[WTS] 2011 1 BTC Error Casascius Coin 2.25BTC

SaltySpitoon

legendary

Activity: 2590

Merit: 2154

Welcome to the SaltySpitoon, how Tough are ya?

Quote from: Vanderi on January 20, 2014, 06:21:06 PM

How does ketchup differ from 'regular' cleaning methods? Logically, it's impossible.

*edit According to uberbills http://casascius.uberbills.com/?address=1DtmMLhBQoiwUtdg18h7AFA4m57Vte3EGi, this is a june 2012 coin.

I'd assume its the acid in the ketchup, mild enough that its not going to corrode the metal more, but strong enough that it will actually work, but thats just my guess, I'm not cleaning it.

The 2011 Casascius coins were made, and they were funded at time of sale. If he didn't sell them until 2012 then they weren't funded until 2012.

Vanderi

sr. member

Activity: 283

Merit: 250

How does ketchup differ from 'regular' cleaning methods? Logically, it's impossible.

*edit According to uberbills http://casascius.uberbills.com/?address=1DtmMLhBQoiwUtdg18h7AFA4m57Vte3EGi, this is a june 2012 coin.

SaltySpitoon

legendary

Activity: 2590

Merit: 2154

Welcome to the SaltySpitoon, how Tough are ya?

Daily bump

SaltySpitoon

legendary

Activity: 2590

Merit: 2154

Welcome to the SaltySpitoon, how Tough are ya?

Quote from: johnniewalker on January 14, 2014, 11:59:11 PM

Some ketchup (no joke) would have that looking like new. Don't get it on the holo though!

Heh, yes I have been advised Wink

However, I'm not going to do any restoration work on it. If someone else wants to, they are welcome to.

johnniewalker

legendary

Activity: 896

Merit: 1000

Some ketchup (no joke) would have that looking like new. Don't get it on the holo though!

SaltySpitoon

legendary

Activity: 2590

Merit: 2154

Welcome to the SaltySpitoon, how Tough are ya?

bump

SaltySpitoon

legendary

Activity: 2590

Merit: 2154

Welcome to the SaltySpitoon, how Tough are ya?

Quote from: geoffreyqp on January 11, 2014, 09:35:21 PM

A lot have been redeemed. Especially because btc was such low value back then.

This. The most collectable things, are the things that were not meant to be collectable. The early Casascius coins weren't silver or anything else of value, and they weren't advertised as collectable. They were essentially just cheap car wash tokens that were made to represent the idea of Bitcoins as a tangible asset. If you think about numismatics, the things that are the most collectable, are things that aren't supposed to be, and the things that are least collectable, are the things that were made to be.

Ex. Old Baseball cards: Collectable because kids had them and didn't take care of them. No one thought they would be worth big money, so now they are rare the same with other old toys. They were made in huge numbers, people used them, their numbers depreciated, and now people want them.

Ex. Beanie Babies: Designed to be collectable, people hoarded them for collectors value, worthless.

htspringer

member

Activity: 86

Merit: 10

Quote from: nubbins on January 11, 2014, 10:38:07 PM

Quote from: htspringer on January 11, 2014, 07:43:57 PM

Misspelling of "Casascius" on the hologram.
Does anyone know how many misspelled coins were made?
My impression is about 3,000
That doesn't seem very rare to me.

About 3,500 1BTC brass coins have the error, I believe. Mintages are all over the place, for example, there are around 7,000 2013 brass 0.5s. Not sure on the count for 2012/2013 brass 1s.

Thanks for the information.

nubbins

legendary

Activity: 1554

Merit: 1009

Quote from: htspringer on January 11, 2014, 07:43:57 PM

Misspelling of "Casascius" on the hologram.
Does anyone know how many misspelled coins were made?
My impression is about 3,000
That doesn't seem very rare to me.

About 3,500 1BTC brass coins have the error, I believe. Mintages are all over the place, for example, there are around 7,000 2013 brass 0.5s. Not sure on the count for 2012/2013 brass 1s.

geoffreyqp

hero member

Activity: 712

Merit: 500

A lot have been redeemed. Especially because btc was such low value back then.

htspringer

member

Activity: 86

Merit: 10

Quote from: bitmarket.io on January 11, 2014, 07:27:12 PM

where is the error?

Misspelling of "Casascius" on the hologram.
Does anyone know how many misspelled coins were made?
My impression is about 3,000
That doesn't seem very rare to me.

bitmarket.io

legendary

Activity: 1204

Merit: 1001

where is the error?

SaltySpitoon

legendary

Activity: 2590

Merit: 2154

Welcome to the SaltySpitoon, how Tough are ya?

I'll bump this up today and once more on sunday or maybe monday as I have to go to the post office anyway. If no one is interested, I'll just hold onto it a bit longer.

SaltySpitoon

legendary

Activity: 2590

Merit: 2154

Welcome to the SaltySpitoon, how Tough are ya?

Thanks for the offers, but like I said, I don't think I'd consider anything under 2 BTC for it.

I'm going to set my buy it now price at 2.25 BTC including shipping. I'd also take 2.25 BTC worth of Gold, Silver, or cash in the mail for it, if you don't want to spend your hard earned BTC.

geoffreyqp

hero member

Activity: 712

Merit: 500

i offered 1.15 on the 1st page. that offer still stands and i was first

Nightowlace

hero member

Activity: 980

Merit: 1001

Quote from: BigBitz on January 09, 2014, 06:37:26 PM

1.15BTC

You win 1.1 was my max. Haha

SaltySpitoon

legendary

Activity: 2590

Merit: 2154

Welcome to the SaltySpitoon, how Tough are ya?

Heh, as before thank you for the offers, however I don't think I'd sell it for anything under 2 BTC. If you guys want to keep putting in higher and higher offers, you are welcomed to until you reach a point I like, however I don't know of any senario in which case I'd take less than 2 BTC.

I have no idea where I put my camera USB cable which is slowing things down a bit, however I'll post the additional pictures when I stumble across it. Those ones aren't great either, but they show different angles and such.

BigBitz

hero member

Activity: 672

Merit: 501

1.15BTC

Nightowlace

hero member

Activity: 980

Merit: 1001

Quote from: SaltySpitoon on January 09, 2014, 01:44:03 PM

Quote from: htspringer on January 09, 2014, 01:34:45 PM

Quote from: SaltySpitoon on January 09, 2014, 01:27:49 PM

Quote from: htspringer on January 09, 2014, 12:54:34 PM

It would really help if you would post a higher quality photo of the hologram side of the coin. I don't know how anyone can judge the quality of your coin based on the poor quality photograph you've provided.

I'll give it a shot, I don't have a fancy camera, just a standard 8MP point and shoot digital camera, nor any artistic talent. My point was to exemplify the scratches on the holo which I got, but I'll see about adding another picture.

Often photos can exaggerate defects in a coin. If you could take a photo outside in natural light on a cloudy day it might help.

Well thats just it, all I have is natural light in my house, I have multiple sky lights and windows, and a grand total of about 100 Watts worth of lightbulbs throughout the house. Without the right weather my photos turn out even worse. The photo of the hologram I took does indeed exaggerate the defect by the scratches in the hologram. They are far less noticeable in person, however I wanted to make sure anyone who was interested knew exactly what they were getting. I'd rather underpromise and over deliver than over promise and under deliver. I did get another few pictures, however they too aren't that good. I'll upload them as soon as I find my camera's USB cable.

1.1BTC

SaltySpitoon

legendary

Activity: 2590

Merit: 2154

Welcome to the SaltySpitoon, how Tough are ya?

Quote from: htspringer on January 09, 2014, 01:34:45 PM

Quote from: SaltySpitoon on January 09, 2014, 01:27:49 PM

Quote from: htspringer on January 09, 2014, 12:54:34 PM

It would really help if you would post a higher quality photo of the hologram side of the coin. I don't know how anyone can judge the quality of your coin based on the poor quality photograph you've provided.

I'll give it a shot, I don't have a fancy camera, just a standard 8MP point and shoot digital camera, nor any artistic talent. My point was to exemplify the scratches on the holo which I got, but I'll see about adding another picture.

Often photos can exaggerate defects in a coin. If you could take a photo outside in natural light on a cloudy day it might help.

Well thats just it, all I have is natural light in my house, I have multiple sky lights and windows, and a grand total of about 100 Watts worth of lightbulbs throughout the house. Without the right weather my photos turn out even worse. The photo of the hologram I took does indeed exaggerate the defect by the scratches in the hologram. They are far less noticeable in person, however I wanted to make sure anyone who was interested knew exactly what they were getting. I'd rather underpromise and over deliver than over promise and under deliver. I did get another few pictures, however they too aren't that good. I'll upload them as soon as I find my camera's USB cable.

Topic: [WTS] 2011 1 BTC Error Casascius Coin 2.25BTC (Read 3172 times)