Topic: [WTS] Casascius Bitcoin, Broken/Unfunded (Read 864 times)
.15BTC is A LOT for a spent coin. I'd give you an ounce of silver.
10 + in stock
I am selling one ( 1 ) broken and unfunded 2011 series 2 Casascius physical bitcoin. [CBA link]
1JSdT31 is sold.
BTC0.15 BTC firm. Payment first, Serious buyers only. PM for payment address. Ships to US addresses only.
Just curious why would someone want a spent coin? Obviously you wouldn't want to fund it since someone has private key?
Because you can handle it, it's pretty, you can show it to people, you can frame it and put it on your wall, whatever you want.
With a funded casascius coin, it's worth a multiple of the face value (2-10x often). You don't want to bring that anywhere or show anyone for fear of it getting stolen, and you don't want to touch it for fear of it getting marked. Would you wave around five (or more) $100 bills in public?
Some folks stick a new hologram on it and fund that, but I think its a waste of time because the value of these is knowing that they came from Mike Caldwell (so they can be trusted). A random dude sticking a random hologram on the back of a spent coin proves nothing to me unfortunately.
Basically, less of the value of a casascius coin than you might think is tied up in the digital part of a physical bitcoin; a lot of the value is in the novelty of it and the collect-ability of the physical coin, and a spent coin still holds some of that value. It's an accessible piece of bitcoin history.
scotjam
Just curious why would someone want a spent coin? Obviously you wouldn't want to fund it since someone has private key?
10 + in stock
I am selling one ( 1 ) broken and unfunded 2011 series 2 Casascius physical bitcoin. [CBA link]
1JSdT31 is sold.
BTC0.15 BTC firm. Payment first, Serious buyers only. PM for payment address. Ships to US addresses only.
I am the buyer of 1JSdT31 - Naypalm dispatched quickly and the coin arrived today. Thanks very much!
scotjam
EDIT: (and as per naypalm's terms above, I paid first)
I am selling one ( 1 ) broken and unfunded 2011 series 2 Casascius physical bitcoin. [CBA link]
1JSdT31 is sold.
BTC0.15 BTC firm. Payment first, Serious buyers only. PM for payment address. Ships to US addresses only.
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