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July 23, 2014, 11:53:43 PM
#36
Does that coin even have any tamper proofing on it?  Laughable that they're claiming to be the first.  Looks to me like they're pretty damn far behind the curve...
legendary
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July 23, 2014, 05:13:45 PM
#35
Casascius made pure gold coins a few years ago Tongue
Exactly this guy is not the first and I'm sure he won't be the last person either.

Except Casascius gold coins were in a denomination of 1000 BTC:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/now-here-casascius-1000-btc-fine-gold-coin-54845

If only I was around and bought ONE just one back then
That would be a lifer coin unless I was an idiot and lost it somehow or had the most wild night in Vegas and lost it all but probably not lol.

Did anyone notice that the world is backwards on the coin?


A joke perhaps if you dig a hole deep enough you end up in China
legendary
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July 23, 2014, 04:12:21 PM
#34
Did anyone notice that the world is backwards on the coin?
hero member
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July 23, 2014, 02:44:51 PM
#33
I would have bought one.... except the words on the coin are juvenile and amateur as hell sounding.

Full sentences explaining what it is LOL :  "THE WORLDS FIRST GOLD-BACKED PHYSICAL BITCOINS"

Horrible.  You dont put that on a coin.  You put something Latin, or short and awesome and aloof sounding.  That shit goes on the certificate of authenticity.  Not the coin.

"OPEN SOURCE P2P MONEY" <--- you dont put that on the coin itself.   Smh ...

Terrible.
legendary
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July 23, 2014, 02:32:04 PM
#32
That is one helluva a sexy coin!  So correct me if I'm wrong but there is a QR code for both the public and private keys?
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July 23, 2014, 02:30:16 PM
#31
I think silver is really the way to go right now.   Just think about it...in the event of a complete financial collapse, if gold prices skyrocket...and you have all this gold...how would you plan on dividing it up when you need to make smaller purchases?   Are you going to bite off pieces of gold???  Unless you plan on only making large purchases...silver will be an easier medium of exchange...

Agreed, thats why you want a significant amount of silver as well. And ammo, gas, food, drinking water, and medical supplies.
donator
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July 23, 2014, 02:22:58 PM
#30
A beautiful coin, but call me racist or whatever you want but I would be a bit concerned buying a gold coin from China, there is a lot of Tungsten filled bars and coins in China that are tried to be passed off as .999 pure gold. A random person there is not enough confidence for me to be paying for such an item.
Like this?
http://www.tungsten-alloy.com/tungsten-alloy-scan-gold-coin.html
legendary
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July 23, 2014, 12:09:32 PM
#29
Pretty awesome.  I've like to do similar but using cheaper materials since I'm kinda poor.  

What I would like engraved is the private key encrypted in BIP-38.  I just don't like the idea that the persons minting the coin will have access to the private QRC code.

Side note, I like how Forbes & Bloomberg are Bitcoin friendly media outlets.
legendary
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July 23, 2014, 12:07:35 PM
#28
Casascius made pure gold coins a few years ago Tongue
Exactly this guy is not the first and I'm sure he won't be the last person either.

Except Casascius gold coins were in a denomination of 1000 BTC:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/now-here-casascius-1000-btc-fine-gold-coin-54845
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July 23, 2014, 11:50:08 AM
#27
Casascius made pure gold coins a few years ago Tongue
Exactly this guy is not the first and I'm sure he won't be the last person either.
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July 23, 2014, 11:44:11 AM
#26
It is a nice idea. I really like this. How much charge they are going to take?
legendary
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In Satoshi I Trust
July 23, 2014, 11:12:04 AM
#25
Nice.

How much premium they charge to make such coin?

i estimate sale value as $2000

$1300 for the gold
$600 for the bitcoin
and $100 for the smelting/labour/profit

would be okay for me  Smiley
legendary
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July 23, 2014, 09:28:38 AM
#24
Nice.

How much premium they charge to make such coin?

i estimate sale value as $2000

$1300 for the gold
$600 for the bitcoin
and $100 for the smelting/labour/profit
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July 23, 2014, 07:05:55 AM
#23
Yeah, that's what I call the next generation Casascius coins! But is it really necessary to make those coins from some worthless material? Wink
legendary
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In Satoshi I Trust
July 23, 2014, 06:09:10 AM
#22
nice piece, would buy one Smiley
legendary
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July 22, 2014, 09:35:58 PM
#21
A beautiful coin, but call me racist or whatever you want but I would be a bit concerned buying a gold coin from China, there is a lot of Tungsten filled bars and coins in China that are tried to be passed off as .999 pure gold. A random person there is not enough confidence for me to be paying for such an item.

It isn't racist to acknowledge the fact theat there have been a lot of problems with "gold" that turned out to have a lot of tungsten coming from China. :-)
That's what im just trying to make sure everyone realizes before they trust a random man from China making these, even though they were for a "private collection" i would see him "selling his services" very soon and producing these.

I agree.  ;-)
Don't you read the artical carefully? It is not for market consumption and circulation. He was commissioned to do these by businessman friend. His friend will trust him do the job well as he was requested.
legendary
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July 22, 2014, 07:06:06 PM
#20
A beautiful coin, but call me racist or whatever you want but I would be a bit concerned buying a gold coin from China, there is a lot of Tungsten filled bars and coins in China that are tried to be passed off as .999 pure gold. A random person there is not enough confidence for me to be paying for such an item.

It isn't racist to acknowledge the fact theat there have been a lot of problems with "gold" that turned out to have a lot of tungsten coming from China. :-)
That's what im just trying to make sure everyone realizes before they trust a random man from China making these, even though they were for a "private collection" i would see him "selling his services" very soon and producing these.

I agree.  ;-)
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July 22, 2014, 02:02:58 PM
#19

But with physical coins, btc will lost status of cryptocurrency! Do you really want it, or i missed some facts about btc??
Usually with Physical coins it is more or less a neat safe storage method, with this though it would be more of a show off then a investment. The coins would probably never be pulled from there and it would be valuable as a collectors item.

Yes, you right. But btc stucture implies all criteria of currency, and i don't think, that physical coins let start to up btc project at all.
legendary
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July 22, 2014, 01:16:57 PM
#18
I think silver is really the way to go right now.   Just think about it...in the event of a complete financial collapse, if gold prices skyrocket...and you have all this gold...how would you plan on dividing it up when you need to make smaller purchases?   Are you going to bite off pieces of gold???  Unless you plan on only making large purchases...silver will be an easier medium of exchange...
legendary
Activity: 4228
Merit: 1313
July 22, 2014, 01:12:03 PM
#17
A beautiful coin, but call me racist or whatever you want but I would be a bit concerned buying a gold coin from China, there is a lot of Tungsten filled bars and coins in China that are tried to be passed off as .999 pure gold. A random person there is not enough confidence for me to be paying for such an item.

It isn't racist to acknowledge the fact theat there have been a lot of problems with "gold" that turned out to have a lot of tungsten coming from China. :-)
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