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$50 off for forum members until August 1. We need to move a few more of these before July comes to a close.
We can offer quantities discounts as well. PM me for more info.
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Are these still for sale?
Yes. These are still for sale and can ship same day. Sorry I haven't been more active on the forums lately. Had to take care of some family. |
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They look bloody gorgeous.
You mention overseas shipping can be complicated, what sort of price would it be to ship to the UK with insurance? It would be for 1 or 2 coins.
Shipping to the UK is an extra $60 for 1 coin. If we're sending 2 coins, we'll lower the shipping price to $50 for the pair. That's for Global Express Guaranteed service, which is 2-3 days fro the U.S. to UK. with full tracking. Shipping gold internationally is definitely complicated. Some countries don't even allow gold to be imported without a government licensed dealer involved. The U.K. isn't too bad though. This is good to know. Sucks that is the case. I was shocked at how many enormous coin dealers in the U.S. refuse to ship internationally. I talked to a guy recently that does around $50MM in annual coin and bullion sales, and he was basically like "we just don't wanna deal with it". I'm certainly not an expert, but the E.U. in general is supposed to have standardized rules on importing gold specifically. If you can prove that an item is investment grade bullion it should be exempt from VAT. However, where the rubber hits the road is that the customs department in E.U. countries seem to be authorized to make "judgement calls" on whether an item qualifies as investment gold. We've seen it go both ways depending on who's working the desk that day. |
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TitanBTC, I just saw your ad on a free doge coin site at http://freedog.co.in/?r-411000, it looks slick! It's a perfect ad placement on the mobile app view I saw it on and the picture definitely makes it look like "the premiere" bitcoin physical storage option. Well done! Thanks Possum! |
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They look bloody gorgeous.
You mention overseas shipping can be complicated, what sort of price would it be to ship to the UK with insurance? It would be for 1 or 2 coins.
Shipping to the UK is an extra $60 for 1 coin. If we're sending 2 coins, we'll lower the shipping price to $50 for the pair. That's for Global Express Guaranteed service, which is 2-3 days fro the U.S. to UK. with full tracking. Shipping gold internationally is definitely complicated. Some countries don't even allow gold to be imported without a government licensed dealer involved. The U.K. isn't too bad though. |
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what stops OP from scamming scanning the bar code?
The barcode is supposed to be scanned. Each coin has a unique webpage that shows its funding state, authenticity, address and current value. Scanning that barcode will pull up that page so that someone that might not be familiar with these coins can learn more without have to know about bitcoins or understand how to look up the coins address and verify its value at blockchain.info. All of the sensitive information is underneath the hologram.  |
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If you paid for a coin with 3.76 BTC and never confirmed payment with me, please email me at tim@titanbtc.com. We would love to ship your coin but we don't have your mailing address. Ask the person to sign with their address hey! Yeah, I was just going to send them a random transaction and have them send it back to confirm they have access to the address that it came from. Honestly, I've never run into this particular problem before and I've messaged everyone that I thought it could be with no response. |
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If you paid for a coin with 3.76 BTC and never confirmed payment with me, please email me at tim@titanbtc.com. We would love to ship your coin but we don't have your mailing address. |
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OK...I think I'm close to being able to buy one of these. I'm positive that these will be worth a ton in the future.
Is there anyway I can pay in two installments to lock in a low serial number? Do you have any for sale that have been graded by PCGS?
PM me here or email me at Tim@titanbtc.com and we'll work with you. We will have some ANACS graded coins (either MS69 or MS70) available in a couple weeks. Any idea on the price for those? I may hold off and go for one of those. And will they be numbered in the first 100? Grading costs about $75 per coin once you factor in insurance and shipping both ways (when we're grading a batch of 5-10 coins at a time). With the exception of coins that come back as MS-70, we'll just add our cost of grading to the price for the coins. I'm not sure what kind of premium the MS-70 coins should go for, but we'd much rather that our customers make good money reselling them. Any ideas? As an aside...we don't usually do grading ourselves, but we're giving it a shot using a few coins to give us a better idea of what customers can expect when they're sending these in to be graded. The graded coins are all in the first 100 production numbers. |
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OK...I think I'm close to being able to buy one of these. I'm positive that these will be worth a ton in the future.
Is there anyway I can pay in two installments to lock in a low serial number? Do you have any for sale that have been graded by PCGS?
PM me here or email me at Tim@titanbtc.com and we'll work with you. We will have some ANACS graded coins (either MS69 or MS70) available in a couple weeks. |
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How do you arrive at the $475 premium? That's a nearly 25% mark-up
The premium is calculated at about the break even point for this batch of 100, and includes the average cost of shipping and insurance, as well as a small percentage margin for coin dealers that are reselling these. We sold an initial run of 25 coins at a premium of $450 and ended up losing money, but we were also able to lower production costs by making 100 coins at a time for this batch. Hopefully we'll be able to make more than 100 in 2014 and turn a profit on this product, but I'm mainly just happy to be able to bring them to market. As an aside, we're actively looking for U.S. mints that do high quality gold coin production and if we can lower costs, we will absolutely lower the premium. |
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I've held the Gold Buffalo alongside these coins and, while I am biased, I would say that these Titans have a brighter shine. We etch the dies on the sculpted areas, which is what produces the fine grain you see in those closeups. This texture really catches the light.
It's very labor intensive to get this finish right, but it adds a nice contrast that you just won't get in high production coins like the Buffalo or the American Eagle.
Well, since you brought up the Buffalo.... Basically, personally, I see the Titan being of far better quality than the US coin. I only even bought 1 Buffalo, but never again. I would rather have a regular Eagle over a Buffalo. I would happily trade in my Buffalo for a Titan Gold. Anyone? This goes for a redeemed coin as well. I have the 2013 reverse proof buffalo PCGS PR70 Chicago ANA release and that coin is so much hotter it's not even close. So, you're comparing a PR70 proof coin? Umm, ok. Want to trade me for my Buffalo (not proof, not graded) coin for a Titan Gold? If so, I will happily pay shipping around and escrow fees. I don't own any Titan Gold coins or any other buffaloes beside my reverse proof. I think the Titan Gold are great looking as well but the buffalo is an iconic design which has been around for 101 years. The buffalo is a great looking coin design. No argument here. I was just talking about the finish. If you hold a proof grade buffalo next to one of the Titan coins, you'll see that the texture on these provides a higher contrast that makes the Titan appear "brighter". From what I've been told, this texturing isn't something that can be done on high-production coins like the buffalo because the dies wear down too quickly. |
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Oh. We'll throw in an awesome bitcoin propaganda poster for free as well. Just ask.  Some element of this artwork remind me of something, just can't put my finger on........  Someone else just PM'ed and asked if we copied the poster design from cryptolator. Just to be clear, the artwork was done and we were giving these posters out at BTC conferences before the cryptolator coins were released. I'm sure this was just creative minds thinking alike. |
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Love the coin. Great design and great job.
Thanks! It's a labor of love. |
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The purity is probably 9999+ fine, but there's a big difference between hitting that mark most of the time and legally certifying the assay as such.
The gold for these coins is refined using the same process as the mints that are claiming 9999 on their coins. However, we could literally be sued for fraud if one of these coins tested at 9998 purity and we were claiming four nines. We talked it over with the refinery/Mint and decided to stick with 3 nines, just to be safe.
The bottom-line is that these are as pure of a gold product as you can get using modern methods.
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You don't even need to look at the back of the coin. The title says 999. And typically all modern coins are pure gold. The only time you really see mixture with other alloys is in jewelry.
It could be a lie too! Ya never know. I've bought gold plated shit before I thought was real. This coin seems to shine like the american eagle gold coins. Not like the fine .9999 buffalo coins. Thank god it isn't as ugly as the south african coins with a copper tone. No love for the krugerrand?  I've held the Gold Buffalo alongside these coins and, while I am biased, I would say that these Titans have a brighter shine. We etch the dies on the sculpted areas, which is what produces the fine grain you see in those closeups. This texture really catches the light. It's very labor intensive to get this finish right, but it adds a nice contrast that you just won't get in high production coins like the Buffalo or the American Eagle. |
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I have >1 of each of the coins.
Even though the pictures are of high quality, it's more amazing when it's actually in your hand. They are beautiful.
It's great to be able to pay with bitcoin as well.
Just a note here....
Coins have not been handled by hands. Titan mint does have them in airtights. And, the black felt bags. And certificates of authenticity.
I REALLY like the idea of a Human on the face instead of the bland B (even if the B is in gold). Everyone making a coin with simply a B is simply a copy/clone.
I do agree that the GOLD coin should be/have been different than the Goldine/alloy coin. This leaves room for a change or second series (which in turn will lift the value of rarity if the face changes in another series). wink.
Several of Titan coins have been sent in to ANACS and graded at MS67. (Keep in mind that anacs is great not only for the grade, but the sealed slab (sealed by date).
I would like to see a .5oz version (diff face). How about a brass (meh) or Silver 5BTC coin?
Thanks for the feedback, Michail. The pictures definitely do not do the coin justice. I've been hearing the request for a 1/2 oz. gold coin quite a bit. We'll start looking into sizing and design. 5 BTC coins are coming and will be minted in a 1 oz. Gold and 1 oz. Silver version. |
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I was about to join in here. But I'm gonna take the high road.
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Also Titan I own at least 1 of every coin you have made..and I do not have the fancy poster  Dude. PM me your address and I'll mail one out. Or a few. We give them away at the bitcoin conventions we attend. You guys going to be at btcchicago on the 19th? If so I will swing by and grab a poster for sure! We probably won't be there in Chicago, because I personally can't be there, but I'm considering having a booth at the show anyway. We're working out the details now. |
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I don't know how but I'm just seeing this video for the first time... Gosh this post a month old. Time flies. Brea you say? I'm at the Birch St. promenade at least once a month. We're just online right now, but I'm always happy to meet with fellow bitcoiners. PM me. |
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