Topic: Alpen Coin - “Switzerland’s first ever physical bitcoin” - page 14. (Read 6324 times)

when i checked just a few minutes ago they were not sold out. I did check - you dont have to always assume I am a dumbass either. things can change quickly. I have been in contact with the maker numerous times today and he also made no mention of them being sold out. It could be that someone just make a large order as well.

but thank you.

As a side note - I was also on discord talking about the same thing - so our posts here are also part of our discord conversation.

Maybe my order of 100 is gonna get filled?

You don't always have to be the first one to reply to someone else posting something. Take a second and do a little research before pressing the post button.

i do not think they are yet sold out. my comments are about another version of the coin, not the current one being sold

Didn't think they would sell out that fast , so much for my 2nd order.

Damn, I'm always too late for this kind of fun. How much is per 1 coin + delivery to Europe (Norway)? If you cannot pay in BTC, what currency they accept CHF only? Can I pay with PayPal? It's too late for me to buy from the website as they look like they are sold out (my french is a bit better than my sumerian) or out of stock.
They should be named "LoyceV's Coins"... c'mon, somebody should explain them why.


So there will be more coins coming soon, if I understand correctly, any rumors when they will have the website in English?

I think they are still in the process of assembling the coins. I think the OP was in super early on the starting up of these coins. So a lot is still being done as each day passes. I checked the serial numbers previously and some of the early ones had multiple ins/outs - and as suggested might have been test coins. but the numbers did not go even as high as you have now. So, they are either just funding them and/or just updating the site with newer information.

Type in the serial number you are looking for https://www.alpencoin.ch/public-key

If there are 400 coins minted as they claim, then they have not all been updated as of yet. I will check periodically and update list accordingly.

Edit: Looks like they are up to #128 with public keys and so far funding stops at #105

how did you get the addresses? those are all the ones you bought?  or did you do it all via that look up tool on the site?

as for mintage he told me there would be 200 with the bright finish and 200 with a matte finish.

I was able to purchase the last few the other day. Still not sure on the # of mintage, but here are the current addresses....

If someone has a better way to share these I can edit this post.




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I edited my prior post - the size of the coin is 30mm not 39mm as per a recent email I received from Frank.

he gave his name as Frank. That is all that I know.

It is not known who is behind this company? They only emphasize is that they are from Switzerland.
Does anyone have more information about them? 

I got some further communication from Frank at AlpenCoin

Looks like 400 coins initially - 200 shiny and 200 matte. The coins are 39mm in diameter and 3mm thick. correction: just got an email they are 30mm - the 39mm he sent previously was a typo on his part.

I will be getting one of the matte ones sent for me to peel/review, so I will share that here when it arrives.

And if all goes well for the 400 coins he made, he said he will do some more but that they would be different.

Hundreds of thousands would be quite a few coins for a maker not looking to supply a nation with it's fiat currency.  My guess is they probably made around 500 or so.  Can't really complain about much when the coins cost about 11 bucks and have 5 bucks worth of bitcoin loaded on to it.  Steal of a deal if you ask me.

quite possible that a lot of coins are made just not a lot of funding done yet - the over all price comes out to just barely over 10 a coin - counting the .0005 funding.

I wonder if they made them in the 100's of thousands which would keep the numismatic value low

$1.09 USD = $1 CHF btw

I did ask him some more specifics such as quantity and size, but he has not answered those yet. And yes, I believe that they have made more but maybe not yet funded them - he did say:

Ah very good info I appreciate you sharing this.  I have been in touch with Frank over the last few days but we did not get in to any of those specifics.  Did they mention at all how many were made/going to be made in total ? Obviously they made over 80 via the photos on the site where you can see serial numbers higher than that. 

yes though while he was not familiar with the forums here, he did reach out to others - at least to two others, ChiBitCTy and Lesbian Cow who are receiving samples to review/test. So, while I am waiting for my order, I hope to see them receive theirs first and see what they think of them.