nubbins (OP)
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July 24, 2015, 03:19:26 PM |
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https://blockchain.info/tx/4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b?show_adv=trueCoinBase04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f7 2206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73 (decoded) �� EThe Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks  Not necessarily for sale, but figured I'd see if there's any interest out there. Was planning to hold this long-term. This paper is EXTREMELY hard to come by. Garages and attics all over the world are filled with newspapers depicting historic events (man walks on moon! elvis dead! etc), but this particular copy of The Times was completely unremarkable the day it was published, and most of the edition likely ended up in landfills. Super hard to find, and therefore super hard to price. Charlie Shrem talked about selling one of these for 8-10btc at a conference, but I can't find any solid info beyond that.
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July 24, 2015, 04:42:53 PM |
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Nice item  Is this the same one you snipped for 0.26 BTC one year ago? Or do you have more of them? |
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nubbins (OP)
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July 24, 2015, 04:43:46 PM |
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Same one. Deal of a lifetime  |
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TookDk
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July 24, 2015, 04:44:43 PM |
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Same one. Deal of a lifetime Could not agree more, very well done. This piece belong on a museum. |
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July 24, 2015, 05:46:45 PM |
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How did you get this for .26 ?!?!
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July 24, 2015, 06:22:19 PM |
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I think im blind, but, how did this paper ended up so expansive? Is it because its old newspaper or because it has interesting news on it  Im not really following international news sorry  |
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July 24, 2015, 07:15:27 PM
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I think im blind, but, how did this paper ended up so expansive? Is it because its old newspaper or because it has interesting news on it The coin base parameter on the bitcoin genesis block (block 0) contain this string: 5468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696 e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6 Which translate into: "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks" When Satoshi forged the Genesis block he made this to link the date to a real world physical item, the New York UK Times headline for the 2009-01-03. Im not really following international news sorry This is also the reason why the newspaper is rare, there was no big international event that day. But for bitcoiners is this ofcause a very very very very important date, and that is why some collectors are willing to pay big bucks for this news paper. |
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July 24, 2015, 07:20:02 PM |
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I think im blind, but, how did this paper ended up so expansive? Is it because its old newspaper or because it has interesting news on it The coin base parameter on the bitcoin genesis block (block 0) contain this string: 5468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696 e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6 Which translate into: "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks" When Satoshi forged the Genesis block he made this to link the date to a real world physical item, the New York times headline for the 2009-01-03. Im not really following international news sorry This is also the reason why the newspaper is rare, there was no big international event that day. But for bitcoiners is this ofcause a very very very very important date, and that is why some collectors are willing to pay big bucks for this news paper. One correction, that's The Times (UK newspaper) not The New York Times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times |
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July 24, 2015, 08:09:14 PM |
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I've been looking for a copy of the full original paper, not a re-print.
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nubbins (OP)
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July 24, 2015, 11:23:54 PM |
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I've been looking for a copy of the full original paper, not a re-print.
This is the full original. There's a minor tear on the back page (nothing missing), and it's the Scotland edition. ...SCOTLAND EDITION?! Yep. Extra valuable if it turns out Satoshi wears a kilt |
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Hellot
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July 24, 2015, 11:50:38 PM |
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I've been looking for a copy of the full original paper, not a re-print.
This is the full original. There's a minor tear on the back page (nothing missing), and it's the Scotland edition. ...SCOTLAND EDITION?! Yep. Extra valuable if it turns out Satoshi wears a kilt I couldn't read the certificate in this thread but found: https://i.imgur.com/5s3f3rz.jpg and was able to read it, very cool! I'm going to contact paperspast to see if they have more but I suspect they are out.. |
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July 24, 2015, 11:52:06 PM |
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I've been looking for a copy of the full original paper, not a re-print.
This is the full original. There's a minor tear on the back page (nothing missing), and it's the Scotland edition. ...SCOTLAND EDITION?! Yep. Extra valuable if it turns out Satoshi wears a kilt I couldn't read the certificate in this thread but found: https://i.imgur.com/5s3f3rz.jpg and was able to read it, very cool! I'm going to contact paperspast to see if they have more but I suspect they are out.. Yep, I contacted them looking for info on the certificate. They don't have any more copies, were slightly confused by all the requests they'd been getting, and wouldn't tell me too much about the certificate except that it came from them. |
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July 25, 2015, 12:45:14 AM |
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But that paper does have a great historic event on the cover.
"Pub lowers cost of a pint to 99p down from £1.69"
Now that's big news!
Only joking, im jealous.
Nice paper nubbins, what's with the with sticker on the cover?
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July 25, 2015, 12:52:01 AM |
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But that paper does have a great historic event on the cover.
"Pub lowers cost of a pint to 99p down from £1.69"
Now that's big news!
Only joking, im jealous.
Nice paper nubbins, what's with the with sticker on the cover?
It's a slip of paper w/ my PGP fingerprint written on it! (Did anyone actually verify OP?) |
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July 25, 2015, 03:44:53 AM |
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nubs did u see my topic i recently opened? funny how i open i wanna buy one and u open one to gauge interest and even funnier that u are the one who has one! i am interested. give me a price. i also want a detailed picture. i want it in tip top condition. also where did u get it? u can pm me. i'll be back on IRC next week.
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July 25, 2015, 02:09:57 PM |
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nubs did u see my topic i recently opened? funny how i open i wanna buy one and u open one to gauge interest and even funnier that u are the one who has one! i am interested. give me a price. i also want a detailed picture. i want it in tip top condition. also where did u get it? u can pm me. i'll be back on IRC next week.
Heh, just saw it. If you're just looking for the front page for framing, this one is in immaculate condition. What are you gonna do with the rest of the paper?  |
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July 25, 2015, 05:02:09 PM |
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I might be interested, depending on the price this fetches
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July 25, 2015, 05:30:35 PM |
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The value is escaping a lot of people. Can you confirm any pm bids for this?
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July 25, 2015, 05:41:19 PM |
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Dang that is a cool piece of history. Insanely jealous you were able to buy it for .26 btc. I would scoop as many as I could up in a heart beat at that price and frame them.
I honestly believe you would get multiple bitcoin for something like this at auction, very cool, thanks for sharing.
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July 25, 2015, 08:22:10 PM |
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i ***assume*** only the front page holds value. Or most of it. The full front page, mint shape, uncut. perfect corners are important. It's all about those shitty edges. That's why I would like some more photos. Also I know u do a lot of printing and stuff, could you have it perfectly framed too? The right size, high quality frame. It's got to preserve it. I am very interested. Before you sell this to anyone you spam the shit out of me until I respond. |
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