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Hey all,

This is your chance to get a piece of history for a fraction of the cost. Each coins comes with 0.5 BTC loaded.

If you want to buy more than 1, I will do a package deal.

I sent 3 for grading, they all came back with MS-65 and were sold yesterday https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697917.msg7887903#msg7887903

Im looking for 0.76BTC per coin, 1.49BTC for 2. Lowball me :) Make any offer!  - I insure for theft and provide tracking for all the packages and all worldwide shipments.

2013 Casascius 0.5 "Half" Bitcoin
Fully loaded collectible coin, contains 0.5 Bitcoin under tamper evident hologram.
The coin is in MINT condition and has never touched a human hand

I will ship insured with tracking worldwide. I have sold over 15 coins on these forums without any issues, I perfectly package them and will ship within 24 hours of payment.

High Quality: https://i.imgur.com/rDa6HZH.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/rDa6HZH.jpg (http://imgur.com/rDa6HZH)

Shipment Statuses:

July 21st - The first 10 boxes from the weekend were just shipped out, if you bought from me from Jul 18th - Jul 21st, expect a tracking number within 2-3 hours

July 24th - The second 10 boxes from Jul 21st - Jul 24th were shipped yesterday, you should all have tracking in your inbox!

July 27th - All current orders shipped!

Would you take 3.25BTC for 5?

PM'd

5 sold!

Ive sent you a PM.

7 sold !

Sold 12! only a few left

Last day!

Few left!

EDIT: The first 10 boxes from the weekend were just shipped out, if you bought from me from Jul 18th - Jul 21st, expect a tracking number within 2-3 hours.

Thanks Yankee!  I've received my tracking number and can't wait to update once I receive the coin. :)

Cool !

5 more sold today!

did you send any more in for grading? or just selling them here?

Yes, but Im not selling those, Im only selling these.

Let me know if you wanna offer!

I can't wait to get my first coins in and send them off to have them graded.  Yankee was excellent to work with.  Hopefully, he will want to buy one of my new MS-70 2013 Casascius 0.5 when I get it back from ANACS  ;D .

Haha the old switch-aroo  ;D

I will buy all your MS-70's for sure!

Maybe ICG MS70 but not ANACS MS70 :P

I am a complete noob so don't hate when I ask: what's the difference? ICG has higher requirements?

Actually the opposite.  Coins that I've never seen in MS68s and 69s from ANACS, I've seen in those grades from ICG. 

I am new to coins as well so thanks for the information. I am staying away from EBay (for now) and sticking with tusted members here for coins. I have done some research on them so I am not a complete neophyte, but have much more to learn. I think this could be the start of a bad habit.

I know I am not a legit collector until I get a 2011 error which I am working on.

To learn more about Casascius coins, I invite everyone to read my ebook categorizing them all; its very educational. it is found at www.coinfirm.org (free). Yankee himself helped me out with it.

i have seen one guy selling that coin at our local ad site. he wanted 1000€ for it, but there was one full bitcoin loaded on it. I don't get it why is it so highly wallued if you can buy bitcoins for like 600$ and put them on a paper or special plastic for 5$ or you can also put it on an USB stick or whatever you preffer.

Look up Numismatics...  This is not just about Bitcoin, but historical items related/containing bitcoin.

Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.

Same reason old, original government issued coins and notes are worth more than the face value printed on them.  Historical significance, rarity, and collector demand are what makes them highly valued.

Here is a good explanation for the collectible historical value related to the original Casascius Coins:

Anyone feel the numismatic value could be impacted (negatively) if everyone who has these coins treats them as collectible? A part of the reason old fiat currency can be valuable is because there only so few (out of the original population) that remain in existence.

Maybe we should stop talking about Casascius coins so people just use them, spend them, handle them and thereby make our pristine copies more valuable.

Go for it!!!   ;D

Ok, from now on we agree to get people to spend Casascius coins like we try to get anyone to use BTC. None of us will set the example, of course, but keep the chatter to a minimum.

Great. See you all in 20 years when we're the only ones with these good coins left.

Hehe, I think the time for that has passed. It is important to realize that it DID happen; but they say, 'a month is years in Bitcoin'. When the coins came out, they were worth about $5 each and many people gave them as casual gifts, gave them to a friend in return for buying lunch, kept them in their wallet with other coins as a curiosity, etc. over half of some coins have been redeemed, mostly being done early on. That time is now passed, and what is left will only increase in value.

Just got my coin yesterday, looks great but there is a very visible nick on the BTC!? Will upload the pictures soon...

Well, that's encouraging to hear because I wasn't aware of bitcoin until late 2012 and born again bitcoin until this year. I'm big on getting in after the bull market, ha ha.

The only thing that discourages me with the idea of people having used these coins is the the high number that remain active compared to the original mintage. That said, I'm sure a healthy amount of the 1 BTC denominations were tossed in a coin dish or drawer and forgotten about.

I think Casascius coins are going to re-define the value of errors. It's going to be fun to watch, errr spend them all cause they're just novelties.  ;)

And according to Melbustus the amount that remain active is more like 80% (not half).

www.spotcoins.com/bitcoin/casascius (http://www.spotcoins.com/bitcoin/casascius)

of coins, yes. there are ome varieties of bars with 50+% or moe redemption rate

Received my coins too. Thanks.

My coins look great. Thanks for working with me while waiting on my BTC deposit.

In september I bought a roll of coins and some asics. In under a year the coins have doubled in value and the asics have led to a 7TH+ farm.

I feel you there...I keep buying physicals and miners too!  I wonder when Bitcoin Anonymous will start up and help us folks with our addictions  :-\

Theres a day in my life Ill never forget.

I had a roll of 60x 2011 error coins, back in 2012. This was back when Bitcoin was around $13.

These coins were literally hanging around our office, on everyones desks, we'd give them away, throw them around, whatever

We were moving offices and for some reason I peeled off the hologram of EVERY coin and redeemed the private keys I dont know why I did it. I may have been in a mood to condense my Bitcoin into 1 spot and I literally sat there for two goddam hours redeeming those coins.

I felt so satisfied after, like 'Yes, now my Bitcoin is all in a wallet together'

FML

Oh my.
I'm so sorry..

I know, if I hadn't done that, I could easily have sold those for 180 BTC total.

Goddam it

This is one of those stories for the ages that will be told for generations in your family, and be mentioned in history books about the coins.

We all have these FML moments.  Back in 2007/2008 or 09, can't really remember - I bought 115 shares of Apple @ less than $90 a share; also bought 700 shares of ARMH (like Intel, chips for mobile devices) @ less than 5 and flash crash scared me out of all my stocks. I wound up with profits but it could've been 10 times as much, maybe more even. I bought Visa when it IPO'd for like $50 ish....I dabbled in penny stocks where I was sitting on a 700% gain on Washington Mutual stocks but held too long and the bottom fell out.  Then I hopped into silver beginning of 2011 when it was going parabolic only to see it crash....but in hindsight that was a valuable lesson as I live my life completely different now as I no longer hold the traditional viewpoint of what is money. It was an eye opener. But yeah, 60x 2011 error coins, that one is right up there....

Look at the bright side. You have 60 BTC!

This is why I dont day trade BTC. Im just holding for years to come, buy on the lows and sell on the highs a little a long the way

"Lowball me" How about 3 for 1.8BTC  :P

Please tell me your joking!  :o

Way too high.  I would offer 0.55 BTC!  :P

May I join you and have 4 for 2.2? :D

lol Casascius vultures all over these boards!

Lowball offer: 2 for 1.1BTC

The lowest I will go is 2 for 1.39BTC

pm sent

What a shame :'(

There is one positive aspect though:You where testing and verifying that Mikes's private key generator works flawless.

Bump!