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Quote from: casascius on April 09, 2013, 11:55:39 PM

I wanted some community input on this just for fun:

I almost want to start over and do 1oz=1BTC 1/2oz=1/2BTC and a smaller coin for 0.1 BTC... all in silver, and offer each (at least the biggest one or two) with the optional gold plated B like I did last time.

YES PLEASE!

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Quote from: BTCurious on April 10, 2013, 02:22:54 AM

Quote from: creativex on April 10, 2013, 12:07:14 AM

Quote from: casascius on April 09, 2013, 11:55:39 PM

I wanted some community input on this just for fun:

I'm at a point where I have a 1/2oz silver coin die done that says 5 BITCOINS. But 5 BTC is now worth a hell of a lot more than it was when I started.

I almost want to start over and do 1oz=1BTC 1/2oz=1/2BTC and a smaller coin for 0.1 BTC... all in silver, and offer each (at least the biggest one or two) with the optional gold plated B like I did last time.

Do I run some coins with the 5 BITCOINS die, or just scrap it? It will seem kind of weird having a 5 and a 0.5 BTC coin that are, well, alike in every way, including the year 2013, and I'm tempted to just scrap the die.

I think you should scrap the old plan. Parity with Ozt silver weight is perfect.

He'll have a new die made, and be stuck with the exact same problem two months from now Cheesy

That cannot happen, since OZ to BTC is fixed, in disregard of the dollar.
can you use the die for a gold coin?

silver coins:
1/2oz = .5 BTC
1oz = 1 BTC
2oz = 2 BTC
5oz = 5 BTC
10oz = 10 BTC

silver bars (these could be coins as well!)
500g = 15 BTC
1000g = 30 BTC

gold:
1/20 oz = 0.5 BTC
1/10 oz = 1 BTC
1/4 oz = 2 BTC
1/2 oz = 5 BTC
1oz = 10 BTC

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Quote from: creativex on April 10, 2013, 12:07:14 AM

Quote from: casascius on April 09, 2013, 11:55:39 PM

I wanted some community input on this just for fun:

I'm at a point where I have a 1/2oz silver coin die done that says 5 BITCOINS. But 5 BTC is now worth a hell of a lot more than it was when I started.

I almost want to start over and do 1oz=1BTC 1/2oz=1/2BTC and a smaller coin for 0.1 BTC... all in silver, and offer each (at least the biggest one or two) with the optional gold plated B like I did last time.

Do I run some coins with the 5 BITCOINS die, or just scrap it? It will seem kind of weird having a 5 and a 0.5 BTC coin that are, well, alike in every way, including the year 2013, and I'm tempted to just scrap the die.

I think you should scrap the old plan. Parity with Ozt silver weight is perfect.

He'll have a new die made, and be stuck with the exact same problem two months from now Cheesy

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Quote from: casascius on April 09, 2013, 11:55:39 PM

I wanted some community input on this just for fun:

I'm at a point where I have a 1/2oz silver coin die done that says 5 BITCOINS. But 5 BTC is now worth a hell of a lot more than it was when I started.

I almost want to start over and do 1oz=1BTC 1/2oz=1/2BTC and a smaller coin for 0.1 BTC... all in silver, and offer each (at least the biggest one or two) with the optional gold plated B like I did last time.

Do I run some coins with the 5 BITCOINS die, or just scrap it? It will seem kind of weird having a 5 and a 0.5 BTC coin that are, well, alike in every way, including the year 2013, and I'm tempted to just scrap the die.

I suggest you just wait another month when 1 BTC = 1 oz of GOLD!! Grin

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Quote from: casascius on April 09, 2013, 11:55:39 PM

I wanted some community input on this just for fun:

I'm at a point where I have a 1/2oz silver coin die done that says 5 BITCOINS. But 5 BTC is now worth a hell of a lot more than it was when I started.

I almost want to start over and do 1oz=1BTC 1/2oz=1/2BTC and a smaller coin for 0.1 BTC... all in silver, and offer each (at least the biggest one or two) with the optional gold plated B like I did last time.

Do I run some coins with the 5 BITCOINS die, or just scrap it? It will seem kind of weird having a 5 and a 0.5 BTC coin that are, well, alike in every way, including the year 2013, and I'm tempted to just scrap the die.

I agree, that does seem weird.

Have you done any prototypes of said 5 BTC coin? If so, could auction them off as collectors items and just leave it at that.

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it's been a wild ride

set USD aside to rebuy bitcoin as i sold these off for paypal/cards....when bitcoin was between $10-$20

had a hard time keeping up with btc value so high and coin demand! moving dollars from paypal to the bank to another bank where i could buy bitcoin from

(knock on wood) no paypal fraud. lots of new btc users buying their first bitcoin with paypal

hoping to get the chance to start back up. the first 200 went much faster then expected

edit:

needs to be sales set aside to known resellers though! not people looking for rolls of 100 to put away in their safes. of my 200 i resold every one even the "circulated" ones i kept in pocket back when it was worth $15 as a conversation piece

auctions are going to just get bid up by people looking to keep them put away and leave resellers behind

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Quote from: casascius on April 09, 2013, 11:55:39 PM

I wanted some community input on this just for fun:

I'm at a point where I have a 1/2oz silver coin die done that says 5 BITCOINS. But 5 BTC is now worth a hell of a lot more than it was when I started.

I almost want to start over and do 1oz=1BTC 1/2oz=1/2BTC and a smaller coin for 0.1 BTC... all in silver, and offer each (at least the biggest one or two) with the optional gold plated B like I did last time.

Do I run some coins with the 5 BITCOINS die, or just scrap it? It will seem kind of weird having a 5 and a 0.5 BTC coin that are, well, alike in every way, including the year 2013, and I'm tempted to just scrap the die.

I think you should scrap the old plan. Parity with Ozt silver weight is perfect.

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The Casascius 1oz 10BTC Silver Round (w/ Gold B)

I wanted some community input on this just for fun:

I'm at a point where I have a 1/2oz silver coin die done that says 5 BITCOINS. But 5 BTC is now worth a hell of a lot more than it was when I started.

I almost want to start over and do 1oz=1BTC 1/2oz=1/2BTC and a smaller coin for 0.1 BTC... all in silver, and offer each (at least the biggest one or two) with the optional gold plated B like I did last time.

Do I run some coins with the 5 BITCOINS die, or just scrap it? It will seem kind of weird having a 5 and a 0.5 BTC coin that are, well, alike in every way, including the year 2013, and I'm tempted to just scrap the die.

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I've edited my previous post to show a couple of pics of the rolls that I received last month, they have now been placed in my bank's safety deposit box, many thanks Mike.

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The Casascius 1oz 10BTC Silver Round (w/ Gold B)

I just responded - I had searched my inbox for "JonSnow"... now that I searched for "CryptoCurrent" I found them all.

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Quote from: casascius on April 08, 2013, 03:54:02 PM

Oh wait I know what's up. This was a post office screwup.

Sometimes their equipment misreads my return address as the recipient address. The mail arrives in my mailbox. I cover up the barcodes and send it again after sharpieing the destination country in, and scribbling on my own address so postal OCR can't read it. The tracking will show delivered...it was delivered to me. Stupid I know. I had 3 of those this last week. if one was yours (international order with tracking number starting with LJ) it's on it's way.

The reason I have a tracking number is because you provided it ... and the tracking shows that you shipped it to me, and that it arrived. However, my UPS Store (where I rent the box it was to be delivered to) swears up and down that if they had received it, it would have been put in my box. They don't have it. USPS tracking says it was delivered.

Now I'm out 5 BTC because no one seems to know where the coin actually went.

You sent it to me, CryptoCurrent LLC, and the tracking number was delivered to me by an automated stamps.com email from you. Priority Mail, delivery confirmation, no signature. I will email you again, but I'm not sure why you aren't receiving them.

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howdy

I'm selling the "duds" like hotcakes Cool

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Quote from: Richy_T on April 08, 2013, 12:29:08 PM

Quote from: odolvlobo on April 08, 2013, 11:34:30 AM

Can you please post pictures of the new coin?

Can we have the next one be Web 2.0 compliant? That is, square with rounded corners and gradiated shading...

Lol. Yeah, I'm all for that. And please, please load the balance using ajax. Don't reload the whole coin just because the balance changes!

casascius

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The Casascius 1oz 10BTC Silver Round (w/ Gold B)

Oh wait I know what's up. This was a post office screwup.

Sometimes their equipment misreads my return address as the recipient address. The mail arrives in my mailbox. I cover up the barcodes and send it again after sharpieing the destination country in, and scribbling on my own address so postal OCR can't read it. The tracking will show delivered...it was delivered to me. Stupid I know. I had 3 of those this last week. if one was yours (international order with tracking number starting with LJ) it's on it's way.

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The Casascius 1oz 10BTC Silver Round (w/ Gold B)

Quote from: JonSnow on April 08, 2013, 11:30:56 AM

Mike, I emailed you twice about getting more info from you about if anything can be done for an order that shows it was delivered, but was never received. I hope to hear from you soon - any additional info about tracking or delivery confirmation - or anything at all - would be a great help.

Quote from: JonSnow on April 08, 2013, 02:31:52 PM

Mike? Hello?

Please resend the email. It's possible I missed it, even twice. Or did not understand what you were after. How did you determine it was "delivered" without the tracking number?

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Mike? Hello?

Scott J

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Quote from: Astro on April 08, 2013, 01:57:01 AM

Quote from: Scott J on April 07, 2013, 12:01:25 PM

I have a coin listed on my sisters ebay account (http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230959708093) so I may ask you to do so if required

Just curious how you combat the rife paypal fraud that seems to be happening with these items? It has been suggested that the bid amounts on these coins are so high because the accounts are hacked and the "buyers" just want to get some easy bitcoins and will reverse the charges after they are recieved. Even with the paypal protections in place, don't they usually side with the buyer in case of disputes?

This listing is very much a test to see if the high prices are due to fraud or not.

I will use tracking and may even take photos/videos of me packaging and posting the coin. I'm hoping this will be enough for ebay/paypal to side with me!

It's currently on $632.00 with 4 days left! Shocked