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Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on June 11, 2014, 08:31:43 PM

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Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 08:13:39 PM

I slab every Casascius and Lealana I buy / trade. The only time I do not slab them is if I can tell they will grade low... sub MS-63

What do you include on the ANACS submission form? Do you include a copy of the COA for Lealana coins? I am planning to send a few in to be graded.

Here is a copy of my recent ANACS form:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/eon7cpxs4zedvsh/anacs.pdf

Thanks Charlie, that was helpful.

Man, that would be expensive. Could you really trust them with more than a few of these?

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Quote from: Pistachio on June 11, 2014, 08:24:31 PM

Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 08:13:39 PM

I slab every Casascius and Lealana I buy / trade. The only time I do not slab them is if I can tell they will grade low... sub MS-63

What do you include on the ANACS submission form? Do you include a copy of the COA for Lealana coins? I am planning to send a few in to be graded.

Here is a copy of my recent ANACS form:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/eon7cpxs4zedvsh/anacs.pdf

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Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 08:13:39 PM

I slab every Casascius and Lealana I buy / trade. The only time I do not slab them is if I can tell they will grade low... sub MS-63

What do you include on the ANACS submission form? Do you include a copy of the COA for Lealana coins? I am planning to send a few in to be graded.

Blazed

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I slab every Casascius and Lealana I buy / trade. The only time I do not slab them is if I can tell they will grade low... sub MS-63

cypherdoc

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Quote from: Melbustus on June 11, 2014, 06:50:48 PM

Quote from: cypherdoc on June 11, 2014, 09:11:37 AM

Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 09:01:24 AM

I have sold off all my duplicates, but will always keep some Casascius stuff Cool

I even have a really rare 1 of a kind item signed by Mike hanging on my wall. Casascius is for sure a cool part of BTC

I need to understand something.

Is it your contention that these coins will somehow degrade in quality over time and one needs to have them sealed in a container? Is the value also enhanced by getting a grading from this ANACS organization even though it seems expensive?

They will indeed degrade, both the brass and silver coins, without being in a container (unless, perhaps, they're in some temp/humidity controlled room). Specifically, if there are finger prints on the brass coins, the metal will tarnish (in the pattern of the finger print) after about 6 months... And if the silvers are exposed to humidity, they also tarnish.

So are you slabbing all yours?

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Quote from: cypherdoc on June 11, 2014, 09:11:37 AM

Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 09:01:24 AM

I have sold off all my duplicates, but will always keep some Casascius stuff Cool

I even have a really rare 1 of a kind item signed by Mike hanging on my wall. Casascius is for sure a cool part of BTC

I need to understand something.

Is it your contention that these coins will somehow degrade in quality over time and one needs to have them sealed in a container? Is the value also enhanced by getting a grading from this ANACS organization even though it seems expensive?

They will indeed degrade, both the brass and silver coins, without being in a container (unless, perhaps, they're in some temp/humidity controlled room). Specifically, if there are finger prints on the brass coins, the metal will tarnish (in the pattern of the finger print) after about 6 months... And if the silvers are exposed to humidity, they also tarnish.

Melbustus

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The 2011 error coins have typically sold for between 3 and 5 BTC in auctions/goods here on the forum. On eBay, they've fetched a bit more (if you were to convert back to BTC), but only briefly during each hype/boom period.

In general, the premiums seem to go up a bit during the boom phases (yes, even as the price is rising rapidly) and fall during the bear markets.

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Quote from: cypherdoc on June 11, 2014, 08:58:47 AM

Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 08:56:29 AM

Well I am scared to sell them on eBay Tongue

I totally agree as I've never done that myself.

I've tried it... once. ebay and paypal suck for sellers. Got an ok price, but the fees and regulations ruined the fun.

Quote from: cypherdoc on June 11, 2014, 08:58:47 AM

That's why I'd only ever sell these for bitcoin.

good idea

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Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 08:46:33 AM

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Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 08:43:32 AM

The market on these has dropped off quite a bit price wise. Within the last 2 weeks some of these have sold for as low as 2BTC

Cause?

Not sure

I think price has only dropped in BTC terms, not USD terms. Correct?

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Quote from: cypherdoc on June 11, 2014, 08:42:29 AM

Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 08:36:46 AM

Depends on condition, and if it has been graded. Non graded these days are going for 2.5 - 3BTC. Recently I auctioned off a graded 2011 error (MS-65) and it fetched 3.4BTC

Why do I recall 10x prices from just a year ago?

I recall BTC 6 about a year ago. Bitcoin was at $180 or so back then. So price in fiat has risen, in fact.

The "numismatic markup" doesn't scale with BTCUSD rate.

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Quote from: cypherdoc on June 11, 2014, 08:45:19 AM

Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 08:43:32 AM

The market on these has dropped off quite a bit price wise. Within the last 2 weeks some of these have sold for as low as 2BTC

Cause?

Probably due the rise of bitcoin from 450 to 650 in terms of fiat.

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http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/grades.shtml

Blazed

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The slab shows 100% of the coin...and if a buyer wants to handle the coin then they would have to break the slab.

cypherdoc

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Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 09:30:48 AM

Couple of reasons why grading is good imo
1) It does seal them from oxidation
2) You know how good of quality the coins is...some of the brass coins sold will grade much lower than others
3) If these were ever counter fitted...would be nice to show it was slabbed before it happened (not 100% sure it matters, but wouldn't hurt)

The grading costs are not really that high depending on how fast you want them back.

2) what's the reference point that ANACS works from?
3) i assume slabbing represents a permanent seal. won't buyers prefer to be able to inspect coins more closely in an unsealed form?

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Indeed. I have some aluminium casascius coins and load them with a few mBTC for birthdays. Great gift! Grin

I gave a friend 100 mBTC in july 2013. He is very happy with is "10$ gift" at the moment Wink

Have you found a good place to buy holograms for the blank cas-coins? (I am not talking about real casascious hologram, but "any" hologram that fits and look pretty).

I didn't use holograms. the private key is visible ... I used round stickers

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Also here is the rarest Casascius item I know of (only 1 in existence!!)

-All the articles about Mike getting shutdown showed this in the background
-It was pictured for the release of the 2013 Silver coins
-Signed by Mike and made by his wife (I have a pgp signed doc from Mike on it)

Blazed

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Couple of reasons why grading is good imo
1) It does seal them from oxidation
2) You know how good of quality the coins is...some of the brass coins sold will grade much lower than others
3) If these were ever counter fitted...would be nice to show it was slabbed before it happened (not 100% sure it matters, but wouldn't hurt)

The grading costs are not really that high depending on how fast you want them back.

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Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 09:01:24 AM

I have sold off all my duplicates, but will always keep some Casascius stuff Cool

I even have a really rare 1 of a kind item signed by Mike hanging on my wall. Casascius is for sure a cool part of BTC

I need to understand something.

Is it your contention that these coins will somehow degrade in quality over time and one needs to have them sealed in a container? Is the value also enhanced by getting a grading from this ANACS organization even though it seems expensive?

Blazed

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I have sold off all my duplicates, but will always keep some Casascius stuff Cool

I even have a really rare 1 of a kind item signed by Mike hanging on my wall. Casascius is for sure a cool part of BTC

cypherdoc

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Quote from: Blazed on June 11, 2014, 08:56:29 AM

Well I am scared to sell them on eBay Tongue

I totally agree as I've never done that myself.

That's why I'd only ever sell these for bitcoin.

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