learn. |
| 8 | It is considered rude to
interrupt a trade. If someone interrupts you in the middle of a trade, simply say, "Excuse me, I'll be with you in a minute." |
| 9 | If you are not sure
about a pin's origin, quantity produced, date of issue, etc., just say
so. Honesty is always the best policy. If someone trades you a "knock off" pin, simply discard it. |
| 10 | At the end of your pin swap, don't forget to thank the person with whom you've just traded pins. |
| 11 | Collect not for monetary
value of the pin, but the pleasure and memories it gives you. Above all... have fun and make friends. |
How To Collect
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It is estimated that nearly 1000 different retail
pins will be produced to commemorate some aspect of the Vancouver 2010
Olympic Winter Games. This is in addition to the thousand of pins
produced by the Games corporate sponsors and suppliers, local,
provincial and national Canadian government agencies and participating
Country Teams. |
Production Limits Code
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To determine the number of
Canadian Edition pins produced per
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