TGBEX New Stock of Loaded Physical Bitcoins

[TGBEX]

Latest production run of physical bitcoins



0.5 BTC Numbers 27-31
1 BTC Numbers 29-35
2 BTC Numbers 12-15
5 BTC Numbers 9-10
10 BTC Number 004

Further pictures:











Only for sale in EU (all orders above €1,000 subject to relevant checks/ ID requirements)

For more information please see our website at www.tgbex.com

[Blazed]

Do these have a private key under some sort of hologram? Might need one of my euro friends to hook me up.

[monbux]

Those coins actually look pretty cool, and I would be interested in purchasing one (1 BTC or half BTC) if you decide to ship internationally (I'm in Canada)

Do these have a private key under some sort of hologram? Might need one of my euro friends to hook me up.

If you decide to purchase them, LMK if you can help me out and ship one to me as well

[Blazed]

Those coins actually look pretty cool, and I would be interested in purchasing one (1 BTC or half BTC) if you decide to ship internationally (I'm in Canada)

Do these have a private key under some sort of hologram? Might need one of my euro friends to hook me up.

If you decide to purchase them, LMK if you can help me out and ship one to me as well

I will let you know, but it really depends on how these work exactly.

[TheNewAnon135246]

TGBEX Bitcoins have their BTC value and unique serial number on the front with both the public and private keys engraved on the back.
 
The public key can be used to verify the coin’s value on the blockchain whilst the private key is hidden beneath a tamper-proof hologram.

[madonnino]

interesting coins, i'd like to see some pics of the back if this is possible, good work btw

[AT101ET]

Here is a pic I found online.
Please note, this pictures is not mine. All rights reserved by the owner...

[TGBEX]

Here is a pic I found online.
Please note, this pictures is not mine. All rights reserved by the owner...

Many thanks to the newAnon and to AT101ET for answering everything for us!

TGBEX coins are essentially 'fancy offline paper wallets', so have a private key engraved on the reverse which is then hidden by a hologram.

Each coin comes with a certificate of authenticity with a corresponding QR code so the wallet balance can be easly checked (and signed off by 2 professionals to say all other records of the private key(s) have been destroyed), plus a booklet explaining bitcoin basics and how to check the balance/ redeem the bitcoin (by importing private key into a new wallet).

We are looking at expanding sales to Canada (and to Middle East, Asia and Africa), but need to work through all the applicable regulations (plus any sales/ import taxes) which is not an easy thing to do for each country! (will let you know when we do get around to Canada, which in theory should be straightforward)

[snarlpill]

Here is a pic I found online.
Please note, this pictures is not mine. All rights reserved by the owner...

This coin looks to have been peeled/redeemed, and the private key is displayed in that gold square that I'm guessing was under the hologram? Still a nice picture though, nice coins as well I remember when TGBEX started selling them originally. I'd really like to see one in person.

[TGBEX]

The digits you can see are the public key, the private key remains hidden under the bottom half of the hologram.

Once removed the holograms leave a 'VOID' mark on the coin and are damaged/ would be very hard to replace.

Hoping to get a few on display in London/ Amsterdam soon... (currently only on display in the Isle of Man - first coin was donated to local museum and samples are on display in a local craft shop/ believe there is also one in a display cabinet in a reception to government department)

[Furio]

Can't seem the find the prices

[monkeynuts]

Please can you post pictures of the Hologram side.

[jdebunt]

Still on the fence about getting one....If only the BTC price wasn't falling as it is right now though.

[Pistachio]

Any chance TGBEX would consider offering a two factor authentication option? Maybe a small set of 5 or 10 rounds would make it worth manufacturing. Also, the no shipping to USA. Is there a trusted member locally in the UK who would be willing to reship these to the USA?

[monkeynuts]

UK based. Happy reshipping to overseas. My trust is good. I am sure I have dealt with most personally, or we have a mutual point of trust who would vouch.

I would need you to buy from TGBEX, have me as their delivery address (I have no spare BTCs, all in on physical cryptos currently)

I would then onward ship to whereever you are, so long as there isnt a tidal wave of individual requests, will ship and then charge you at my cost, not looking to make anything, just happy to get a UK sellers coins out there.

I havent checked to see if there is a TGBEX delivery cost to make it worth while grouping orders to me (Hey TGBEX, group buy discount ?)

Unsure how many would be interested ? If there are a few, and they are in the same country (or a few per country), then obvious options to group both purchase in the UK, and then for international shipping (with national distribution from a local trusted buyer). So far Blazed and Pistachio ... Pistachio, are you US as well Blazed ?

I will be putting a few listings up here very soon. So if a TGBEX is done alongside a purchase of any of the coins I sell, I will onward ship the TGBEX as part of my sale, without a postage charge. I also have an early one of these available (1 BTC coin #10) that I will probably list.

[m_rippon]

In terms of categorizing TGBEX, I would compare them to Alitin or Titan. That is, high denomination coins which are pre-funded. They do not provided unfunded coins.

TGBEX do not ship funded coins to the USA.

Both Elias and I have spoken to Adrian Forbes (the Director). He's a friendly guy who I'm sure will be happy to answer any questions.

[TGBEX]

Please can you post pictures of the Hologram side.

Picture above, but found another one below:



The holograms are metallic and when removed leave VOID marks on the coin - they have been designed (like coins) to make them as hard as possible to copy and each coin has a 'window' (so that owners can see/ check the public key) which is manually cut out

[Furio]

Please can you post pictures of the Hologram side.

Picture above, but found another one below:



The holograms are metallic and when removed leave VOID marks on the coin - they have been designed (like coins) to make them as hard as possible to copy and each coin has a 'window' (so that owners can see/ check the public key) which is manually cut out

Again, very interested in prices, hope not titan style

[TGBEX]

Apologies for neglecting thread! (we tend to announce things here and on reddit, but trying to target a wider market, so concentrate on more popular mediums (twitter/ facebook etc)

- prices are updated if any major movement in the bitcoin price, otherwise fixed in EUR or GBP (depending on who updates prices (whether in UK or EU))

current pricing can be found here: https://twitter.com/bitcoinTGBEX/status/643476363337465857

prices are higher than we would like (we have UK banking, but get charged £30 for each bank transfer, which wipes out almost all profit on 0.5btc coins/ 1 btc coins)- working on getting discount applied for any purchases made with bitcoin (not as simple as it should be!) and promise still working on Canadian sales! (postal insurance outside UK causes issues - couriers generally wont touch them and insured post is limited)

eg sent 2 packages to USA (NOT sales, but one did include a loaded coin) that have got lost, so managing this risk is tricky (we could obviously load coins upon confirmation of receipt if we kept public keys, but if they get lost would still have 'numbered' coins with holograms that are unloaded floating around, which is something we are keen to avoid).

[ErikvanBreen]

Hi,

Nice looking coins! I might be interested in 2 of the 2 BTC coins Edit: 1x 2 BTC and 1x 1 BTC coin depending on the price you can offer me when paid in Bitcoin.
Escrow would definetly be preferred  

Shipping would be to the Netherlands.

Kind Regards,

Erik