[Megathread] SHIBANU Physical Dogecoin!!! - 4 sets left at clear out prices!

[SHIBANU]

We have reduced our prices to $15 per coin for the next 5 days only...
Send us a PM if you want to place an order.
We have exciting news that we can't wait to share. But when we do, these special prices will be no longer 
 

Let me guess something : a new serie of coins ? Are the prices of these nice looking physical coins negotiable ?

Yes and No. You will have to wait and see. 
The price of each coin is non-negotiable. However, we offer larger discounts for large purchases. We also have an offer running that includes one free 'prototype' coin with every 5 coins purchased.
If you are interested in placing a larger order, please send us a PM.

Thanks

Interesting and too bad. The idea of the free prototype coin is interesting. The picture of it appears for me as an invalid proxy error. Can I get a new link please ?

The photo on the first page should be working
There is a much better photo here though (credit: minerjones)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1168463.msg13177542#msg13177542

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[SHIBANU]

At long last, we have some news!
We received the holograms from our manufacturer last week.
However, due to a fault with the hologram master, the holograms came out slightly damaged. We tried sifting through the holograms to hand select the best, but too few passed our quality checks...
We spoke to our manufacturer about this but they weren't helpful and we ended up having to pay them more to remake the holograms after they remake a new hologram master. This will set back the release of the assembled coins to July 2016.
We can confirm that the assembled coins will be limited to 100 coins only and will sell for $20 per coin.

Due to the unexpected extra costs involved as well as the manufacturing cost of our next product (it's epic), we need to raise some funds.
We initially set aside the first 10 prototype coins to stay within the company. However, now that things have changed, we have decided to use these coins to help our company grow.

The first 10 coins (out of the 100 prototype coins) have been assembled by us using the best holograms of our last batch. They aren't perfect, but they are far better than the others we had to dispose of.
There will only ever be 10 prototypes assembled by SHIBANU. These coins are not for sale, but are being offered out for every 10 coins purchased on a first come first served basis.
Once these coins go, they're gone for good.

The coins come assembled with a silver hologram and are closed in a Leuchtturm/Lighthouse everslab.
These coins will come fully funded too!

Pictures of said coins can be found below.
The current price for a single DIY coins is $18.
The price for 10 coins is $16/coin excluding shipping.

We'd like to apologise once again for the delay in releasing the assembled coins. We really wanted them to have been ready by now, but unforeseen circumstances have prevented this from happening. On the bright side, a member of our team has been working closely with bigtimespaghetti on a new product and it is awesome. We are just waiting to get the renders back from the manufacturer before we begin production. It's definitely something worth waiting for

Thanks to you all for your continued support!

SHIBANU

       

[Fortify]

We spoke to our manufacturer about this but they weren't helpful and we ended up having to pay them more to remake the holograms after they remake a new hologram master. This will set back the release of the assembled coins to July 2015.
We can confirm that the assembled coins will be limited to 100 coins only and will sell for $20 per coin.

You meant July 2016, right?

Also, I don't get why you have to cover any extra costs to do with the holograms if the company creating them didn't get them right the first time. Unless you had to approve the "hologram master" before printing and it had unforeseen defects? Any other manufacturing issue expense should be covered by them, they're meant to be the experts..

[Erkallys]

Will these ones be numbered, unlike the ones from the previous serie ? If so I'd like to reserve some. No problem for me to pay an extra in order to do so.

Concerning the prototypes, except the holograms, will something change ?

[Mitchell]

We can confirm that the assembled coins will be limited to 100 coins only and will sell for $20 per coin.

The first 10 coins (out of the 100 prototype coins) have been assembled by us using the best holograms of our last batch. They aren't perfect, but they are far better than the others we had to dispose of.
There will only ever be 10 prototypes assembled by SHIBANU. These coins are not for sale, but are being offered out for every 10 coins purchased on a first come first served basis.
Once these coins go, they're gone for good.

The current price for a single DIY coins is $18.

I'll take one of every version you are willing to sell me!

[SHIBANU]

We spoke to our manufacturer about this but they weren't helpful and we ended up having to pay them more to remake the holograms after they remake a new hologram master. This will set back the release of the assembled coins to July 2015.
We can confirm that the assembled coins will be limited to 100 coins only and will sell for $20 per coin.

You meant July 2016, right?

Also, I don't get why you have to cover any extra costs to do with the holograms if the company creating them didn't get them right the first time. Unless you had to approve the "hologram master" before printing and it had unforeseen defects? Any other manufacturing issue expense should be covered by them, they're meant to be the experts..

Yes, we meant 2016
We spent a long time negotiating with our manufacturer. They had a duty to tell us that there was an issue with the hologram master, but they failed to do so. As much as we argued, we saw it as a lost case. The best deal they offered us was in making a new hologram master and discounting the total cost by our last order. However, the cost of the new hologram master is significantly larger than the cost of our last order alone...

Even so, we still think that it's going to be a great deal at $20. The coins will also come in a Lighthouse square capsule with an insert

Will these ones be numbered, unlike the ones from the previous serie ? If so I'd like to reserve some. No problem for me to pay an extra in order to do so.

Concerning the prototypes, except the holograms, will something change ?

The assembled coins w will release in July will be exactly the same as the DIY coins in terms of design. However,  they will come assembled with a silver hologram. This hologram will never be sold or distributed and will only be found on coins we assemble ourselves.
Unfortunately we do not have the right equipment to engrave the coins.

The prototype coins will not change, however, we will never assemble any more of the prototypes with the silver holograms. There will only be 10 of them in existence. They are also the first 10 numbered

We can confirm that the assembled coins will be limited to 100 coins only and will sell for $20 per coin.

The first 10 coins (out of the 100 prototype coins) have been assembled by us using the best holograms of our last batch. They aren't perfect, but they are far better than the others we had to dispose of.
There will only ever be 10 prototypes assembled by SHIBANU. These coins are not for sale, but are being offered out for every 10 coins purchased on a first come first served basis.
Once these coins go, they're gone for good.

The current price for a single DIY coins is $18.

I'll take one of every version you are willing to sell me!

coins out of the 100 prototypes that were made.



If you're inter seed in buying some coins, please send us a PM.

All other PMs will be replied to in the next few minutes.

Thanks

[Erkallys]

So I have to conclude that coins from #1 to #10 are the prototypes ? If so I'd like to reserve number 1 or 7 .

[SHIBANU]

So I have to conclude that coins from #1 to #10 are the prototypes ? If so I'd like to reserve number 1 or 7 .

Number 7 is available. Send us a PM and we can take it from there

[monkeynuts]

I will take 10 coins, and #1 prototype

PM'ing now

[SHIBANU]

Coin number 4 has freed up again.
Coins 6-10 are also available.

[SHIBANU]

We apologise for the delay in updating you with tracking information.
All tracked and untracked parcels have been shipped. Tracking information has now been sent out via PM.

Thanks 

[SHIBANU]

A nice little box arrived on my doorstep this morning!!!
This was inside

That looks great! Thanks for sharing a pic with us

[Mitchell]

I've received my package as well and that assembled coin looks great, but it has some marks on them that shouldn't be there. They look like ('s and my coin has quite a lot of them. It seems that the normal coin don't have this issue.

[chronicsky]

I've received my package as well and that assembled coin looks great, but it has some marks on them that shouldn't be there. They look like ('s and my coin has quite a lot of them. It seems that the normal coin don't have this issue.

Oh that does look bad!
I hope mine are not like these

[TheNewAnon135246]

I've received my package as well and that assembled coin looks great, but it has some marks on them that shouldn't be there. They look like ('s and my coin has quite a lot of them. It seems that the normal coin don't have this issue.

It looks like Minerjones' coin has the same marks. Aren't the assembled coins prototypes? In that case those marks would be 'perfectly normal'.

[chronicsky]

I've received my package as well and that assembled coin looks great, but it has some marks on them that shouldn't be there. They look like ('s and my coin has quite a lot of them. It seems that the normal coin don't have this issue.

It looks like Minerjones' coin has the same marks. Aren't the assembled coins prototypes? In that case those marks would be 'perfectly normal'.

Why would it be 'Perfectly normal' ??

Is it made like this?

Well it is kind of cool though

[Mitchell]

It looks like Minerjones' coin has the same marks. Aren't the assembled coins prototypes? In that case those marks would be 'perfectly normal'.

That is correct, but why would it be perfectly normal for an assembled coin? I've seen quite a few prototype coins, but never one with this many markings.

[TheNewAnon135246]

It looks like Minerjones' coin has the same marks. Aren't the assembled coins prototypes? In that case those marks would be 'perfectly normal'.

That is correct, but why would it be perfectly normal for an assembled coin? I've seen quite a few prototype coins, but never one with this many markings.

Well, prototype coins are usually mockups so flaws are pretty normal. It's hard to tell from the picture but markings like that can be caused by the mold.

[chronicsky]

It looks like Minerjones' coin has the same marks. Aren't the assembled coins prototypes? In that case those marks would be 'perfectly normal'.

That is correct, but why would it be perfectly normal for an assembled coin? I've seen quite a few prototype coins, but never one with this many markings.

Well, prototype coins are usually mockups so flaws are pretty normal. It's hard to tell from the picture but markings like that can be caused by the mold.

Though those marks look bad but since only 10 of these exist and if all 10 have those marks... it shouldn't be a problem other than while grading if mistook for scuffs...

[SHIBANU]

It looks like some clarification is needed.
The 'markings' found on the coins in the pictures above are perfectly normal for the prototype coins in question.
As stated in our second post (see page 1) these coins weren't actually intended on being sold.
We still do not sell these coins but rather offer them as promotional freebies when an order of 5 or more coins is placed.

The markings shown above actually came about during production.
The coins themselves are made of a zinc alloy.
After the coins had been struck, they underwent the gold plating process. The method used by the mint wasn't perfect and they plated the coins using a brush plating method instead of the preferred immersion electroplating. So in short, the ) marks that you're seeing is where the brush 'strokes' ended and thus appear slightly different from the rest of the plating on the coin.

Hopefully that clears up any confusion.

Thanks