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on that same thought of USD vs BTC for purchase its interesting to note that of the six Casascius coins I purchased in the last five months, three were off of Ebay using USD, two were through txt messaging purchased with Paypal/USD and one was from here using BTC
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The Series 2 2011 storage bar, very nice and great you kept them in original packaging. The one on the right is the one used as an example in the encyclopedia which would give it a little more collect ability.
Mintage is unknown, yes it would be great to have an interview with Mr Caldwell one day and try to tie up some loose ends on mintage's etc.
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I can also say that in the past two weeks, I've seen a significant increase in book sales, not from forum members but new, 'outsider' collectors. I've received queries asking me to find coins for them, as many 'normal' people are not comfortable dealing on a forum like this. To them, I strive to be a trusted intermediary who can source any coins they need.
I can also say that since putting up my sale post, I've received lots of good offers from several forum members, half of whom (and I am amazed to say this) are new members whose names I have never seen before. This tells me that the collector base is indeed growing.
I like this news! New interest is great. I've also seen a few comments on Reddit and news article comment sections from people saying "how do I buy these?" "Normal people" inquiring is a great, great development. If Mike enjoyed it enough and it made money perhaps he may restart the famous mint again ... Casascius Bitcoin Silver Dollars, each with 1/100 btc ...sounds awesome I would buy 10 today lol
Yeah, I'd load up too if Mike issued more, but you know they'd never be as valuable as the original series minted between 2009 and 2013...all of our existing collections would jump up in value! What would be best is if some of these dumb copy cat coins didn't directly steal elements of Mike's design. It confuses the understanding the significance of Casascius coins and cheapen's its value.  well I can tell you in my short time of collecting physical BTC that Casascius is the "Morgan Dollar" of the BTC collectibles. Seeing more coins swapping hands is good, that means there is a thriving and growing interest in this market. For sure the original series will always be the most desirable and as long as there is crypto currency we will always have a physical coin representative. Ive been trying to get my kids interested in this as well |
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What I am seeing is that with the price of BTC going up, these coins relative value against BTC is going down because people are pricing the collectors value of these coins in dirty fiat rather than BTC..
So my casascius .5 is only worth like .7-.75 BTC (if that) now rather than the .8 I paid for it because the additional value in fiat has remained almost the same but BTC being worth more I'm taking a haircut on my invested amount of BTC..
I did not expect the value of these things to be so closely tied to fiat rather than BTC and am a bit disappointed..
Everyone is rushing to dump their coins while they can still get the most BTC out of them, especially when it looked like BTC was going to moon.. So, the market is getting flooded with sellers likely further decreasing even the collector value in fiat related terms also..
They took a big hit just before china hit 8888.. "Here comes $10k better dump these coins"..
IMO as far as flooding thats just people wanting to get $1,000 plus for a $50 to $600 physical BTC investment, everyone who owns BTC I'm pretty sure is considering it an investment. as long as BTC competes with gold and even passes it the media attention will continue, if it cracks even $2,000 this year get ready for an all out frenzy collecting everything BTC from the collectors that know nothing of physical coins.... that means these Casascius coins will boom in numismatic value. |
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Indeed! I think because media often put pictures of casascius coins on top of their articles many people get interested in those physical bitcoins.
There is a lot of potential for physical bitcoins/casascius coins in the future imho.
Its a shame that the coins got cut short, because if these could still be sold today, even a 1/100th or 1/50th of a bitcoin I feel like there would be thousands sold every week. thats an interesting thought, you know the coin of coins ( collector wise) Morgan dollar was discontinued for a while then minted again..(The Morgan dollar was a United States dollar coin minted from 1878 to 1904, and again in 1921) If Mike enjoyed it enough and it made money perhaps he may restart the famous mint again ... Casascius Bitcoin Silver Dollars, each with 1/100 btc ...sounds awesome I would buy 10 today lol |
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I think there are starting to be more collectors coming into the physical BTC market ever since it hit a new high. Elias also made mention recently of an increase of inquires of collectibles. Will have to see in the coming months if and how much the Numismatic value increases.
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congrats mini great looking coin !
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new i had saw that some where  |
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I would like to see the public key please
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nothing special eh, well just glad to see btc rising again
keep hearing about a possible fork
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I seem to recall HC was High or Heavy Cameo
They wont grade on the spot in the office I dont believe. Hitting them at a coin show, they will do it there and then. They have a mail list, sign up and look out for the ANACS on the road announcements
ahhh ok thanks for that info, the only thing Ive ever had graded was some comic books... I think CGC is in Tampa |
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here is the better link I was looking for, this is a pic of my coin thats graded and a population count below. http://www.anacs.com/Populations/CertVerification.aspx?cert=4584534Im still wondering what HC stands for? Im sure its something simple and Im just spacing out on it or something I have full silver set I need to get graded...just debating on whether to mail them in or deliver in person. Just found out they are in Englewood CO and I will be going there this spring. I wonder what an ungraded .5 S2 would go for? |
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nice read Elias ! I find myself going to your book all the time and reading up on the many varieties.
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Of the 2000 minted 2013 Silver 1 BTC only 18 made it to MS70 so far, I have one I'm sending in soon I'm hoping will make the grade but will most likely be a 69
Do you know how many of those were Silver and how many were Silver/Gilt (like the one in this thread)? Also, where can I go to see that information? Hi sorry I meant post a link and forgot, click the Uncirculated tab http://www.anacs.com/Populations/PopReport.aspx?params=0cOpZS2qVO7ri%2f1FI7sHBw40izibhWKm%2fJJn8W0SeMxNxWUPCuE13g%3d%3dsome where on the site I found a better page last summer... I will look for that again. If i recall there were 11 gilt MS70 very rare |
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I'm glad to see the .1 silver gets it's Numismatic respect
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Of the 2000 minted 2013 Silver 1 BTC only 18 made it to MS70 so far, I have one I'm sending in soon I'm hoping will make the grade but will most likely be a 69
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I have to think you just invest what you are conformable with. 
