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So I have a 25 BTC cas and some smaller denoms (a 5 and some smaller bits). I really don’t want to open them as somehow it seems wrong. But it seems almost impossible to sell them in light of  the high values.

Does anyone have any suggestion? 🥴

You could try and list them at Stack & Bowers? They've sold some of Otoh's high value items as well. If you aren't in the US, your best bet is probably to peel. :/

Recently they had a stand in a coinshow in Paris, and it was possible to consign items there.

GrtzTnk

Many thanks. I did think about auction but my concern is that the commission, et cetera will exceed the numismatic  premium so that I would end up with a net out of pocket compared to redeeming 🥴

I think realistically it would have to be a private sale to an existing BTC holder so that we don’t have to deal with cash or commissions!

the 25 will be the hardest one of course due to the climbing value of Bitcoin. Happy to help with escrow and/or auctions if you decide to auction/sell any of them here on the forums.

David - Most auctions set the commission above the hammer price and it is the responsibility of the buyer to pay it. So, if you go on Stacks Bowers, the auction prices you view are without the fee that the buyer paid. Additionally, you can establish a reserve, a minimum price the seller is willing to accept. I think a reserve at BTC value is reasonable.

Obviously peeling is the easiest. These loaded items are getting more rare though.

Peel it...  reward yourself for holding this long and save the logistics hassle of transferring a loaded coin

Become your own bank with it and continue to grow.  PM me and I'll give you specifics of other options available that will increase values for you and set you up for growth. 3x

Wow! very rare one! Hodling 25 BTC Casascius coin is quite significant in value.
Yes, since it is unpeeled, you could get a premium above its face value, dude. But you already got your premium value by hodling it till now, right? So, the right thing you could do for now is just peel it and surprise yourself and your family member.

My 2 cents, don't come here again to express huge emotion like JohnGalt (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5543336.0), and don't reveal your keys whether you peel it or not. Keep your thing private always.

If you don't want to peel it anyhow, I know some auction houses like Heritage Auctions or Sotheby's that collaborate with rare collectibles, afaik they accept Bitcoin related collectibles too.

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ido6NrjGi2o&pp=ygUWdGFrZSB0aGUgbW9uZXkgYW5kIHJ1bg%3D%3D (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ido6NrjGi2o&pp=ygUWdGFrZSB0aGUgbW9uZXkgYW5kIHJ1bg%3D%3D)

exactly... and don't forget to move all the Bitcoin forks like BCH and some other smaller ones to your wallet and don't make the same mistake as JohnGalt did a few weeks ago (but only because he published the pk...)

Peel the lower denominations or auction them.

The FIAT ultra-rich haven't arrived yet, and they'll fight over the 25 BTC.

Peeling the 25 BTC coins when you have lower denominations isn't smart.

I'd go with this, honestly. But i'd auction the lower denoms, here or at Stacks. Keep the big-gun for in a few years.

GrtzTnk

Haha I’m pretty sure I would have made the same mistake 😂. I mean who even remembers BCH? (incredible to think there was a time when we thought it might actually prevail over BTC!)

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That’s a nice way to think about it

Ofc the problem is that even the “lower” denominations now raise similar issues (except maybe the 0.1’s)

1 btc auctions happen all the time, with nice premiums. From 5 and onwards things get more complicated i'd say.

GrtzTnk

If you're going to peel it, I advise you not to damage the hologram. Try cutting it like I did with my 0.1 BTC BHcoin... then you could sell it at an incredible BTC value. In fact, you could even send it to get graded, and it would be worth even more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEcjrkR1lXU&t=2s

the 1 BTC coins are possible to sell - in 2025  Ihave brokered/escrowed at least half a dozen 1 BTC coins. They buyers are few, true - but they are out there.

if you open them, you can sell them real easy, Lol.
 IDK why you're making it hard, you could always do centralized means (Binance-Kraken-etc) or P2P, There's people that can give you Cash for it.


If you need Help, Contact me, i have my phone number in my profile (WhatsApp) and i'd be more than glad to help you.

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lols, BCH would never, it was just meant to suck in all the BTC/Crypto holders in once place.

I guess he is hesitant to destroy something unique.

GrtzTnk

 :D :D :D :D :D take the money and run  fits here so good ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


All seriousness though, no need of more value over face value, OP take the advice cause that money is already life changing, a ~100,000$ more won't do you good and you'll have to wait till someone buys it, just withdraw it and live life.

Caribbean Treasures will be offering the "Be Your Own Bank" 100,000 custom physical bitcoin runs for your community. It solves this issue and you will 3x your value.

Stay tuned!

The commission will be horrible, then there's taxing (depending on where you are in the world, it could be A-LOT, Check PMs for more info), then there's the absolute evidence online that these won't sell for "5X BTC" when there's a CAS 25btc coin already being auctioned off since 2017 and not sold yet, the only bid it had was refused cause it was lesser than the original Value.

A private Sale won't happen either, you're talking about a 1/1000ths of BTC holders who would be interested, and they'd have been interested in it when BTC was ~40K, not now, This isn't going to turn into a Laszlo Hanyecz mistake, the lesser of the evils would be redeeming it, the larger evil is letting yourself go another 5-10 years for a possible markup in profit, in which of still wouldn't make the physical coin more wanted or sellable in an auction.

i think we all forget sometimes, but Bitcoin was made to ease access to funds and transfer currency worldwide without Hassles, whoever's made profit off of it since the bullruns, have made a profit from it, and that's it, it works on the "early bird gets the worm" system, those who've invested in it in times where it wasn't worth barely scraps, profited off of it, and withdrew these profits and made something for themselves with it, they've all made businesses from it where they could earn a steady (large) income from it so they can retire early and enjoy life.

My Honest Opinion, if i were you, i'd cash it out, create some businesses with it, live life to its' fullest extent because you could never know what life has in store for you, one can sleep and never wake up again, one could lose a physical bitcoin (or a hard drive full of them) And waste the rest of his life shoveling shit out of a landfill, Your best bet is to take them out. i know it's pessimistic to think that way, but knowing that i've known people that had far more worse fates, it's a given that it could happen to anyone.

Peel it, Redeem it,
Live a little.

Before it's too late.

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Unique won't be Unique when the world crumbles to dust, you can still do unique things with that Capital, and you could still keep the Cas Coin, frame it in Epoxy and keep it on your desk to remember simpler times, it would be a great memorabilia piece.

I agree simple and easy to do.

plus you can still hodl most of the btc.

just peel off a bit of the coins.

he hasn't been online since June 09 and that's literally giving me anxiety lol, to me its' like a cliffhanger and now we're gonna have to wait till we hear if he peels it or not.

on a sidenote, i said it once and ill say it again, he could basically hodl all the btc while he keeps up to 90% in loan value using a crypto-backed loan, if it goes up he could basically just pay his loan back with tax all while having spending power, it's the greatest way to benefit and use your crypto correctly.

And for whatever reason, hypothetically it crumbles to dust in price, he has nothing to fear and nothing to lose, he would lose that ~10% value since he already has the ~90% value in spending power already.

If it will 3x the value why dont you do this yourself over and over. 😐