I would have to check the records, but less than 50 coins were sold as funded. It was at the time bitcoin was getting serious, and issues with regards to money transmission licenses became more prevalent. I began the process of getting the license, but it was too tough at the time and I didn't want to risk it so alas I stopped. I was going to sell the coins as unfunded wallets, and I may still do that. The keys are secure and the dual hologram I think even to this day is a great solution.
But to answer your question, the funded coins like you have are very rare.
But to answer your question, the funded coins like you have are very rare.
Welcome back arashd!
Is it less than 50 combined for all three denominations(.5,1,3) or 50 of each? I think the highest I have is upper teens, I'll have to double check.
I would certainly be interested in buying a pile of unfunded coins, these are still the favorites of my collection.
i think i was one of the last ones to buy and i got 1btc #20 so i think its 50 total
less than 50 total funded coins, of all denominations. These funded coins are super rare. Only thing I have more rare are the ORIGINAL smaller coins, and a "Quarter Bitcoin" piece I made a prototype. I only have one. I actually even paid for 500, but I lost track of the coin minter (my fault, not theirs, I had a cross-country move around that time). It is a unique coin, only one. I may put that up for charity at some point.
Ah geez... you're killing me. I had 2 funded halves, a 1 and a 3, so you're saying I had 8% of the funded coins? I had no idea.
All since redeemed. I redeemed one of the halves so I could verify that it worked for my blog (somebody had to), but then the others I redeemed later... because it seemed like the right move at the time. Of course, it seems crazy in retrospect. This collectible world/corner of the bitcoin universe is a crazy place. It's hard to understand the future sometimes.
I wish I had bought more and redeemed less, of course. I'm a bit sorry to hear that more people didn't buy your funded coins, but I guess it was early days -- people trusted Casascius, but there were few other players (just bhCoin and Lealana?) - and trust can only be proven over time. But, I still have one of your "buyer funded" 1 BTC coins, inscribed with my forum name! So I'll always have that, at least.
And as far as trust goes, since there were so few funded coins then I suppose I should go on record and say I had no problems with any of my 4. You should definitely consider a new project of some sort. You could take old stock and engrave "2018" on it, so it didn't mess with the market for originals, for instance -- but there are many possibilities. If nothing else, do it because it's fun! We'd be glad to have to have you back.
