Topic: [UK] 0.5BTC casascius coins + Stickers/Alu Cas coins - Global shipping included - page 4. (Read 9901 times)

What is your price via FPS in GBP? I may be interested.

For UK buyers I have also decided to sell a limited quantity by way of bank transfer (FPS or "faster payments service")

Pm me for more details.

EDIT: The first three customers to pay this way shall receive one free bitcoin QR code sticker (large)

Thanks for the tip JW, I always appreciate a nugget of knowledge! 

Just make sure the gloves are powder-free..VERY important.

Pics updated in the OP with higher resolution. If anyone would like to know anything else then don't hesitate to ask.

UPDATE: Coins are now LOADED

Feel free to verify the balance of the coins using the firstbits that are on display.

Better pictures are on the way!

No problem at all. I think johnniewalker sells coin capsules here on the forums, maybe he can give you a good deal on them .

For everyone thats interested in ordering just send me a PM with how many you would like to order and also your chosen shipping address, the price is in the OP so you can calculate that up yourself and ask me for a BTC payment address.

For UK buyers I have decided to sell a limited quantity (10 x 0.5 coins) by way of bank transfer (FPS or "faster payments service" only). I shall do this on saturday as I shall be free from work obligations and have more time to respond to messages. For information on that just PM me and ask about any details you would like to know.

Thanks for checking out my thread.

Bowen

Sorry I have to remain firm on my prices for the purposes of remaining fair, and also so I can afford to restock when the time comes, the premium for buying a roll is pretty high as it is. I may be able to lower the price if you were buying 10 or more, but not for 2, sorry again.


I have no plastic capsules to ship these in as the ones I ordered have not yet arrived. I shall call into my local post office today when I leave work and pick up some cardboard backed mailers. I shall be tring to use something similar to the CD mailers that amazon would use. you know the hard non bending cardboard envelopes?

From what I understand we are not allowed to send coins in a standard envelope due to the risk of them getting damaged by the automatic sorting machines or stamping machines. This is why we must use a cardboard backed one. I only found this out yesterday, to be honest I have sent coins like in a normal bubble envelope and they arrived just fine in the past, I shall however keep to these rules and use non bendable hard backed envelopes when sending out these coins to anyone.

Everything will be sent with delivery confirmation. UK buyers will be delivered by royal mail. International deliveries shall also be subject to delivery confirmation and tracking with the airsure 5 day service offererd by royal mail. I cannot guarantee delivery times though so please dont get angry with me personally if it takes longer than they are advertising.

Im thinking: Put coin in new moneybag, tape bag to small piece of cardboard and sandwich between another, wrap in bubblewrap and tape up, insert into carboard envelope, shake to see if it makes a metal/coin clanking noise. Ship it if its good to go!

Do you have a slightly lower price for quantities 2+ ?

Have updated OP

Just a quick note also.

As of this minute they are currently still: UNFUNDED (only received yesterday and still need casascius to load bitcoins onto them, this is SOP for casascius coins, I can ask him to post in here and confirm my ownership of said coins just to alleviate any concerns that any of you may have)

I will update with better quality images very soon.

While I can guarantee the fact that all handling by myself was done while wearing gloves, I cannot guarantee that these coins shall remain tarnish or blemish free. I am in no way a collector of coins so I have limited knowledge in how to prevent things such as tarnishing or other possible coin related storage issues that may arise.

If you have any questions at all then ask away, thats what im here for.

Interested as well. But please let us know if can ship to US (and total cost), as well as if there's any discount for buying multiples.

Thanks!

How do I order?

These look amazing and I would love to purchase a couple when your all sorted. Thanks!

Pictures to follow in an hour or two!!! Coins are in hand!!!

I will be interested as well!!

I should be interested once you have them in for atleast 1. I would be interested in a larger quantity also if the premium was lower (combined shipping?).

Interested as well

Would you be shipping to US? Also, any idea what method you are planning to use for shipping (want to get an idea of delivery time)

Thanks!

Hi there Mylon.

If you look here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1839756

You can see on the public thread that I clearly have won roll number 5 in this other auction. The link I posted previously with the photos was from his initial auction I believe. I hope this helps alleviate any concerns you may have had.

Regarding the "deposit" issues, here is an excerpt from the official casascius webpage:

 "How they work: The "private key" is on a card embedded inside the coin and is protected by a tamper-evident hologram.  The hologram leaves behind a honeycomb pattern if it is peeled. If the hologram is intact, the bitcoin is good.

The 8-character code you see on the outside of the coin is the first eight characters of the Bitcoin address assigned specifically to that coin.  You can verify the coin's balance on Block Explorer.  There is a mathematical relationship between the Bitcoin address and the private key inside the coin. The digital bitcoin is actually located on the public "block chain" stored on the internet, but it is completely inaccessible to anyone unless the private key from the coin is loaded into a Bitcoin wallet.

To recover the digital bitcoins, there are several ways to convert the embedded code back into a digital bitcoin so it can be spent over the internet.  Most importantly, none of the methods relies on me or any other central issuer, due to Bitcoin's completely decentralized design.  The embedded private key code is everything a Bitcoin client needs to find and claim the digital Bitcoins from the peer-to-peer network. For example, you can enter (or "import") your coin's private key code directly into Bitcoin clients such as Armory, Blockchain.info, or directly into Mt. Gox as a deposit method.  (Casascius coins use the "minikey" private key format, and the main Bitcoin.org client does not yet support redeeming minikeys."

To clarify- will these come with a way to deposit .5 btc in our account? Also, how many will be minted

Would be nice if Mike could confirm this, as you're not one of the buyers on the public auction.