1) This question depends on how you value the coin. I’ve always valued things I buy in USD along with the rest of the world. Casascius coins are no different. So while it’s cute to talk about when to get the most BTC premium, taxes and reality would dictate you value it in USD and I’d recommend trying to get the most USD possible when selling. The number one factor in how much $ you get is the Bitcoin exchange rate and this is why peeling can be better than selling at a premium because you have more control over when you cash out and no risk of shipping.

2) I’d recommend keeping them at a bank out of state. Downsides being you’ll never see them and definitely won’t ever show anyone. You don’t want easy access to your Casascius coins.

3) Grading has historically been pretty worthless. They can’t spot fakes and their grades are all over the place. If you resubmit a coin it will get a different grade the second time. Not to mention more hands on it and more shipments is never a good idea. I am a minority in this view, but I would recommend avoiding grading.

4) Selling on the forum with escrow is the preferred method historically. I’ve escrowed dozens over the years and never had an issue, but shipping is always scary. Auction houses are also becoming a popular option, but the fees and swings in BTC price can make this option worse than just peeling.

Imagine being against this… Some people really need to get lives and stop trying to play forum policemen all day every day. It’s pathetic. If someone is posting text in colors you don’t like, hit the ignore button. Problem solved. It isn’t that hard. If this is the sort of thing you are thinking about when using this forum, you need to find a Bitcoin project to be a part of.

Anybody have any bitpics they’re interested in selling? I’ve been asked about them but I’m not sure if I want to produce any more of them. If you do have one that you’re interested in selling, please post it on this thread. Thank you.

PS - The NFTs collection is still out there for those who just want to see the pics.

Saylor’s $500,000,000 offering closes today. We should see another smash buy sometime in the next couple of days that sends BTC to another peak. That would probably make a good short term selling opportunity for traders, but the big boom is still ahead of us. I think by Halloween we should be sitting above $100,000, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we revisited $50K first.

I kind of want to see you destroy one of my coins… Can we start sending you crypto related items to destroy on film for us?

Nicely done video. The production quality was great. I can’t help but wonder about the story behind the video though. Can you enlighten us as to the inspiration for it? I also agree with you.

I really don’t think Drake has a problem. If anything, he’s probably only betting the amounts he gets from stake for promoting the brand. If he loses it probably has no effect on him whatsoever, but if he wins then it is probably one hell of a payday for him. Not to mention he can post massive bets on social media and get a ton of promo from it. I wouldn’t call it gambling addiction at all.

I usually only have 1 sell per year so taxes aren’t all that difficult. Especially if you consider taxes beforehand and make sure that the amount you sell corresponds with an amount that you can easily show a cost basis for. That simplifies things a great deal.

When I drink it straight from the teet the farmer gets mad at me.

Shams is reporting that Isaiah Thomas is signing a 10-day contract with the Suns. I think this is a great signing because Isaiah has earned another chance in the NBA, the Suns lack a true point guard, and if this goes bad it’s only a 10-day contract. I’m really hoping it works out though because I think Isaiah got a bum deal in Boston and should have been rewarded for his loyalty and sacrifice.

No, I mean that Saylor’s billion dollar smash buy sent the price artificially higher and now it’s settling back to where it would have been otherwise.

Also, Saylor is the one dumping MSTR. Is he doing that to “teach his investors a lesson” or is he just choosing to take profits on an investment he feels is overvalued?

I see some hate towards milk on this thread and I’m not sure how I feel about that. I drink close to half a gallon of milk a day. Usually straight from the jug like a beast. Is there really anything better than milk, red meat, and potatoes drenched in butter? I think not.

I’m getting a late start on my push-ups today. Been a busy weekend and I am very sunburned.

I don’t think the bears came out as much as Saylor’s billion dollar buy sent it upwards previously. I fear he may have already made his $500,000,000 buy as well since he did his last one over the weekend. Monday could be a bloodbath as a result, but it’s probably important to get BTC out of the weak hands that purchased just for quick gains because it was rising.

I’m actually surprised at how good it feels. Doing only 2 sets lets me get my 100 push-ups in before noon. That gives my body twice as much time to recover as when I was doing 25 right before bed and then 25 more when I wake up. I’m barely getting through 50 at a time so 100 is still a long ways off, but I’m hoping to continue seeing improvement.

I can’t really speak looking forward because I don’t watch these markets very well. I can say that Solana seems to be having its day in the sun at the moment. It’s up more than 20x off the lows and has continued to rise even as seemingly everything else crashed the last couple days. Its performance has been impressive.

Zion is looking pretty good his last few games and helped the Pelicans beat the Clippers tonight. This is his second 30+ point outing in a row and his stats have been improving a lot lately each game. I’m half expecting him to go for 40 in his next game. I love to see him leading the team in minutes. He seems to finally be getting it together.

I got two sets of fifty in today for the first time. It felt pretty good. I feel like there’s hope that I could get to 100 straight by the time we hit $100K if I can manage to keep it up. This challenge has been going on long enough now to where I’m proud to see people sticking with it. I know I would have missed a day by now if I didn’t have this thread going so thanks to all the participants.

Yes. This is the market’s way of making sure that nobody gets a free ride. Too many people see the price going up and dump in some money with ridiculous leverage trying to become overnight millionaires. That isn’t fair for the rest of us who have stacked for years, so the market wipes out all leverage any chance it gets. This is just so longtime Bitcoiners don’t have their lunch eaten by fly by night gamblers posing as investors.

Seeing more clips from McGregor’s drugged out interview… It seems like he’s now setting his sights on KSI and the boxing influencer circuit. This is the sort of thing he would have made fun of a few years ago but a YouTube boxing run is probably the only fights he has left. I don’t think he ever wins another UFC fight in his career. You can’t go from world class fighter to drug addict and then back to world class fighter.

Oh ya! Another multi bet win (unless the Knicks blow their lead in the 4th, but it’s pretty big). Granted the odds weren’t exactly going to retire anyone anytime soon, but a win is a win. Hope everyone had a great day of gambling on NBA basketball. Tomorrow I might have to switch up sports.