[WTS] Ravenbit Node Bronze Artificially Toned "AT" Coins

[mrbrt]

Up for sale are 5 of the 7 Ravenbit Node Bronze "AT" (Artificially Toned) coins:

Mintage
Out of the 517 Node Bronze coins this is the 2nd most rare coin (behind the 6 Node Bronze "Orange" coins) with only 7 coins (each named after a planet)

• "Mercury" (First bits: 1N6kzAiN) Sold
• "Venus" (First bits: 1N1L4VS7) Sold

• "Mars" (First bits: 1JYc4d23) Sold
• "Jupiter" (First bits: 1Ak4f8MH) Sold
• "Saturn" (First bits: 1NkK3Pmd) Sold
• "Uranus" (First bits: TBD) Up for auction
• "Neptune" (First bits: TBD) Giveaway coin

Why?
The original patina of these 7 coins were ruined in testing. I decided to experiment with the patina/toning, and liked the results

Cost
0.25BTC each
Shipping: 0.04BTC (Worldwide)

Misc
Node Bronze original post
Imgur gallery - Higher res pics
For sale on ravenbit.com


"Mercury" (First bits: 1N6kzAiN)



"Venus" (First bits: 1N1L4VS7)



"Mars" (First bits: 1JYc4d23)



"Jupiter" (First bits: 1Ak4f8MH)



"Saturn" (First bits: 1NkK3Pmd)



"Uranus" (First bits: 12HZswGu)



"Neptune" (First bits: 1H8NdmiJ)
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[mrbrt]

Now for sale on ravenbit.com: https://ravenbit.com/product/node-bronze-at/

[digicoinuser]

In my mind these are still part of the larger group (the 83.1%) and are a hybridized version of the grey label coins.  Since these were toned without the holograms applied it may have been appropriate to give them a different color/style label if you wanted them to be truly unique.  Anyone can tone them (obviously won't have the same firstbits) but nobody would be able to reapply a hologram as these holograms aren't in circulation.

Not trying to knock the toning you did as I know it was one of your first attempts, but it doesn't look as professional as it should for the asking price otherwise I would probably be all over these.   

[mrbrt]

In my mind these are still part of the larger group (the 83.1%) and are a hybridized version of the grey label coins.  Since these were toned without the holograms applied it may have been appropriate to give them a different color/style label if you wanted them to be truly unique.  Anyone can tone them (obviously won't have the same firstbits) but nobody would be able to reapply a hologram as these holograms aren't in circulation.

I agree that the AT coins are part of the larger gray address group and that they are a hybrid version of the gray address coins - no argument there.

I've not considered, nor will I consider, giving the AT coins a different color or style label because that would contradict what I originally laid out for the distribution of the Node Bronze. It could potentially devalue all of the coins already purchased (and secondary trades for non-gray coins) and I refuse to do that.

And yes, anyone can tone a gray address coin, but they must also successfully remove the hologram, change the first bits to one of the 7 coins above and then reapply the same hologram (since as you said, these holograms are only distributed as applied to the coin). All of this is possible (see defeat of Casascius hologram), but unlikely given the required effort and skill set needed.

Not trying to knock the toning you did as I know it was one of your first attempts, but it doesn't look as professional as it should for the asking price otherwise I would probably be all over these.   

I appreciate the critique (honestly), and I wouldn't represent this toning as "professional". I was more interested in how the concept of artificially toned coins would be received. Perhaps if the toning was more professional there would have been more of a response 

I've lowered the asking price to something a bit more "reasonable".

[hedgy73]

I'll take Mars please PM sent .

[mrbrt]

Neat. I'll take Mercury (pm incoming shortly). Any details on how the toning is achieved?

1) Sure I will reserve for you - Awaiting PM.

2) Sulfur

I'll take Mars please PM sent .

You got it - replied to PM with payment address

[hedgy73]

Neat. I'll take Mercury (pm incoming shortly). Any details on how the toning is achieved?

1) Sure I will reserve for you - Awaiting PM.

2) Sulfur

I'll take Mars please PM sent .

You got it - replied to PM with payment address

Thank you. Replied and payment sent .

[mrbrt]

Neat. I'll take Mercury (pm incoming shortly). Any details on how the toning is achieved?

1) Sure I will reserve for you - Awaiting PM.

2) Sulfur

I'll take Mars please PM sent .

You got it - replied to PM with payment address

Thank you. Replied and payment sent .

Thanks got it - will ship out tomorrow morning.

[digicoinuser]

The hologram being defeated would only be plausible on an Orange coin I'd believe but I agree on the devaluing with using a different color/style label since the original distribution would be changed.

I see that a couple have sold already and I think the pricing is much more appropriate at this level.   

[hedgy73]

Neat. I'll take Mercury (pm incoming shortly). Any details on how the toning is achieved?

1) Sure I will reserve for you - Awaiting PM.

2) Sulfur

I'll take Mars please PM sent .

You got it - replied to PM with payment address

Thank you. Replied and payment sent .

Thanks got it - will ship out tomorrow morning.

Excellent thanks very much.

[mrbrt]

Only Jupiter and Saturn left - not including Uranus 


I thought they would be the first two to go. Hmm 

[mrbrt]

I'll take Saturn.
PM Sent

Thanks got it and replied with payment address.


All of the AT coins, with the exception of Uranus, are now sold. I'm going to make that one an auction with a starting bid of 0.25BTC

[hedgy73]

I'll take Saturn.
PM Sent

Thanks got it and replied with payment address.

All of the AT coins, with the exception of Uranus, are now sold. I'm going to make that one an auction with a starting bid of 0.25BTC

Excellent thank you the price reduction certainly worked. Auction should be interesting .

[mrbrt]

I'll take Saturn.
PM Sent

Thanks got it and replied with payment address.

All of the AT coins, with the exception of Uranus, are now sold. I'm going to make that one an auction with a starting bid of 0.25BTC

Excellent thank you the price reduction certainly worked. Auction should be interesting .

Never easy to price these things!

[hedgy73]

I'll take Saturn.
PM Sent

Thanks got it and replied with payment address.

All of the AT coins, with the exception of Uranus, are now sold. I'm going to make that one an auction with a starting bid of 0.25BTC

Excellent thank you the price reduction certainly worked. Auction should be interesting .

Never easy to price these things!

Of course, it must be difficult especially with the work you've put into each coin. Glad I managed to get a pair .

[mrbrt]

Auction for "Uranus" has begun:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1160350

Ends Thurs Aug 27 @ 11pm EDT

[hedgy73]

Received my coins today and once again they look much better in real life.

Thanks mrbrt you've created yet another very nice line of coins .

[mrbrt]

Received my coins today and once again they look much better in real life.

Thanks mrbrt you've created yet another very nice line of coins .

Guess I gotta start taking better pictures!

[hedgy73]

Finally got around to taking pictures of my pair of Ravenbit AT planet coins Jupiter and Mars.

Thanks mrbrt you did a great job with these .

[hedgy73]

Willing to sell Mars??

PM sent .