What is a ballpark estimate on the coin?  There hasn't been a recent sale of this coin here recently afaik, so an estimate would help your prospective buyers.

Like wheelz said, you can find a generic holo on ebay somewhere. Just check for the same diameter size.

It's a good idea to use acid free paper to print the private keys.

The following coins are on sale:

Casascius 5BTC MS66 - 8.75BTC
Casascius silver 1BTC MS69 - 2.37BTC
Casascius brass single - 1.45BTC
Lealana roll of 20 tenths - 2.4BTC or Lealana brass tenth (x1) - 0.14BTC
CryptoImperator silver 0.1BTC - 0.85BTC
Bitcoin encyclopedia signature edition signed by Mike Caldwell (Casascius) #21 - 1.5BTC
bhcoin 2f series 3 0.1BTC funded MS68 - 0.25BTC
bhcoin series 2 0.1BTC funded MS67 - 0.25BTC
Nastyfans 1oz gilt MS69 - 0.25BTC - SENT TO RAFFLE - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1718238.0
Nastyfans engraved punchout coin MS67 - 0.25BTC

Feel free to negotiate. Shipping calculated case-by-case. Escrow only from Ognasty, Blazed or Mitchell, at your cost.

About the questions and solutions I posted yesterday, I thought of another alternative of printing onto the hologram with an inkjet. I still think that either the lasering or the pgp signed list would be the better of the options.

Thanks for the replies everyone the idea is not to have a non-denominated coin, but a coin with the option of funding. It is riskier, but if done properly it could work.

Still looking to hear what others say about the proposed solution if the lasering does not work out.

Thanks for the reply If the lasering doesn't work out (I will phone around as far as I can though), do you think option 3 would be suitable?

So coins have been making some progress, but not enough to post a new pic just yet

I do want some opinions again though:

So I've been thinking of different ways to cater for both funded and unfunded. I'd like to mark the coin in some way to let the buyer know the coin was originally unfunded. A known way is to just get the holo lasered. I've already contacted some people to enquire about lasering my holo since I don't have one myself.

Another way was to mark the first bits in a different colour. (I'm not keen on this, an outsider might just look past it)

A third way was to replace the address first few characters in the transparent window with some text that says 'unfunded' or something similar. The address of the coin for funding would then correspond to it's number (since all coins are numbered) on a pgp signed list of addresses.

If the lasering doesn't work out, I'd look at going with option 3. There would be a lot more book keeping and address checking, but I'm willing to do it. If anyone doesn't like this idea, please let me know why. And if you do, let me know too

Thanks!

Auction 1: 2.28

I really don't think this is legit. Maybe you're super lucky, but being realistic I'd say you can just tell them how to redeem their coins. I wouldn't get involved, even if it does seem like a good idea.

I'd say it's not impossible, but highly unlikely that this is legit.

I'd say something fishy is up if she's selling a silver 1BTC at 1BTC. I'd just offer to help her redeem it at this point.

If the gold plated casascius thing happens to be a bar, don't redeem it. Some bars are worth a fair bit.

Auction 1:2.21

I dunno, seems a bit weird to me. She can easily charge 1.1. If she wants 1btc then she should redeem it.

Auction 1: 2.16

Hey wheelz, I will update this thread further as things progress. I'm not going to give an estimated time for sales just yet since I'd rather be sure everything will go smoothly. I'll make sure to get the word across when I'm ready

Thanks for your interest though!

0.07BTC

Nope, they're gold plated.

That's a pretty great prize! 

And again!

2a is a winner?

congrats digicoinuser!