I was planning or releasing my series 2 coins this coming week, but more than half of the mint was stolen in route to the distributor. The distributor is someone I trust, and is not to blame at all in any way. Coins with serial numbers 002-104 and 121-128 were shipped and the two boxes arrived empty and sealed back up. My guess is someone at the usps distribution center heard the sound of coins looked into the package seen the btc logo on the coins and thought he hit the jackpot than stole the contents and sealed them back up. It hurts bad right now, but I will bounce back. If you see these coins on ebay, or wherever they are stolen coins.They are not loaded thankfully but it still sucks. I have 80 or so sets left of series 2 coins I have to put together I still plan on releasing at some point. Anyway if anyone sees them for sale anywhere let me know. I have not sold a single coin to anyone so if you see one its stolen
I have an update on these coins....So a few weeks ago I had a newbie account message me asking about coins which is not that unusual. I asked which coins are you looking for? he responded with series 2 coins and asked to chat via email. I agreed and started to chat with him he says I have a bunch of these and shows me a pic of a series 2 coin, and asks me how much is an unfunded coin worth?. I looked up the serial number and long behold it was one of the stolen coins. I asked where did you get them he says a storage locker. His email name had his real name attached to it so I did a few google searches..... turns out he is a postal worker. Anyway long story short I convinced him to ship them to me since I knew his identity and he knew he was screwed. He has been reported to the postal authorities along with all the evidence I have. I received a box with probably 3/4 of the missing coins. I need to go through them all to catalog whats still missing and update the address lists for them. I am not going to sell these as is! some were peeled and I don't want to dilute the value of the existing coins people bought previously so I will peel them all and reholo them with new holos at some point and sell them as DIY or Buyer funded. I never thought I would see them again two yrs went by so it was pretty crazy how this all unfolded, and even crazier this guy stole from me then had the nerve to try and use me as a price guide
Anyway I will update the address lists in a few weeks when I have time to catalog it all. I am happy they were found, but it is horrible to know postal workers are opening and stealing our packages. I hope others are lucky enough to get back their missing items someday, but they are obviously doing a terrible job at investigating crimes