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As for Mikes suggestion, I am reselling original 1 BTC casascius coins (series 2):

https://i.imgur.com/JSQb1m.jpg (http://imgur.com/JSQb1)

Price:

series 1: BTC 2.40
series 2: BTC 1.38

Shipping options:

• tracked letter worldwide (up to 1 coin): €2.80 (~0.20 BTC)
• tracked letter worldwide (up to 4 coins): €3.55 (~0.26 BTC)
• tracked letter worldwide (up to 4 coins), insured up to €100: €5.05 (~0.36 BTC)
• untracked uninsured letter worldwide (up to 1 coin): €1.20 (~0.09 BTC)
• domestic german letter (up to 1 coin): €0.58 (~0.05 BTC)
• domestic german Einwurf-Einschreiben (up to 1 coin): €2.18 (~0.16 BTC)
• domestic german Übergabe-Einschreiben (up to 2 coins): €2.63 (~0.19 BTC)
• domestic german Einwurf-Einschreiben (up to 2 coins): €2.50 (~0.18 BTC)
• domestic german Übergabe-Einschreiben (up to 2 coins): €2.95 (~0.21 BTC)

(BTC prices shown as of January 24th 2013, will be calculated from €-Price at order time)

Payment

We can do either up-front payment (required for untracked shipping options) or use an escrow service. I would like to try http://btcrow.com/ for example.

Stock

series 1: 0
series 2: more than 20

Place your order by posting here.

Cool! Is there any advantage to buy it from you over buying it directly? (And saving money)?

Only if you are from Europe.

I waited 3 Weeks to get mine from the US. If I had bought it there it would have been a matter of 2-3 days.

For a single coin, casascius.com charges BTC 1.50 and prohibitively high shipping cost to anywhere outside of the US.

Offers like this one fill that niche.

For example:

1 coin shipped to germany from casascius official page will cost you BTC 1.9 (incl. shipping) and take about 10-15 days.
1 coin shipped to germany from me will (using currently highest bid) cost you BTC 1.418 (incl. shipping) and take about 2-4 days.

So it can make sense depending on circumstances.

I'm mainly doing it for fun and to spread the beautiful coins and of course bitcoin itself.

Ah, I see. I don't see the point of people buying single Casacius coins through but sounds like a cool christmas present :)

1 coin is better than 0 coins. Not everyone has much money left over.

I'm also thinking about selling batches of 2, 3, 5. I'm not sure I'll be able to package 2 for the shipping price of 1 (< 20 grams) securely (still has to go through mail sorter/scanner whatever), so if that doesn't work, the next sweet spot is probably around 4 or 5 coins (< 50 grams with good enough packaging).

one of the two coins got bought. The other auction is running out tomorrow.

So I put up another one, this time only 3 days auction time starting at BTC 1.25: https://www.bitmit.net/en/item/12519-3-1-casascius-physical-bitcoin-series-2-1-btc-loaded-value

I'm offering a set of 3 1 BTC Casascius coins so people can save on shipping.

https://i.imgur.com/Wai1ql.png (https://www.bitmit.net/en/item/12839-3-x-1-casascius-physical-bitcoin-series-2-1-btc-loaded-value)

https://www.bitmit.net/en/item/12839-3-x-1-casascius-physical-bitcoin-series-2-1-btc-loaded-value

At current bid price (BTC 3.84) you can get the coins for (3.84+0.353)/3 = 1.398 BTC each incl. shipping.

I would like to buy the Series 1.  ;)

ok, assuming tracked letter worldwide?

1 Casascius 1 BTC series 1 coin  BTC 2.0
tracked letter worldwide         BTC 0.262
-------------------------------------------
sum                              BTC 2.262

please pay 50% (BTC 1.131) to 1KbspRwuXw2uD7LcmTzRPjWnZy2tJYYsjF and the other 50% on receiving.

PM me shipping address and quote this post for reference.

EDIT 01/08/2013: payment BTC 1.131 received, shipping address received.
EDIT 01/09/2013: sent letter, PMed tracking number.

do you still have them? how much would be shipping within .de, please?

series 2 still in stock. I added domestic german shipping options in OP.

Also: I'm expecting a delivery from Mike (ordered 12/30/2012), so I will have enough stock soon.

I lowered price to BTC 1.38. Just got stock.

I'd like to buy 4 of those beautiful coins :)

I'm wanting to buy a few coins so I can offer them on diceoncrack.com and taabl.net

Will you offer any discount for quantities larger than 4? Say I want 10, 25 or even 50 if the price is right, what would those quantities cost me, including shipping to Europe?

You may as well order directly from Casascius if you're going to buy at least 10.  Casascius charges a lot more per coin for orders less than 10, so molecular uses that as an opportunity to be a middle man and offer people cheaper coins who want less than 10 by buying batches of coins and reselling them individually.  But if you're buying 10 or more, then molecular wouldn't be able to offer them at a better price than Casascius anyway.

I don't think that makes sense. Mike sells 10+ coins for 1.15 each plus pretty affordable shipping. I cannot beat that.

Just hypothetically: I would give a discount for 10 or more and sell them to you for 1.30. Shipping would cost €5.50 plus €1.5 for each €100 worth of insurance.

EDIT: also: shipping wont be faster, at least not by much. I have a shipment to Italy which I sent on 12/30. It still hasn't arrived. Mikes shipment to me (which he sent I think on 12/29) already arrived here.

Fair enough, I just thought I might ask.

Also, I sent something I sold on ebay to Italy and the UK. It tool 3 days to arrive in the UK and 2 weeks for Italy, so I'm guessing something is happening there specifically?

allright, choose a shipping option.

assuming worldwide tracked letter:

4 Casascius 1 BTC series 2 coins BTC 5.52
tracked letter worldwide         BTC 0.33
-------------------------------------------
sum                              BTC 5.85

please pay to 1DgBUr3rLQBSNtmHSW6nJF8MBcm5fDkknM and PM me shipping info if you want to take the offer.

(I just changed my policy to require up-front payment for all orders. However you ordered before I made the change, so you can pay 50% now and 50% on receiving the coins)

UPDATE 2013/01/14: 50% down payment received
UPDATE 2013/01/15: shipped, PMed tracking # and coin addresses
UPDATE 2013/01/23: nexus6 reports (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=131758.msg1472927#msg1472927) coins as received, outstanding 50% payment received.

That's not true. Europe shipping cost is the same as for World and that can still make sense (especially since I was able to lower the price). For example 4 coins to canada (tracked letter) will net you BTC 1.4625 per coin incl. shipping.

btcrow uses as feedback (refers to) a site that seems to expired.
it shows a generic blah blah you can get this domain if you buy a 10$/m hosting plan.
do you know, by chance, other escrow providers? (I'm looking for recommendations as I'm about to sell some stuff for bitcoins - read bfl single)

& my order is 4 coins, shipped germany einwurf einschreiben, will pay upfront 100%
please pm me address for payment

4 Casascius 1 BTC series 2 coins BTC 5.52
Einwurfeinschreiben              BTC 0.23
-----------------------------------------
sum                              BTC 5.75

I usually make the payment address public, easier for the buyer to prove payment to the public. I'll PM it to you and if you want I'll update this post with it.

UPDATE 2013/01/15: PMed payment address
UPDATE 2013/01/15: payment received in full (BTC 5.75)
UPDATE 2013/01/16: sent. PMed tracking #

you mean the link on the "feedback" page: to http://www.bitcoinsreview.com/2011/07/21/btcrow-com/

wow. that's old. maybe btcrow is dead?

I never used an escrow provider before... but would like to.

Does anyone know a trustworthy escrow service?

I was sloppy washing my coins and do not wish to tell the whole world where to start analyzing transactions related to my persona :)  most of the coins come from Zimbabwe trillions anyway.
And when you say 'payment received' that should be proof enough that I settled my end of the agreement.
I'd rather use/leave OTC WOT feedback

I should probably register there and collect some ratings while I sell the coins. Still haven't gotten around to doing that.

after you register a nick & key
you'll need feedback from someone in wot before you'll be able to leave rating yourself
kind of protection from spam/abuse. you can count on feedback from me to get you started

damnit, this sux bigtime. I found that I had already registered "molecular" in otc system back in 2011. I found the gpg key, but cannot for the love of my life remember the passphrase.

I take it there is no way to deregister "molecular" without having the key.

I registered "molec" with a new gpg key and passphrase I will not forget. Maybe I'll remember the passphrase at some point, but I doubt it. I remember it was something I never use anywhere else, so it's unlikely. Maybe I'll have a dream ;)

Maybe nanotube will delete molecular for you, if you still have access to the email address in that GPG key, and at least one of your raters vouches for you.

Received my series 1 today, looks great!  Thank you!

It was a pleasure doing business with you, thanks.

I received the coins, remaining 50% payment sent..  :)

Thanks

Nice. Payment confirmed.

Pleasure doing business with you.

This just reminded me... I don't believe I ever sent you the second half of my payment Molecular.  Will get that on its way!

Wow, thanks! It seems that's true, at least I can't find a second payment from you.

I missed that because it was a series 1 coin and that wasn't included in my accounting sheet.

It's amazing how trustworthy these people in the bitcoin-community are ;)

I nearly cried :')

+1 OP for the price adapted (shipping include) due to the actual rally on the price. That's great from you!

as stated the BTC shipping prices are just for peoples information. Shipping will be quoted from the euro price at time of order.

Euro price auto-calc, replace the 5 and put it in img tags:
http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/5eur.png

received the coins but forgot to leave feedback.
top 1A seller, recommended

still selling? looking for a series 2 and 3

there is no series 3. you probably mean 2013 series 2?

series 1 == address printed on hologram with inkject
series 2 == address behind window in hologram sticker

I currently have no 1 BTC coins left to sell :-(

How much for a series 2?

You seem like a reputable seller but I'd probably like to use some sort of escrow service if possible

You still have some from 2012 molecular?

I'm sorry, I didn't even see this message when you posted it.

Sorry, I don't offer escrow currently. You have my reputation only.

nope, sorry.

We (jalaman & I) are probably going to sell some 2013 1 BTC coins we gained from a deal with DeadTerra.

If that's might be an option for you, you can place a watch on the thread linked in my signature.