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12/20/13 UPDATE: Due to some gray areas in current US legislation, f*D is making the following changes until further notice.
- Payment is only accepted via PayPal through the website
- Loading of crypto to the proofs must be done by the customer (I suggest keeping the transaction detail as a printout inside the custom leatherette once the proofs are loaded
- Pricing has been adjusted on the website to align with the new policies and also I have added some end of the year bulk purchase discount pricing
- All reservations not yet paid for are being made available to the public

Sorry for the inconvenience and we hope to be able to accept crypto payment and loading of proofs in the future. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

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Added .999 Fine Silver Govt issue / mint coins

 ;D

Big surprise coming for the community from my web store by this weekend! You can probably figure it out by visiting my shop...

 ;)

Cool store. The http://www.finitebydesign.com/create-your-own-design
Sounds really cool.

Thank you my friend. I plan on using your service as well, however, the site I am working with does not allow me that option. I will have to create a new site from scratch so I can add your service as a plug in. I will be your customer soon! I love what you guys are doing!

What are you using for your website as a cart as of now?

Only paypal is supported thru the website builder I use. No other option from what I am told. If you have any creative ideas, please let me know.

I'll PM ya. :)

Physical XPM's have landed!

Pics added
 ;D

those look so great! if only i had the BTC now  :'(

awesome  8)

How much are 11 Primecoins actually worth?

11 XPM = ca 0.08 BTC

1.5 BTC for this item is so overpriced. If we assume the silver is 0.25 BTC then you ask for more than 400% of what this coin is actually worth...

And I thought more physical coin competition would actually lower the price...

The silver is just one piece of the equation unfortunately. The custom die costs a lot of money and time to create, there is the proof stamping process which also adds an incremental charge per coin, the cost for the custom leatherettes is another add on, the tamper resistant hologram stickers are yet another incremental and then you have the generation and manual insertion of the actual XPM. Once all is said and done, considering this is a batch of only 50, the profit margin really isn't anywhere near what you have calculated. My hope is to offer these for a long time and if I end up purchasing additional batches, I will be able to bring the price down as at that time the overhead would have been paid for.

I set the price based off of what other physical coin manufacturers are charging. As a matter of fact, their supply lines are much larger so they should be able to be far cheaper than they are. Like I said, this is the first batch and it is a small quantity so the overhead is far larger than if I had made 1,000 pieces.


All this having been said, I think there is a little wiggle room where I can try to make this first batch a little more affordable, but unfortunately not much on this initial batch. I will adjust the price to BTC1.25 with the 11 XPM included or for BTC1 if only purchasing the coin without the physical XPM attached.

Overpriced? This is the first physical primecoin. He/she could've put the price up to 2 BTC's. If you don't want it, don't buy it.

Of course he can ask whatever he wants. And there are probably even people who'd buy it for 2 BTC...
Also I like the design of the coin, but wouldn't spend more than silver+embedded coins+a reasonable markup.

This not only regards this thread/coin, there are many first physical $somethings these days. Buyers should just be aware that they get an item which is worth the material + the coins on it (in any doubt the coins only if they can trust the producer/seller).
It seems everybody wants to get the next potential "Casascius Series 1 coin", but I doubt that any of these newly released coins ever will be worth more than what the initial price was for them.

Batch 1: 50 Physical Primecoins

1-6 of 50 are taken and paid for.

Only 44 left in Batch 1.

tried to order via your site but says not available at this time?

Sorry about the inconvenience. The physical XPM are only available for purchase via crypto: btc, CGB, ltc or xpm. The service I went thru to build my site does not allow external payment plugins so I have to handle this via email at this time. I have the new site built as of this morning, just need some time to get the payment processor linked up and transfer the domain. This is high on my priority list, but I do not have an eta at this time as I have to manage my efforts around my family and full time job. I will get it running soon though.

Those are purrrtay.

#7 of 50 sold. 43 remain in the inaugural batch.

Batch 1: #8 of 50 is sold. 42 remaining pieces.

Bought one  ;D

Can`t wait to add it to the collection of Physical Bitcoins and Litecoins.

First 9 set to ship tomorrow, August 30th, 2013. Only 41 left! Original customers will have their tracking info sent by Friday evening, EST.

Couple more verbal orders placed overnight, so it looks like number 10 and 11 are gone now. 39 remain!

Also, when ordering, please specify your shipping option so that I can generate a private payment address for the specific amount of your order.
Shipping and handling (all pricing listed in BTC but I will accept payment via CGB, XPM or LTC):
-   Continental US:
o   1 Day Express Mail = 0.3 BTC
o   2 Day Priority Mail = 0.1 BTC
-   International:
o   3-5 Day Express Mail = 0.5 BTC

First 10 coins have shipped and tracking information has been provided. I just got an order in for #11 of 50 so only 39 left after this one.

Also, I made an edit to international shipping options. Apparently Express 3-5 day mail must be used for tracking and insurance.

#11 just shipped and tracking sent to customer. Only 39 remaining.

Updated OP to compensate for new BTC price.

Just got my coin yesterday and I have to say I'm quite pleased. I can say that the photos provided so far really don't do it justice. The quality is far above what I expected and greater than I was able to tell from the provided photos. I'm actually going to try to take some high quality pictures (with a high end DSLR and lens) for people to get a better sense of what they're getting. It's a bit pricey, sure, but the novelty and having a part of history is worth it to me.

One thing I would have liked would have been a notary-type raised stamp on the authenticity certificate but that's a small detail really. I'm extremely pleased. Thanks, FbD.

Photos to come in the next few days if all goes well.

Oh, and I can confirm that it was funded with the 11 XPM as promised.

I will buy one when CGB is worth a bit more  :)

Truly a pleasure doing business with you and I am extremely happy to see your satisfaction with the product! I am looking forward to seeing the photos you take and if it is ok with you, I would love to use yours in the OP and on my site...

Sure, by all means if you are happy with them feel free to use them (when I get them up, of course).

Master list of shipped coins / wallet address match added to OP ;D

#12 of 50 has been sold. Only 38 left.

#13 of 50 has now been sold. 37 coins remaining.

i received my coin last friday and i love it :)

coin is like described

I haven't forgotten about the photos - just a very busy few days with work and family. It's on the list.

yesss primecoin!! they are looking awesome

I have had a couple inquiries asking about bulk discounts. Unfortunately, as this is a limited batch and only 50 exist, I cannot do much regarding discounting with the 50 coins from "batch 1" - of which 13 are already sold. When all of batch one has been sold, I will give thought to creating batch 2 - a subsequent batch will allow me to bring the price point down for bulk buys as some of the overhead costs associated with batch 1 will not be necessary for batch 2. That having been said, I have decided to offer a 10% discount and free US shipping for the purchase of 10 coins. That makes the total cost with shipping 11.25 btc.

Thanks,
f*D

Coin number 13 of 50 is now funded :)

Congrats to the Primecoin community for continued record breaking!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=253409.0

The more I look at it, the more I want one. Damn. Let's hope CGB grows enough so I can buy one  ;D

#50 sold. 36 remaining.

Numbers 1-14 and 50 have now been purchased and shipped. 35 coins remaining.

# 11 is now funded. Also, #15-19 are now reserved and spoken for. OP updated. Only 30 left.

I realize it took me a while but hopefully the wait was worth it. I'm not 100% happy with all of them but I think they're overall fairly decent. Here's the link to the album:

http://imgur.com/a/5zbP4

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Here are the individual photos:

https://i.imgur.com/1mKjK1dl.jpg (http://imgur.com/1mKjK1d)

https://i.imgur.com/ov4zowjl.jpg (http://imgur.com/ov4zowj)

https://i.imgur.com/orDW8qkl.jpg (http://imgur.com/orDW8qk)

https://i.imgur.com/J3D8qJQl.jpg (http://imgur.com/J3D8qJQ)

https://i.imgur.com/Wre994tl.jpg (http://imgur.com/Wre994t)

https://i.imgur.com/ej1WXeol.jpg (http://imgur.com/ej1WXeo)

https://i.imgur.com/VuRy26dl.jpg (http://imgur.com/VuRy26d)

https://i.imgur.com/5MOmXsBl.jpg (http://imgur.com/5MOmXsB)

https://i.imgur.com/1M3HkAcl.jpg (http://imgur.com/1M3HkAc)

https://i.imgur.com/rzNrtaxl.jpg (http://imgur.com/rzNrtax)

https://i.imgur.com/lBWO103l.jpg (http://imgur.com/lBWO103)

#20 and 21 sold. 28 remaining - #'s 22-49.

#31 has now been purchased. Only 27 left.

# 22 and 23 now sold as well. Only 25 left.

Master address list updated on OP.

#32 now sold. Only 24 left.

As you receive your coins, please make sure to reach out to me and confirm receipt so that I can fund the coins. Thanks.

#24 now reserved. Only 23 remaining.

# 25 now reserved. 22 coins remaining.

10/13/13:
Coins 1-33 and #50 have been purchased. Only 16 more left!

10/13/13:
Coins 1-34, 47 and #50 have been purchased. Only 14 more left!

10/13/13:
Batch 1 Sold out!

Taking reservations for Batch 2 (should be ready for shipping early to mid November) - will consist of 100 coins labelled as "Batch 2: x of 100"
Reserved: 1-10, 13, 18, 20, 27, 29, 31, 50, 88, 99, 100
Available: 80 numbers not yet reserved

Same price point?

1 = 1.25 BTC
5 = 5 BTC
10 = 9 BTC

Thanks!

So if I buy 10 I get them for less than if I bought 5?

Oops, my apologies. I meant 5 BTC for 5. I will edit now. Thank you Smoothie!

#11 now spoken for.

Minting now, estimated ready mid November. Also pricing updated on OP.

I would quite like a 1st batch coin. Any available for resale?

I am sorry but batch 1 is all sold out. Batch 2 will be in stock in a couple of weeks. There are some who purchased multiples of the first batch so I assume there will be resellers at some point.

#15 from batch 2 reserved.

Funding list has been updated. Batch 2 will be in the next 1-2 weeks. Thanks!

f*D

All batch 1 funding is now complete.

#12 is now reserved.

#13 now reserved.

1-15 reserved. 35 left.

#20, 30, 40 and 50 now reserved. 31 left.

#23 reserved. 30 left.

How much is 11 prime coins worth right now?

About $50 USD but hit about $100 a couple hours ago.

Arriving Wed, Dec 4th!

#16 is now reserved. 29 coins left.

They look pretty nice. Might order 1 or 2.

Thank you.  :)

Batch 2 has arrived and all paid orders will ship on Thursday! Still 29 coins left.

All paid US shipments went out today. I apologize to international customers, I will get your packages shipped asap (most likely Saturday). Please remember when you receive to confirm with me the coin number(s) you received (x of 50) so that I can fund the coins. Thank you!

All paid orders now shipped and tracking info provided. Thanks!

Reservations list updated on OP.

Reservations/availability updated on OP.

Only 28 left! Please go thru website or email to place orders.

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Availability updated on website.

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12/20/13 UPDATE: Due to some gray areas in current US legislation, f*D is making the following changes until further notice.
- Payment is only accepted via PayPal through the website
- Loading of crypto to the proofs must be done by the customer (I suggest keeping the transaction detail as a printout inside the custom leatherette once the proofs are loaded
- Pricing has been adjusted on the website to align with the new policies and also I have added some end of the year bulk purchase discount pricing
- All reservations not yet paid for are being made available to the public

Sorry for the inconvenience and we hope to be able to accept crypto payment and loading of proofs in the future. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

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