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Topic: [WTS] My Casascius Collection - page 8. (Read 8842 times)

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June 02, 2017, 11:09:29 AM
#32
One other question for you - do you keep your collection on display? I'd love to have my collection on display but given the face value of each there's a lot of incentive for some acquaintance visitor to get some sticky fingers. I feel like I'd need a museum-strong locking glass case to feel comfortable leaving these beauties out to be appreciated each day.

Hell no.  If you saw the lengths I have to go through to access these coins, you would understand what true paranoia is.  I value this part of my coin collection at well over a hundred grand, and I take appropriate precautions to make sure that it's well protected.
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June 02, 2017, 10:55:43 AM
#31
Any thoughts to getting them all graded??

No.  I put 0 value on ANACS's opinion of coins.  I actually prefer mine to be ungraded.  Will probably break open the one that is graded when I'm motivated enough.

I think you're on to something. I feel the ANACS grading is open to a lot of subjectivity, but what I feel and what is are two different things. I'm sure others here have more factual insight on what they're really considering for the grading process.

One other question for you - do you keep your collection on display? I'd love to have my collection on display but given the face value of each there's a lot of incentive for some acquaintance visitor to get some sticky fingers. I feel like I'd need a museum-strong locking glass case to feel comfortable leaving these beauties out to be appreciated each day.
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June 02, 2017, 10:39:26 AM
#30
Any thoughts to getting them all graded??

No.  I put 0 value on ANACS's opinion of coins.  I actually prefer mine to be ungraded.  Will probably break open the one that is graded when I'm motivated enough.


Nice collection! You really need to scoop up a 25BTC to round it out.

60-65k wire transfer and we'll call it a day and leave early on Friday.

I am not a fan of the 25 BTC coin.  It isn't enough like the others for my taste.  I may buy a 5 BTC coin someday as I think it sort of fits in with the originals, but that would probably be as far as I'd ever want to go with this set.  I'm satisfied with what I've got and that's a good feeling. Smiley
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June 02, 2017, 08:51:46 AM
#29
Nice collection! You really need to scoop up a 25BTC to round it out.

60-65k wire transfer and we'll call it a day and leave early on Friday.

legendary
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June 02, 2017, 08:05:03 AM
#28
The gold Casascius are nice, but out of my price range  Undecided

weren't they being sold for 14 btc a while back? still a large amount but reachable for some. if i hit the jackpot with some worthless alt i'd buy one.
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June 02, 2017, 06:56:25 AM
#27
impressed  Shocked agree you need the 5 and 25 to complete the set.
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June 02, 2017, 05:28:45 AM
#26
Sweet collection, makes me jealous with just my (peeled Angry) 2011 brass coins.
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June 02, 2017, 12:01:23 AM
#25
Looking to buy a funded nickel to add to the collection?   Grin

Very nice though, I'd like to buy a gold cas one day.

I'm not really interested in a loaded 5 or 25.  If they were made multiple years, I'd probably feel differently.  The 5 is a great coin.  Maybe someday.  Although I'm pretty happy with my collection as it currently stands.

I passed up the opportunity to buy a gold cas coin once, I wasn't going to let it happen again.
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June 01, 2017, 11:55:47 PM
#24
Quote from: Michail1 link=topic=1944803.msg19319993#msg19319993
They come up.  I'm sure many people (even in this thread) have them or know people that do.  Put up a WTB post.  Smiley

Ah, I have one and was wondering if Og would want one Smiley
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June 01, 2017, 11:52:06 PM
#23
The gold Casascius are nice, but out of my price range  Undecided

Sure.   Smiley

Looking to buy a funded nickel to add to the collection?   Grin

They come up.  I'm sure many people (even in this thread) have them or know people that do.  Put up a WTB post.  Smiley
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June 01, 2017, 11:45:59 PM
#22
Looking to buy a funded nickel to add to the collection?   Grin

Very nice though, I'd like to buy a gold cas one day.

The gold Casascius are nice, but out of my price range  Undecided
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June 01, 2017, 11:26:08 PM
#21
Looking to buy a funded nickel to add to the collection?   Grin

Very nice though, I'd like to buy a gold cas one day.
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June 01, 2017, 11:18:21 PM
#20
oh but the 1000btc is empty? I was talking about that I thought it was loaded my bad very noob to this  Grin
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June 01, 2017, 11:04:58 PM
#19
Would you billing to share how long it to you to complete the collection and how much was spent in total for all of the coins shown?

I purchased all the silver coins from Mike's website so that was easy enough. The only coins that took a while to find were the 2011 s2 and of course the gold coin. Since I believe they were nearly all purchased in 2013, the USD price would be fairly low. However, I would guess the total BTC cost was somewhere around 70 BTC.
legendary
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June 01, 2017, 10:44:39 PM
#18
Very nice.

Some of us can only dream.  Smiley

Agreed  Undecided
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June 01, 2017, 10:16:49 PM
#17
Very nice.

Some of us can only dream.  Smiley
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June 01, 2017, 10:16:01 PM
#16
Wow, beauty of a collection!

You have all the finest pieces. I suppose having the 25BTC coins would technically complete the set but I personally don't find those coins to be as clean and classic looking as the rest. It's something about the rounded font and engraving.

Would you billing to share how long it to you to complete the collection and how much was spent in total for all of the coins shown? Perhaps it's too personal but I know it would be an interesting set of facts to go along with the story.

Congrats to you, OG.
legendary
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June 01, 2017, 10:09:37 PM
#15
Nice collection! You really need to scoop up a 25BTC to round it out.
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June 01, 2017, 08:06:15 PM
#14
What does it feel like to hold that 1000 btc coin?

I thought that a part of me would feel some disappointment because my gold coins are so much larger.  I didn't at all though. It really is a great coin.


somehow I believe you, if you KNOW the price is going down by 50% for SURE tomorrow, and you have no time to sell it... Do you open it?  Grin

These specific 1000 BTC Casascius Fine Gold Coins are not loaded with 1000 BTC - they are empty. Coblee (Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin) had a case complete with 12 (?) of them IIRC. They were obtained directly from Casascius himself years and years ago. Most of us were unware of their presence until very recently.
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June 01, 2017, 07:41:54 PM
#13
somehow I believe you, if you KNOW the price is going down by 50% for SURE tomorrow, and you have no time to sell it... Do you open it?  Grin

I don't believe I will ever open a Casascius coin. I have no interest in trading BTC rate fluctuations for profit.
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