Hmmm.. Yes you can ! Just did it
https://www.walletexplorer.com/address/1BFC5eFg5stS2YdD6CmUN4atJxfskLWWT?from_firstbits=1BFC5eFg
It works only with coins that have been loaded.
Firstbits for buyer funded coins that hasn't been loaded won't work.
EDIT : I guess it makes it difficult to load second hands buyer funded coins.
Nice! you were probably the original buyer of the coin (also your coin is not etched buyer funded & was funded in 2014)
For example: If you were to send me a similar coin that was not funded yet, I would not be able to determine the remaining bits
1BFC5eFg
The only way I could verify the real address is a pgp signed message from Smoothie - which commonly get lost
Hmm i think you are right, if its unfunded buyer funded smoothie coins then only the original buyer with the original PM from smoothie would be able to know the full addy. That is an issue.
I bought two rolls for these buyer funded coins...smoothie provided addy list along with the coins.
That being said...they will only show up on walletexplorer once they have been funded. So yes..its a dilemma if you dont have the addies.
Btw..it cannot be found on blockchain because those addies dont yet exist funded on blockchain..so they dont exist except on the coin itself.