Topic: PAPERBACK - Encyclopedia of Physical Bitcoins and Crypto-Currencies - page 17. (Read 27191 times)

Without question. the coin is quite something!

Good luck with the book elianite! Hope it includes our recently released Gold Doge

Elias, I'm sure people would be interested to know roughly how many manufacturers you are writing about. From the spreadsheet you sent me, it looks like an impressive and substantial number.

PM sent!

I want number 24 please! PM me with payment details and such.

I've just received twelve pages from Elias about Lealana. Three pages of detailed information about the company and its coins followed by nine pages about nine coins. There are photographs of the front and back of each coin. There is a table which depicts the mintage of different styles of each coin, the material, weight, and grade (if any). Each page provides data about the coin and reveals any unusual or intriguing features such as the lack of a "pit" for some of the 10 LTC silver coins (2013).

It's impressive work. I'll be reading it tonight and letting Elias know my thoughts.

Thanks Possum

And if you want to order a bunch; PM me and we can work something out.

The answer to your question is quoted below, it's the second post in this topic...

All I can see here is a group of people with green trust scores. Do you have any offer for the one who wishes to buy more than one ?

Elianite and m_ribbon, will you share any screenshots of he book once it comes together? Will this be hardback or softback? What are the dimensions of the book? I'm glad to see the list of reserved spots is growing...I might be a buyer soon (need to save up some 'coin!)

Good luck and congrats!

Hi. A few months ago, you asked me to send you a physical coin for your new book. Could you please send me a copy (pdf,jpg) of the page that illustrates the coin? Thanks.

I have sent you a PM, that may give you a few leads for Jinn and Antaui.

You may have already tried them, but they are worth a shot

One of the issues is that producers just disappear. For example, what happened to Antaui and Jinn Bitcoin? In both cases, the domains no longer work.

See https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/list-of-physical-cryptocurrencys-and-the-mints-who-issue-them-397258

Physical copies will be produced; up to 100 (likely much less). You can pre-order by sending me a PM and I will provide payment info. these books will likely not be for sale after printing, but it is possible an ebook will be availible on amazon, etc at some time much later. A book costs 70 £ which includes shipping to NA & EU.

The crowd funding period is over, where is this going to be for sale? Is there still going to be a physical copy available? If so, what's the price?

Excited to get this book some time soon I hope. I can get you guys pictures of a variety of coins... just ask!

Welcome on board Matthew.
Let me know if you need any pictures of the Crypto Imperator coins, I have a solid collection.
I can pretty much make the pictures they way you guys like.

Obviously, every photo that Elias and I did not take will be acknowledged with the person's real name or forum name (as they desire).

For example:

Alan Archer (p.24, p.56), Bob Black (p.12, p.121 top, p.122 left), "charlie999" (p.78, p.99 left, p.187, p.199)... and so on.

And then:

We were unable to contact the owners of the following photographs. If you own the copyright, please contact us and we will update the acknowledgements in the next edition.

p.32, p.66 left and right, p.100 top...and so on.

Originally, my plan was to designate 1 page for EVERY coin ever made. Thats not really practical, and would cause most pages to be quite empty due to little info available. Take Antana Coins http://antanacoins.com/ ; would you want one full color page for each of them? Very innovative coins, but I simply don't have 10+ pages of material to write about them. Such a 'database' would be more appropriate in a web format; which is in the plans for my website www.coinfirm.org sometime in the future.

That said, I'll make every attempt to talk about every notable manufacturer & mass-produced coins. Small batches will certainly get attention as well. As for individual prototypes; it would be a case-by-case. point is; if it is interesting and relevant to the big picture, I believe it belongs in the book. 

Each page of the catalogue section will likely have 1 or 2 coin 'profiles' (depending on how much I have to say) including photos, info about mintage, material, denomination, etc. and also a text portion which will include analysis or info about the things such as the art, its manufacturing process, any interesting anecdotes or observations relating to that coin in any way including history. It may also compare features to other coins and point out what other coins it seems to be inspired by from a design aspect. This isn't an exhaustive list, there's lots of things that could be written.

I'll also have individual pages for 'crypto mints'; established manufacturers who have created several coins. I will discuss the history, ideas, and inspiration of the manufacturer and compare them to others. I may include interesting facts, personality, the 'why', and other observations and thoughts.

Are you focusing on mass production or are you planning to touch on one-offs and prototypes for the various producers?  More in depth history of their products.