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I've created a real tangible physical bitcoin.
Ok, so it has no real bitcoin value, but it's a cool novelty coin.

It's a high quality 18k gold plated brass coin, measuring 1.5" in diameter.

Each coin has a unique code on the back that allows you to track where the coin has been using our website.

Best of all... you can buy them with bitcoins! The price is very reasonable.
I'd appreciate some constructive feedback on the coin, website, and service.

http://coinedbits.com (http://coinedbits.com)

http://coinedbits.com/images/bitcoin_hand.jpg

neat, ill probably snag one

Looks neat. How much is the value of the gold on the coin, in USD?

just picked one up, cant wait to get it!

I don't know why, jumped into this thread thinking this was going to be something shitty and cashing in on Bitcoin in a cheap way, but it honestly looks like a solid product and I want one lol

Looks great! Can you buy outside of the USA?

UK here but would like one.

I like the geocaching idea!

Vires in Numeris - In Numbers We Trust? That's great. Ah nope. Google syays "Strength in Numbers". Shame. I quite like "In SHA256 we trust"

No international shipping? :(

Cool, I want one!

Nice looking coin, what's on the reverse side?


Edit:  ok, I see a serial number to track them on reverse.

Please, post a photo of back side.

Also, I would like to order from EUROPE - is it possible? What would be the shipping?

That's a counterfeit bitcoin !!!    :o

Just bought one, how long does shipping take?

I'm leaving on the 14th and would like to have it by then

It is a reasonable price.    +1 for not using some strange Bitcoin symbol.

I like it, hiding it as a geocache is a cool idea too.

Ordered.  Very sweet.

+1 for a pic of the obverse.

very nice item, bought 2 of them.

You should make them like bitbills, and put a redemption code on them

It isn't really a bitcoin, just a brass coin with the logo stamped into it.

And it isn't really first if you count the limited edition resin coins that went around a while back.

But it is still really cool looking.  I ordered two.

This is awesome, can you share with us how you made them?  Did you go through a Chinese manufacturer?

Typo on your website: peices

Just ordered one of them. Will be a nice little memento of my adventures with Bitcoin  :D

Thanks for the feedback so far. I'll get these orders out ASAP.

To answer some of your questions:
Obverse/Reverse pictures: You've seen the Obverse, I will post a good picture of the reverse over the weekend. Below is a rendering of what the reverse looks like.

International shipping: I'm struggling how I can deal with international orders at the moment.

Bitbills: I agree making this coin like a bitbill would be cool. However manufacturing costs are a little too much for me to deal with right now.

What is the code on the back of the coin for: Each person who gets the coin can go to CoinedBits.com and enter their location and a message. This allows all those who had the coin the ability to see where the coin has been and what people think of it. OR... You can be creative and use the unique code for your own purposes.

Is this a real Bitcoin: Sorry for the confusion. I guess I shouldn't use the word "real". It has no real Bitcoin value. However, depending on how you use the unique code you might be able to have it represent real Bitcoins.

What is the point of these coins: To get these coins into circulation, and help spread the Bitcoin message to the world :-)

Obverse
http://coinedbits.com/images/bitcoin_fs.gif
Reverse
http://coinedbits.com/images/bitcoin_bs.gif

Same here. Very neat!

Just bought 3.

If you wanted it to be really cool, you would charge 1 bitcoin each coin and have an exchange in and out, with 100% reserve of digital bitcoins for all outstanding physical ones.  That would allow for easy transactions on the street.  This would allow for complete anonymity.  You would just have to be audited to insure that you hadn't given out more coins than bitcoins in your wallet.


It would be ironic that the "real" bitcoins are ephemeral bits on a computer, and the "paper" bitcoins would be physical metal.  A complete 180 from how money usually works!

I like the concept, but how would you prevent counterfeiting?

As long as the value is low for a physical bitcoin, it wouldn't be worth counterfeiting, any more than counterfeiting quarters.  But if bitcoins go up to $100 each, then it would become very worth it.

Not sure how to counteract counterfeiting without multi-million dollar anti-counterfeiting technology like engraved holograms or something.

Another thing that may work is some kind of embedded EEPROM chip that contains an encryption key.  Maybe a wallet.dat file with just this one bitcoin in it.  Make it RFID and transfer the virtual bitcoin out of the wallet.dat when transferred, and make a new wallet.dat stocked with a bitcoin from your computer's wallet.dat before handing it out again.  In order for this to work, you would have to check the wallet.dat against the network before accepting, to insure there was a valid bitcoin inside.  Which would make it more cumbersome.

Maybe the gurus could come up with some scheme for such a scenerio.

Maybe it would be easier to just sell them as novelties :D

It's a very neat idea but please, pretty please, this is supposed to be a world-wide usable coin, not just in the US. This means we definitely can't use the Thai baht symbol.

I mean, seriously: do you imagine a bitcoin-coin with a "$" symbol on it? Do you imagine reading/writing "$4.5" meaning 4.5 bitcoins? Wouldn't that be confusing? Then you know why the ฿ sign doesn't work either.

We're seeking for a fair economy system, and we can't even start being fair choosing the very symbol of the currency. That's depressing.

18k gold plated brass coin only 5.99? How are you making these are they cast?

Canada?

Cool coin! I'll probably buy one.


The symbols are different. The Bitcoin symbol has two strokes, and they don't go through the middle of the B. No one who actually uses the Thai Baht symbol would be confused. Compare:
http://coinedbits.com/images/bitcoin_fs.gif
฿

Would be cool if you made these a limited edition so they might actually go up in value as collectors items

Hey, tried to order one.  I had to switch computers to pay.  The website told me not to submit my address until I paid.  Somehow my browser flipped out and the buy screen went away.  How can I send you my payment ID and Address?

P.S.  It would be nice if there was a contact email on the website.

Ordered 4 for the team ;)

Very cool.

Fair enough. My criticism would rather stand against the use of the "฿" character, then. But keeping using the double-striked B as a symbol for Bitcoin will make people use the ฿ character by laziness. We'd be better off choosing a totally different symbol.

I'm sure that if someone had suggested using an S letter with a non-crossing bar for Bitcoin, everyone would have refused because it would look too much like the $ sign. Let's have some empathy and imagine for a moment that we live in Thailand and our everyday prices are written with a ฿ symbol. Seriously: wouldn't we prefer to just use a totally different sign for Bitcoin? The fact that Thai people are less present in the conversation at the moment shouldn't be an excuse for not taking them into consideration. Let's not be such assholes.

I also like the idea of having these valued at 1 BTC each.

I still think we should all be using ß as the bitcoin symbol. :)

I just bought one and did as the site asked and didn't fill out my info and close the window until I sent payment.  However, I DID manage to do all that between sending and before 1st confirmation of sending.  Was that bad?  It's been a whopping five whole minutes and I didn't get an e-mail confirmation, so I'm starting to worry.  I want to make sure I get my coinbit because they look so neat and I really really wants one!

This looks great, i've ordered one in case you decide to ship internationally.

Cool coin! I like the "traditional" Bitcoin symbol (like on your coins) but I have to agree that this is a problem with the Baht symbol.
Here is a list of possible alternatives: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_symbol

I heard a lot about Ƀ. There is a site that even suggests specific colors to use.

Btw, is there really a difference between ฿ and the B with two strokes (like on the coin)? Because I've also seen $ with one stroke and two strokes attached. (Uncle Scrooge uses this, for example :-)).

You may want to consider making a more definitive statement on the Website that this is for 'novelty purposes only'. I can imagine that government interests (i.e. Sen. Charles Schumer) are just looking for some excuse to hang Bitcoin (and in this case, you) with a federal currency violation.

I have never seen the Baht with two bars. 

And I don't think there will be a currency violation as these coins have no dollar denomination.

Yes, and when the Schumer hits the fan, you don't want to be in front of it.

imagine your site is like instawallet.

the code on the coin could be used as an "view-only" mode for checking balance.
i am note sure about how to secure transactions (eg who "owns" the coin; handing one coin to somebody else without internet)...

and PLEASE offer shipping to europe soon. i want some!

if possible i would like to see "real" gold coins. maybe work together with them: http://midasbitcoin.blogspot.com/ (not sure if they are trustworthy, but i think i'll try)

very nice work!

It would be cool if they were made out of solid gold and shrunk/grew in relationship to Bitcoin's exchange rate to gold.

Yea and some Fairies play some  magic tone when grow\shrink happens - cool.

If they are marketed as a "real" physical representation of a currency, then that is how the prosecution would treat them (if such action were pursued). The vendor's own verbage would be the prosecution's case.

Indeed, they effectively have serial numbers.

I am just saying that Bitcoin is clearly on the gubberments radar now, and 'Bitcoins' being posed as physical coinage is not going to help.

The two legalese keywords here are 'novelty' and 'entertainment'.

Just wanted to let everyone know that all orders that have been placed up til now have shipped!
Due to the holiday they won't actually go out until Tuesday.

Some have commented on how I can offer this coin for such a low price... I'm afraid I did set the price point a bit too low. For now, I'm keeping the price the same but will drop the free shipping.

That's what I was thinking... I had been investigating something similar and was quoted $12 per coin with a min quantity of 2500 to get them done at the Perth mint, so I would have to sell them for at least 1 btc each.

Have all the international orders been shipped as well?

Looks like they're going for whatever $6 USD is in bitcoins.

As they are not limited edition, they should get cheaper (in BTC) as the BTC value goes up, thus, they're always worth $6 USD.

Also remember reading that it was ILLEGAL to mint your own currency. Not sure if that refers to counterfeiting US currency, or any currency, or if it includes "digital tokens". Not sure the fed's will care if they decide to bust you  ???

Just placed an order. Do we get confirmation numbers or emails on this?

Yes, the international orders have been fulfilled as well.

If you are ordering outside the USA please include an extra tenth of a Bitcoin in your order. Thanks.

No, not yet. Still working on getting email conformations.

Any chance to get a custom engraving on the back or side of it?

I like this coin but be careful, flipoutz has a patent for tracking unique id'd coins online. Its not an issue for those that buy the coins just the operator of the website.

Any way to change the quantity through the PayPal option?  I'm trying to order 4 and rather do one-payment vs. being vigged 4 times by PayPal...

Cheers,
Kermee

Oops, sorry about that. You can now order larger quantities and save on shipping. This is only available if using Paypal.

Also, Free shipping has ended. Shipping is now included in the price for Bitcoin and Dwolla payers. Paypal still has the price at $5.99 +shipping.

WE NOW SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL ORDERS!
However, you must use paypal. We do NOT support orders outside the USA if paying via Bitcoin or Dwolla. Sorry for the inconvenience.

All orders placed by today will be shipped tomorrow (Tuesday the 5th).

I'm guessing this is due to the domestic shipping cost being "baked in" to the cost of the product when paying via Bitcoin or Dwolla. Is that right? Why not separate it out for international orders? Or just, y'know, separate it out all the way? Is it because you don't have a system that can handle different shipping rates on each order?

Sorry, it just seems funny that you don't accept bitcoins for international orders since that's probably where Bitcoin shines brightest.

Yes, I don't have a good shopping cart system to handle all this. This has been rather frustrating. If you know of a good free shopping cart that supports Bitcoin payment, let me know.

We now support international orders using any payment method you like :-)

Worked like a charm.

Thank you!

Cheers,
Kermee

There's BitWillit.

BitWillit looks like a good service. What I'm looking for is shopping cart code that supports Bitcoins, Dwolla, & Paypal.

Just got my 3 bitcoins in the mail today.

They look awesome!

Do you do laser engraving for the serial number?

Just curious, how did you design and come up with the molding for the coins for a reasonable price?  I thought striking a new coin was 10s of thousands of dollars or more.

Excellent! Thanks for the feedback. You got them quick.

Yes, they are laser etched serial numbers. I'm worried they may wear off. Time will tell.

I can't tell you my secrets  :-X. Manufacturing a new coin can be expensive. I've streamlined it a bit and cut out some of the costs.

very cool! I want several

Any idea when the next shipment is going to go out? Only curious! Thanks!

Cheers,
Kermee

I just ordered 3 of them to EUROPE. Hope they will ship soon!

Ironically, I had to buy them using PayPal, not Bitcoins. The price in Bitcoins was too expensive compared to current conversion rate between BTC and USD. Also, selecting 3 pieces was trivial in PayPal, but not in the Bitcoin payment window.

We definitely need simple and usable payment gate for Bitcoins!

Got mine in the mail today. Looks sweet.  ;D

+1

mine arrived today as well!  ;D

looks great man!

Very good design. Just ordered one. can't wait to see all mystery behind the coin!

RSantana, got my 2 coins in the mail today.  They are awesome.  I will use one as a poker card protector and the other one I will give away.  I will order more soon to promote bitcoins.

received coins today, happy with them.

Thank you

got my coin today and it looks better than i thought it would!!

thank you very much!!!!

Today I received 2 BTC in the mail.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13395205/two_btc.jpg

Thanks for all the feedback from those who have received their coins so far. Hopefully this removes some of the doubt and suspicion some have had.

These look so cool!  Well done :)

I think I might buy some to give away as bonuses on freebitcoins.org!

I do echo others' comments, though, about being careful with the wording on your site.  Other than one line on the FAQ page, you really make it sound like they are real bitcoins.

nice, have you considered making one in solid .999 silver?

In addition to the FAQ, on the Buy page I do say this:
"These Bitcoin coins do not represent digital Bitcoins. They have no Bitcoin face value."

However, I'll do something to make it more clear.

Thanks.

I'm glad you ask this question. Yes I have considered it.

Who all would be interested in a one troy ounce .999 high quality silver round? If so how much over the silver spot price would you be willing to pay for it?

Also, the silver coin would not have the unique serial number on the back.

if i sent you a 1 oz gold Krugerand, could you melt it down and recast as a 1 oz Bitcoin?

id be interested.

cant say how much over strike id pay.... since i dont know your manafacturing cost, i cant really say whats a fair price  :-\

I could, but I won't. Sorry.

I would be, definitely. At least a few of them.

Cheers,
Kermee

I probably would too :). Can't say about the price, do you have an indication?

So I've been at the Rio pretty much 24/7 during the World Series of Poker.  I got a new card protector in the mail today...  what do you guys think??..

https://i.imgur.com/y217W.jpg

And using it to spread the word about Bitcoin:

https://i.imgur.com/JrXqk.jpg

I'd pay the 6.99 + spot for it....

That's awesome.  I can't wait until poker players start getting described as "Bitcoin millionaires".

ASEs are going for about $5 over spot in small quantities.  You should be able to get away with a dollar or two more than that for novelty.

Guy with the toothpick don't like your camera.  Should throw the bitcoin at him!

That's really awesome  ;D

Got my CoinedBits yesterday!  They are too cool for school. 

Heavy shiny things, nice and beefy.

I'd love to get some in 0.5oz or 1oz silver.

Also, this streampunk design is very nice (cough, hint, cough, hint):

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/6/10/1307726608040/bitcoin-007.jpg

Thank you Mr. Santana!!!

Just placed my order cant wait to get my coin :)

These look sweet.

I want a whole pile of them to dive into. Just like Mr. McDuck! :-)

Nice,
Adam

Im buying one!

Hey these seem quite cose effective, considering. Are you making any profit?

Yes, I'm trying to eek out some profit in all this. I wanted to keep the price as low as I could to help spread as many coins as possible around the world.

Thanks for the nice words. I've never seen this picture before. Do you know more about where it came from? I do like the design.

Is there anyone here with good camera skills, and willing to take some good quality pics of my coin?

If you don't have a coin I'll send you one... if you give me proof you are a competent photographer.

I like the current version, I just got mine in yesterday, but I would also like to buy 1/2oz or 1oz silver coins.  $7 over spot sounds good.  As for design, I would prefer the old fashioned fiat look. 

What do you mean by the "old fashioned fiat look"?

Lots of art with small text.  Minting marks and a date.  I dunno.  Denominate it, perhaps. 

I would like a silver coin in the same design as the gold one. I already ordered a gold coin, and it would be cool to have the same design in gold and silver. Spot price + something like 6-8 dollar sounds good to me.

Just received mine today.  Extremely quick shipping (I'm in the U.S.) and great quality.

Although, one of my coins, the etching of the words 'VIRES IN NUMERIS' was so shallow, one side of the 'V' isn't even etched, etc. -- I'm keeping it though because it's a collector's item ;)

Cheers,
Kermee

Sexy. I'll definately pick a few of these up.

That coin must have slipped through quality control. I've visually checked a dozen or so coins and I can see some variation in the stamping depth. If you want to send it back I'll replace it for you. It does give some uniqueness to your coin though :-)

Nah. No worries, mate. I'm keeping it! :-)

Great job on the coins.  I'm love them.  Haven't been able to put them down for hours now... Guess I have a new OCD... ;)

Cheers,
Kermee

Now it would be great if people could send you some raw material and you could turn that into a bitcoin  :)

Could you give some more data about the site "coin history" interface? I couldn't see it on the website. I would be interested in being able to give someone a tangible bitcoin, then they key in the number at the website and see a matching bitcoin public address that I have entered. Preferably, I would also like to give a link that generates a block explorer page for that address showing the balance etc.

The public bitcoin address would come from a paper bitcoin wallet (http://paperbitcoinwallets.com) like those sold by Casascius. The private key would be handed over separately, either at the same time, or when the person reaches the age of 18 or whatever.

Since there is no guarantee that the balance will remain as shown, there is a strong incentive for a recipient to keep in the donor's good books. I'm thinking of a scenario like a rich relative and a teenage recipient, where the recipient is not likely to be jerked around on a whim.

Some intriguing ideas. Thanks. You could certainly implement your ideas on your own website using my coins.

Regarding the coin history. Here is a screenshot of what it looks like. Each person who obtains the coin has the opportunity to go to the website and enter a position on a map of where the coin is currently, and add a comment. The person then passes the coin on to someone else.

http://coinedbits.com/images/track_example.gif

Do not buy these! They are counterfeit and not worth anything! He calls them bitcoins but they are not. Mtgox and Trading Hill do not accept these! Because they are counterfeit! Do not buy!

Some one needs to learn to read before clicking the buy button. This is a pretty straight forward operation.

FLOL

Just bought one. Looking forward to receiving it. :)

Wow... You have the typing part down, plus the proper punctuation for someone with tourettes. You must have issues reading English.

Thanks very much. It will be interesting to see how it evolves. I imagine that many people will hang on to the coin rather than passing it on because it looks so gorgeous!

Why is it that when someone has 'economic' or 'economist' in their nick-name, they turn out to be the most idiotic form of troll?

Such a mystery...

Isn't that the same as in the offline world?

There's a serial stupido in Sydney called Steven Keen who for years said Australia's houses would drop 40% just because America's did ...never happened but he keeps coming out with equally-stupid theories because that's what economists do.

Ok I just bought one and paid with Bitcoins.  Little higher using bitcoins more around 8 bux vs 5.99, maybe that should be adjusted normally to match the 5.99 price?  I paid with bitcoin since it is for a bitcoin, this bitcoin will be worth, .56 bitcoins lol.  THanks

Just got mine. Awesome job. I like. :-)

Thanks for the purchase. The shipping is calculated into the price when paying with Bitcoins.

Been playing with and twirling mine almost non stop for almost two days now. The pictures don't do the coin justice btw. It's much bigger than I thought it would be, and the gold is much more yellow-gold colored than the washed out photos. Definitely a nice conversation starter piece :D

These aren't quality pictures, but I thought you might enjoy them:

My 'traveling' *Novelty* Bitcoin... (http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=27738.0)

Cheers,
Kermee

Do you accept PO Box addresses?

COoool hope to have mine soon.  I sent the link to a couple of my friends as well, to get it started.  Would be cool to sell on a site, or ebay this coin with 3 free bitcoins or something, pretty good stuff, cant wait to see it.  Thanks

Yes

Thanks for the post it was fun seeing all your pictures. Any way I could get you to send me the hi-res photo of the pirate?

What about a titanium coin? Its probably a lot harder to fabricate then silver or brass but i like the idea. "A indestructable coin for a indestructable currency". Also a bit cheaper then pure silver and alot more durable. Where silver bends and scratches fast, you could use a titanium coin as a keychain easily.

Edit: Almost forgot to mention, it looks great too :D!

Thought I'd share this cute pic from praxgirl (http://www.youtube.com/user/praxgirl):

https://i.imgur.com/BXPzk.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/praxgirl)

What a lovely model for the coin!

EDIT: I suppose it would only be fair to mention, you can donate to praxgirl at this address:
1EEGdU6trKh6tmZqV94Uo1rgkNJVKTeLZ2 (http://www.youtipit.org/t/J3561)

Absolutely.  I'll send you a PM with links to the originals that has your Bitcoin in it.

Cheers,
Kermee

Any ETA on when I'll receive my coins? I placed an order for 4 of them yesterday.

It most likely shipped today. To get further details contact us via our contact page http://coinedbits.com/about.php (http://coinedbits.com/about.php), and include the address you sent payment to.

If you're in the U.S., it's pretty quick.  I received mine in less than 72 hours but I probably got lucky that I paid the same day that RSantana was doing a shipment.

Cheers,
Kermee

What about internation shipments(the netherlands)? Any estimates? I paid mine last wednesday.

Ordered 2 of them, any ETA for international shippings (Europe)?  :)

I really don't know how long it takes for international orders. I'd suggest be patient :-)

I just noticed, that for international shipping of 4 coins Paypal says 29.96 USD (including shipping), whereas with Bitcoins that would be 2.8 BTC.
I really don't mind the price - it is still a great offer, but the 30% discount when paying with Paypal appears a bit strange to me.

Am I missing something here?

Very cool idea.  I'm too bitcoin broke to buy one right now (saving up my minimal btc for a Corsair case), but I could see getting one of these and placing it in a Geocache here in Lawrence, KS :)

Got mine today, so international shipping takes about a week(to the netherlands) :)! And i have to say, they really look great!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/wesleytjuh/b698d792.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/wesleytjuh/77eb0a6e.jpg


They should be cheaper to buy in BTC than with paypal to stimulate the market :).

I'd be willing to buy a 1oz silver coin for $10 above spot so long as your website wasn't stamped on the back.  :)

I received mine today as well. They are AWESOME! I just ordered more :)
Thanks a lot RSantana!
The only thing I'm wondering now is would it be possible to insert an RFID chip into these coins when manufacturing and how much more would it cost?

To those who are wondering about delivery times:
I ordered from the first batch which got sent out last Tuesday. So it took 5 business days. It usually takes 7 to get parcels from USA to UK. The rest of the Europe should be the same

RFID would not work inside metal casing.

They look bigger than what I had in mind, color looks nicer on these photos :)
Would be nice to have these also in silver and gold  :)

Yup, i tried to get the color as real as possible, but it's still a bit more yellow in reality.
Made the second photo with people in europe in mind, so they can see how it compares to the euro.

AHHH looking good, still waiting on mine, if it looks good definitely got some people that want some.  Ordered last week some time I think.  East Coast.  Silver would be cool for sure, I was thinking turn it into a chain depending how big it is lol

As a quick question.

Why does paying in BTC cost more then any other payment?
Using tradehill or mtgox, @ current price of 14.00$ and your price being 0.61 BTC.
($14.00x0.61BTC=$8.54)

Site says: "Base price per coin is (plus shipping) $5.99"
While Dwolla amount is at $7.99
and Paypal at $5.99

Can you provide some insight on how you are creating the BTC price?

Ok, now that you have cornered me. I hate to admit it, but the extra $.55 is simply there to compensate for the risk and volatility of BTC.

And keep in mind that the paypal price isn't including shipping.

I would suggest removing the extra .55$ until a certain threshold exceeds.

Since as the price of 1 BTC in $'s becomes less, the amount to pay in BTC becomes higher.
So, you should kick in the .55$ once BTC hits around the 15$+ range, as that's when it becomes volatile again.

This can be easily done with a php script with an "if" statement.
if($pricebtc >= '15') {$volatile_protect = true;}

Anyways, i just bought a coin from your website right now :)

EDIT: Apparently my Bitcoin client screwed up and sent everything in my decimals.
I guess you got just a tip of .00119888

6000+ views for a thread discussing a tangible item. 
I find that, HIGHLY IRONIC
on this forum.

and what is this exactly?  a momento.


::)

Fixed that for you.

Would certainly purchase if this was available in silver.

Me! Good idea.

I received the two I previously ordered. They're awesome! Really well done. Gave one to my dad. Thanks.

Yeah I think it is just for conversation starter, cool to have as a memento etc.  It is funny virtual currency and were buying some physical item that represents our virtual bitcoins lol.  Hopefully get mine today and see what it looks like. 

Me too.

Please increase the size of the email field on purchase.. Just purchased a coin but I needed to edit the HTML code on it locally for writing my email address in it.

Just wondering, why is the bitcoin/dollar ratio for  these things so way off to the current exchange rates?

Scroll up, he answered it 9 comments ago.

Received my coins today!

https://i.imgur.com/XauUo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Q0zUZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FcpER.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/K3ZqS.jpg

Got mine today too, Love it, looks cool, a silver one would be cool too, I need a little smaller if I wanted to make it a charm for my chain but awesome looking.

Thanks

I also added your website link to my new website I started, trying to link goods, services and people buying with bitcoin on it,  Your coins picture is on the main page, looks good I think. 

bitcoinproducts4sale.com  is the site and your under products, its a new site so dont judge lol   and if you have an issue with pics or with your link being in there just let me know.

There wouldn't be any way I could get an svg file of this, would there?

For the next 24 hours only MetaCo.in is featuring a deal with coinedbits.com.  Get a 4-pack of coins for 1.51 btc (21% off).  See for yourself: http://www.metaco.in/deals/physical-bitcoins-2/ (http://www.metaco.in/deals/physical-bitcoins-2/)

Yes, you can use my pics all you want.

If I could offer just one suggestion on your website... get rid of the flash. I hate flash :-)

I don't have one. I wish I did. But feel free to use this image if you want.

Awesome deal!

I am trying to buy a couple of your 4-packs.  Is the only way to pay mybitcoin?

Well, the only way to pay is via mybitcoin's shopping-cart-interface.  There are two buttons you can press "pay with bitcoin" and "pay with mybitcoin".  If you select the former, it will just give you a bitcoin address that you can send coins to in the traditional way.  PM me if you have any issues.

Yeah IM ditching the flash lol,  everyone seems to agree with that.  Like I said this is my first website so will see how it goes.

Ironic?

On Wikipedia's main page, the feature article is about Trade Dollar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

After today, use this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dollar_(United_States_coin)

I'd love an unplated one

Just got my coin and love it!

Just noticed that on the same page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Did you know

...that the Oregon white truffle is a major component of the diet of Northern flying squirrels?

I think someone at Google is on a Bitcoin kick during their "work on any other project" time.

You want solid brass? What don't you like about the gold plating?

Any idea when the metaco.in vouchers will be sent and available for redemption?

Officially they're supposed to be ready sometime in the 24 hour period following the deal close.  In reality, they're usually available within an hour or two of the close.  You should be receiving an email soon.  Thanks for the purchase.

Do you have any plans to start shipping to the UK?

Just received my coin here in Australia.  Took 15 days from payment to arrive in the post.

Love the coin, great conversation starter.

Thanks.

Received my Coin today, (4 days shipping).
This coin as said by many others is better then those pictures.

I'll be happy to see if people actually use this alot for Geocaching

Got my coins today, seriously they are awesome. Was very fast for the shipping.

Thanks a lot

Sent 0.66 BTC for one coin @ 10th July.
still haven't got my coin.
haven't got any confirmation from seller and no answer for my email...

Probably just overwhelmed with demand. I got mine fine, as did a couple of my friends.

I doubt this guy foresaw this thing being as big a hit as it has been. Probably didn't have the right infrastructure in place to keep up with all the orders.

Come on Piotr let's be fair about things. First of all you are in the UK... Shipping takes longer. Second you gave me less than 8 hours to respond to your email before you start publicly complaining.

Yes, I was not as prepared as I should have been. It's been an interesting experience. However. I've kept up with orders. I think almost all orders have gone out next business day.

You right! Sorry i'm just to impatient!
But, you should send any/some confirmation after transaction: "yes, i got your order", "got your payment" and "today i sent the coin" or something like this :)

Anyway. Thank you for the answer and one more time: sorry!

No worries. Point well taken on the confirmation email. Every one has been beating me up on that :-)

I've ordered them on July 7th and they arrived after a week here to Europe! Excellent shipping and wonderful items. Both me and our kids love them a lot. I plan to take a nice picture of them .. waiting for good light and idea for the background ..

I wonder how much people would actually
buy these for if there were 100% pure gold.

It would be MORE then collectible.

Doubt most people would be able to afford it if it was.  Not to say there isn't necessarily a market for it but it would be small.

Got mine today. 2 coins shipped to canada :)

Yeah, nice pic ... +1

And for the coin ... +10

Looking sweet!

This and bitbills are going in a safe deposit box.

Cheers,

Adam

How long did it take?  Still waiting on mine (July 7th); was figuring there is some backlog due to the postal strike before that.

July 8th. and its very possible there was backlog.

I have bought quite a few of these coins and love em.  The last order only took 2 business days to arrive :)

I like the simple look of the coin because it is similar to the signage used by commerce, but I like your idea for something like a bitbill to look more old fashioned.

I'd just like to throw this out there, what does everything think about the coin picture currently used on the site? Do they accurately represent the coins?
I did the photography for them, so I'm wondering what everyone thinks.

I think those pics make the coins look they have more of a matte finish rather than how polished they are.

I prefer my pot o' btc pic better ;)

Link is NSFW http://www.cryptocommodity.org/tats/potobtc.jpg

Its interesting how people feel the need to make a picture of bitcoins, make medallions, or some other tangible representation of a bitcoin.  I don't think we need any picture or any representation of a what a bitcoin is.  It is digital, 0's and 1's.  What matters is that it each is unique, and that there is a way to trade them, whether on an exchange or person to person.

Its hard to leave the old way behind.  ;D

Reflections are sort of a tricky thing to photograph, you can either have a reflection, or you can have detail. It's nearly imposable to have both.

I was just looking at codes on the back of the coins I bought and one starts with "69ME"....did you guys send that to me on purpose ;)

http://cryptocommodity.org/tats/coin.JPG

Collector's Item!

Cheers,
Daniel

I think i'd like the coin better if it didn't have the website stamped onto it.

yeah I feel the same. 

i asked him if he would melt down one of my Krugerands into a Bitcoin and he said no.

It actually serves a cool purpose, but I agree.  I'd buy one if it weren't for that.  Perhaps the coin creator should make a 2nd type of coin without the website branding on it and sell it for more?  That way he could lower the price on his existing coins (they'll be subsidized by the higher priced ones) or give them away for free to promote his site (1 per order of the new coins?).  A non-numbered coin would also be cheaper to have made, so there would be a much higher profit margin, especially considering he could charge a large premium.  Giving 1 of his website branded coins for free with the order of new coins would also get people like myself (and probably the 2 people I quoted) to give his website a try with their free coin.  I'd imagine that would be a great help to getting this project off the ground.

Ok, this is not a bad idea. I can understand not wanting my website on your coin. How about this... what if there was no unique code and the url was very small on the back, OR possibly laser-etched on the coin edge. so you wouldn't even see the url if you were looking directly at the front or back of the coin?

Also, would you want the design of the obverse & reverse on the coin to be the same?

RSantana,

i JUST put my order thru for 4 coins thru Paypal.  could you please leave off your website URL on my order?  everything else can remain the same.

I would have to guess that it's not quite that easy to just leave them off. Unless he is using an extreme lean process I'm sure they are created in bulk.

I'm sorry, we don't do custom coins on demand. I'd like to get to that point :-)

If you don't want the coins please request a refund via our contact form at http://coinedbits.com/about.php

It wouldn't hurt If it was missing the website & number. I kind of want a more "classic" style btc coin with nothing proprietary on it.

I think you should offer both versions. I honestly don't know if I want the code or not.

Also you should maybe make a version with a whole at the top so you could make it a chain or something. I mean I wouldn't just carry around a coin to spread the word :P

Even if the website was in invisible ink, it would still be there.  That gives the coin less of a "currency" feel and more of a website promotion feel.  Right now you're the only person (I know of) offering cool cheap bitcoin collectors coins.  Take advantage.  Even if they're brass now, you are in a position to corner the market, which after some profiting could lead to silver coins, then gold...

I say you should design a new back and sell them for double the price of the ones on your website.  Then include one of your website coins for free with every purchase of 2 or more.  You'll make more money, your website coins will get to more people, and you could just end up being the exclusive physicial bitcoin supplier once you work out all the kinks in your operation and gather more customers...

I'd definitely buy one made of pure silver without the website listed.  Just sell the brass (gold plated) ones to gather the funding needed to get a batch of silver ones made (then discontinue the brass ones and only use that for your website coins, which you will then give away free with the silver ones).  I'm excited for you.  This is a great opportunity.  I'm just an ideas guy, but would love to partner on this with you somehow if you were interested in building a team for this project.

Or just go ahead and toss me a free coin when you get rich.   ;)

i totally agree with this premise.  i would also like to be able to purchase ones made of gold.

i was one of the earlier buyers of one of these and i love it.  but i just cancelled an order for 4 b/c i realize i really don't like the URL promotion.

make these in silver and gold w/o promoting and you'll make alot more in profit.

I like your idea...except for the double. I think 8.50 may be good for it. But that is just my opinion.

as i said earlier, i would like to be able to send in my Krugerands to be reshaped into Bitcoins and pay a fee to do it.

I'm sure I speak for RSantana when I say if I was in his position and someone wanted to send me several oz. of Gold coins, I would not feel comfortable handling them if issues arise.  We're talking about taking on the responsibility of several thousands of USD...

I'm sure it's not personal.

Cheers,
Kermee

good point.  i'd only send one! ;)

Don't get me wrong... I *LOVE* your idea.  It would be the first 1 oz. Solid Gold 'Bitcoin'...

Cheers,
Kermee

unless RSantana gets into the "clipping" business! 

folks, you have convinced me I need to come out with a new plain coin with no website advertising. I'll post more details when I know them.

Just wanted to chime in and say I finally got mine in. Ordered July 7th, arrived today (15 days).  Toronto, Canada.  As was said many times in this thread, it looks much better in person!  Very happy with it.

Of course, I do not think anyone wants to see a man-peck shot a la MsBitcoin so no pictures.  Plenty in this thread to suffice :P

Will definitely purchase more in the future.

Do you have an idea when the 1 without the website will come out? I want a coin soon but idk if I should wait for that or not :P

The soonest you'd see it would be September.

Let us know when we can preorder.   ;)

excellent news!  let us know when you're ready and i'll order some.

yay!

I don't know if it's been mentioned about costs, but I contacted a private mint, and they said for a custom silver coin, the minimum order amount is 500, and custom die making costs anywhere from $300-1200...

So to sell a custom silver coin, we would need at least 500 pre-orders, at the current spot price alone is almost $20,000...  So that might be why he hasn't released anything in silver yet.

 :P

Yes, you've hit some of the issues. However, I think I have a way to do silver. They would probably be half ounce coins. And I don't think I'd have to resort to pre-orders.

That would be really, really cool.

I'll pick one of these up!

RE: to random other replies

ummm, a USB flash drive built in would be kinda heavy on your USB port lol.  You'd need like a little 6" extender cable and not one of those reinforced ones.  Damn cool idea for storing my GUIminer app though!

And umm, yeah solid silver would be pretty epic but gold plated stuff looks like gold so I like the gold plated brass idea.  I think pewter coins would be pretty old school and ironic but still cool though and I bet a hell of a lot cheaper.  I mean 90% tin and 10% copper is many times cheaper than copper or bronze.  I dunno what exact tin prices are but last I heard, it was something like "a dog wouldn't take a **** on those prices" :P

Btw I'm definitely feeling a big, gaudy, 3-5" version for clubbin and LAN parties...mostly LAN parties lol.  I currently have an ASUS board's non-functional 1" chipset fan as a LAN party necklace but that would be way cooler.  Ooh and a shirt that says "You only got a headshot because my GPU was mining" :D  ooh and a bumper sticker that says "my other car is a bitcoin mining rig" rofl.

Anyway, that coin is certainly the coolest bitcoin-buyable product I could find :D

I'm definitely in for silver.

Cheers,
Kermee

Me too!

ME TOO!  AND GOLD ONES!!

edit:  can you provide a milled edge?

Someone watches too much QVC.

Got mine in the mail yesterday, you do some truly remarkable work on these things, I'm very impressed!

Received the 2 I ordered today. Look nice but on of them had a scratch on the left side...

nice

Found an Air-Tite that fits.

http://www.jerviss.org/bitcointalk.org/2011_08_04/IMG_0081_small.jpg

More pics (http://www.jerviss.org/bitcointalk.org/2011_08_04/)

Your link is broken. You meant to link to http://www.jerviss.org/bitcointalk.org/2011_08_04/ (http://www.jerviss.org/bitcointalk.org/2011_08_04/)

So where'd you find it?

Bah, silly forums don't like quotes around URLs.  Link fixed.

A coin dealer put it together for me from bulk parts, so there is some confusion about which parts are really involved.  I think it is a "H" sized ring holder with a black 38mm ring.  Except that the H sized holders on air-tites.com aren't the right size.

If you live near a decent coin store, you can ask them, or look for a retail package with a 38mm ring.

I think coinedbits might be looking to order some in bulk to offer for sale along with the coins, but you'd better wait for them to say it.

+1 for the Civil Defense Geiger Counter box it's on...  ;D

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to notice that.  We found like 30 kits, all brand new and mostly unopened.  They were down in the coal room of a building we are tearing down.  Sadly, the demolition contract had already been signed, so a salvager got them instead of me.  I've been watching eBay.

I recognized the CD logo and model # because my father has one of those kits (and some metal CD signs). Too bad you missed out though, great piece of history...

I would buy air-tites if coinedbits.com sold them. I plan on buying 5 coins once I move to my college dorm next weekend.

+1 if coinedbits.com sold them.  Love to have them in air-tites...

Cheers,
Kermee

Will also order more if protected in kinda box

Just wanted to say thanks for all those who supported CoinedBits.com last year. We had a great year.

We now ONLY accept bitcoins when purchasing coinedbits. 2013 will be a big year for bitcoin, please help spread the bitcoin message by passing these coinedbits around.

-RSantana

I still have my coinedbit from a long time ago when there was a deal for them on metaco.in. I really enjoy the shininess of it. I might buy another!

I pay to buy one coin but I don't see form ship adress

Do you offer a bulk price. I would love to buy around 100 of these and put them in airtites keep some and sell some and give some to people who might be interested in bitcoins.

Mine was just shipped today, can't wait to see it. Going to follow the tracking number religiously.

wow I remember this. Nice to see it has continued :)

Just received mine today, 7 days to arrive in Ireland including the weekend! Looks great!! :)