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Topic: ► ► ► ฿฿฿ LEALANA PHYSICAL BITCOINS - 999 FINE SILVER & GOLD PLATED COINS! ฿฿฿ - page 3. (Read 16375 times)

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I think these look very nice. I don't have the BTC to pony up for them atm, but wanted to say I love them.
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Just PM'd you my order! Looking forward to getting these coins!
legendary
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New: I am going to be releasing shortly a Bitcoin brass coin with 0.1 BTC denomination which starts with 1Btc1, 1Btc2, 1Btc3...

In time for Christmas?

The release should be next week after I return from the conference. They will show "2013" on them and will use a similar hologram to the BTC gold plated silver coins. Of course they will differ a bit to identify what holograms go with what coins.
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New: I am going to be releasing shortly a Bitcoin brass coin with 0.1 BTC denomination which starts with 1Btc1, 1Btc2, 1Btc3...

In time for Christmas?
legendary
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Anyone who ordered a 4-coin set should have it go out late next week or early the following week depending upon when you placed your order.

I'll be at the Inside Bitcoins conference in Vegas this coming week. I'll have a few coins on hand for any people who want to purchase them in person.  Smiley
legendary
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Here is just a random bit of internal info as to some of my practices for what they're worth.  I thought I'd share just in case they could be useful, or inspire some other beneficial practice.

For the last while, I have been issuing coins with an incrementing prefix that I treat as a lot number, some of those prefixes have included... 1Ag1 1Ag2 1Ag3 1Ag4, 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 12A 12B etc

And have been using different runs to mean different coins: 1Aga 1Agb 1Agc are halfs, 1Ag1/2/3 are 1oz silver, 1Ag4/5/6/7 are gold plated silver etc...  12* are 1/2 btc brass, 13* are 1btc brass... The lot assignment is arbitrary, but at least I leave open the possibility that I can publish a meaningful list for anyone who feels they would benefit from the info.

Creating keys and numbering them this way has helped me manage supplies and helps implement some controls with respect to key creation, printing, and management.  I print keys in sheets and then cut them... each lot corresponds to exactly one whole sheet.  (so each sheet is self-identifying just by looking at the addresses, and they continue to be self-identifying after being cut).  It lowers the possibility of making mistakes because some useful intelligence can be derived from those numbers...eg....that coin that fell on the floor, are we sure we dropped it there today or could it have been left from prior to today?  When production is scaled to a multi-person team, doing this also lowers the attack surface with respect to the theoretical potential of inside fraud.

One of the biggest reasons I've done lots is in the case I somehow had the misfortune of having a large number of coins stolen at once.  Fortunately that hasn't happened, but if that were to happen, it would be much easier to publish the lot number(s) of the stolen coins (which people could memorize or keep as a very short list) so as to maximally preserve the value of the remaining lots that are not involved in the theft, helping people quickly identify their coins as uninvolved.  In order to exploit this benefit, I make every effort to make sure that each shipment contains coins from a single lot, or as few unique lots as possible.  Sometimes rolls of coins contain a mixture of lots - I try to preserve those for occasions other than shipped orders (like if I'm somehow delivering the coins, or breaking the roll apart for my own promotional purposes, or selling single coins, or whatever).


Mike,

After watching your practices and purchasing coins from you I have devised a similar mechanism for tracking coin types. I have not improved upon your mechanism but merely mimic it for the time being.

For example my newer coins start with addresses as follows:

1 LTC BRASS starts with LTC1, LTC2, LTC3... except for the "5" and "X" prefixes.

5 LTC 1/4 oz silver starts with LTC51, LTC52, LTC53...

10 LTC (except the original batch) starts with LTCX1, LTCX2, LTCX3...



0.25 BTC 1/2 oz silver starts with 1BTC1, 1BTC2, 1BTC3...

0.5 BTC 1 oz silver starts with 1BTCz, 1BTCy, 1BTCx...

These last two coins I took a central point of the vanity list:

0.1 BTC 1/4 oz silver starts with 1BTCm, 1BTCl, 1BTCk...

1.0 BTC 1 oz silver gold plated are 1BTCn, 1BTCo, 1BTCp...

New: I am going to be releasing shortly a Bitcoin brass coin with 0.1 BTC denomination which starts with 1Btc1, 1Btc2, 1Btc3...


Note: about 50% of the time the batches overlap but I try to keep an updated list of addresses I have used so that when I go to cut more keys with my epilog laser (as you do) I know what address for that coin type I used last as they are all sorted alphanumerically.

My first 1/2 oz and 1 oz Litecoin runs do not use any vanity in the addresses.

It gets confusing with so many different types and sizes of coins. So this mechanism helps to identify if I am using the correct address when generating certificates or funding the coins as well as inventory.

I have not published an up to date list of coins addresses yet, but I will sometime in the future when I get an open moment to do so (as I am sure Mike you are also slammed with orders despite disabling your site from taking orders). The list will consist of set #'s, serial #'s, addresses etc. It will be a quite complex list (perhaps I overcomplicated things in producing my coins).

But anyway, thanks again Mike for sharing. Very much appreciated.

Aloha
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Beautiful. Thank you Smoothie.

You're taking Casascius up on his invitation for competition, and blow Recalescence and Titan out of the water.


Very welcome. They should be funded in the next day or so.  Smiley
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Beautiful. Thank you Smoothie.

You're taking Casascius up on his invitation for competition, and blow Recalescence and Titan out of the water.
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I received a 1 LTC piece, a 5 LTC, and some .25 BTC and .5 BTC pieces yesterday and they all look great, but I have to say the BTC coins are really more striking in person than pictures can convey. The intricate background design appears frosted against the glossy silver background, and it's just stunning. These would make amazing gifts, as they are simply beautiful to look at -- even aside from their worth. Great work, smoothie!

And even though pictures don't do them justice, here's a picture. Smiley

legendary
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For me the finish looks better than Casascius, but I don't think Hawaiian text fits at all on the worlds first truly planetwide currency. I'm so on the fence. Why don't you seller PM me if you want to nudge towards a sell.

The Hawaiian text is super cool - I wish I had some deep pockets to buy a few.

Sure it is. For Hawaiians. I'm Scandinavian.
I use btc but cannot relate in any - for me - feasible way to that text.
But ofcourse this is personal. I'm not judging, trying to give feedback to the one who made the tremendeous job in minting a physical bitcoin. I have heard that feedback is appreciated among producers. If it doesn fit and the maker is offended, I am sorry.

That is all.

Nope, not offended. To each his own opinion. Grin

I guess I could say the same thing about Latin lettering on any coin, it doesn't relate to me. Most of our legal tender coins in the U.S. have this. But do I care that it has latin written on it? Not really, yet I think the coin artwork is awesome.
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For me the finish looks better than Casascius, but I don't think Hawaiian text fits at all on the worlds first truly planetwide currency. I'm so on the fence. Why don't you seller PM me if you want to nudge towards a sell.

The Hawaiian text is super cool - I wish I had some deep pockets to buy a few.

Sure it is. For Hawaiians. I'm Scandinavian.
I use btc but cannot relate in any - for me - feasible way to that text.
But ofcourse this is personal. I'm not judging, trying to give feedback to the one who made the tremendeous job in minting a physical bitcoin. I have heard that feedback is appreciated among producers. If it doesn fit and the maker is offended, I am sorry.

That is all.
legendary
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LEALANA Bitcoin Grim Reaper
For me the finish looks better than Casascius, but I don't think Hawaiian text fits at all on the worlds first truly planetwide currency. I'm so on the fence. Why don't you seller PM me if you want to nudge towards a sell.

My goal wasn't to make it "fit" on the coin. I was trying to be original. I'm from Hawaii so for me it is fitting that a Hawaiian themed physical bitcoin be created, especially since I am part Native Hawaiian (i.e. Kanaka Maoli)

sr. member
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For me the finish looks better than Casascius, but I don't think Hawaiian text fits at all on the worlds first truly planetwide currency. I'm so on the fence. Why don't you seller PM me if you want to nudge towards a sell.
legendary
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LEALANA Bitcoin Grim Reaper
Hello smoothie,

Is the diameter 30mm for your 1 Troy Oz coins containing 25LTC ?
What is the diameter for your 1 Litecoin Nickel-plated Brass coins ? Are these coins still with the original LEALANA holograms ?

I'm really interested by those and will surely order some for Christmas.

The 1 oz silver coins are 39mm diameter.

1/2 oz silver coins are 30mm diameter.

1/4 oz silver coins are 25mm diameter.

Brass coins are ~30 mm (just shy of 30mm).
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Hello smoothie,

Is the diameter 30mm for your 1 Troy Oz coins containing 25LTC ?
What is the diameter for your 1 Litecoin Nickel-plated Brass coins ? Are these coins still with the original LEALANA holograms ?

I'm really interested by those and will surely order some for Christmas.
legendary
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Just ordered the 4 coin set, plus an extra 0.1 silver coin.  Can't wait to get them!

As always, mahalo!

Happy Holidays! Smiley
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Just ordered the 4 coin set, plus an extra 0.1 silver coin.  Can't wait to get them!
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You're getting 1+0.5+0.25+0.1 coins
Ooooh, I see. Of course! Damn, I can be really stupid sometimes.
legendary
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You're getting 1+0.5+0.25+0.1 coins
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4-COIN LEALANA BITCOIN SET
PRICE (4-COIN SET): 2.4 BTC each
Are you sure that price is correct?
Yes. PM me if you want to buy the 4-coin set.  Smiley

But that wasn't the reason for my question. It looks to me like you are selling 4 loaded 1BTC coins for 2.4BTC. I must have misinterpreted it, right?
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