[INTEREST CHECK] - Autographs for the Encyclopedia of Physical Bitcoins

[bithalo]

22 coin makers so far.  Two more added recently:

AussieBTCs (sells on ebay Casascius aluminum coins with his holo)
CoinHoarder (Cryptovest Litecoins)

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[Pistachio]

Are you taking orders for these yet?

[bithalo]

Are you taking orders for these yet?

Not yet.  The number of coin makers can change day to day, and until I get back all the signatures & holos, I would hate to take preorders or reservations and quote a firm price until everything is known.  Much of it is out of my control since it depends on the coin makers to assist.  Having said that, I do expect to stay in line with pricing that elianite has quoted.

For example, I added perhaps 6 more coin makers since elianite announced the Hardcover, and I could receive additional replies over the next week.

I also added serp today.

[bithalo]

Sent out most of the labels yesterday.  I will send out another batch on Saturday.

Adding Socal (Vericoin)

[bithalo]

Sent out all the remaining packages last Saturday. 

Adding:

defcon23 (ometeotl)
Satori (Japanese poker chips)

[TookDk]

How many signature editions will be made in total?

[BitcoinPenny]

Received my blank labels today. Signing them will be quick. Drawing 50 doodles might take a little longer, but I'll do my best.

Regards,
Chris

[bithalo]

How many signature editions will be made in total?

If referring to the labels, there will be 50 in total.  Approximately 15 gifted to the first coin makers that prefer them that are signing.  Then another 20 allocated to Elianite to make the Hardcover Autograph Edition.  3 allocated to Minerjones for resales of the softcovers with the sets installed, and then the remaining 10 or so loose sets to be sold by me as auction or sales.

At last count, there should be 26 coin makers signing (see 1st post), plus roughly 12+ of their holograms added.

There were 25 paperback Signature Editions signed by Mike Caldwell and the three authors.

There will be 20 Hardcover Autograph Editions to be made from 20 sets of these labels.

[bithalo]

Received my blank labels today. Signing them will be quick. Drawing 50 doodles might take a little longer, but I'll do my best.

Regards,
Chris

No rush, as the coin makers overseas will need more time for shipping back and forth to me in the US.  I'm hoping to get back everything from all makers in a month give or take.

[bithalo]

Two more makers added, and most likely the last ones to be added...

mjb Monetarymetals (maker of the first Bitcoin themed round)
Infinitum Bitcoins (Da Vinci, Tesla, Einstein, Shakespeare coins)

Total count now is 28 coin makers.

[OgNasty]

Package on the way to you bithalo.

[vizique]

the remaining 10 or so loose sets to be sold by me as auction or sales.

can I take this to mean that I can buy a set of autographs for the copy of the encyclopedia I bought through supporting the World IDkit?

If so that would make me very happy

Viz

[owlcatz]

I'm really interested in a set as well. I haven't seen any prices thrown around. Any ideas there bithalo? Thanks for all the hard work, really cool stuff!

[elianite]

the remaining 10 or so loose sets to be sold by me as auction or sales.

can I take this to mean that I can buy a set of autographs for the copy of the encyclopedia I bought through supporting the World IDkit?

If so that would make me very happy

Viz

Yes, that is possible.
And thank you for supporting the project!

[elianite]

I'm really interested in a set as well. I haven't seen any prices thrown around. Any ideas there bithalo? Thanks for all the hard work, really cool stuff!

Prices have not yet been released, but I can give you a ballpark.
 - The hard-cover version will sell for $150 once ready (pre-orders being taken).
 - Of the 20 hard covers that will be sold with the signatures and holograms, I placed the first 5 on sale which went for $450 each. That's a $300 premium, and the pricing for the remaining 15 is not finalized.

The 15 remaining books will be offered for sale later on, or you can make a special request for a specific number.

[monkeynuts]

the remaining 10 or so loose sets to be sold by me as auction or sales.

can I take this to mean that I can buy a set of autographs for the copy of the encyclopedia I bought through supporting the World IDkit?

If so that would make me very happy

Viz

Off topic, but related to earlier post (apologies halo), for info, rather than discussion in this thread (PM me if you want)

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sign-html#/
This is the world ID kit. Project associated with HardBTC

Some competitively priced Casascius coins, for FIAT on there also (or can be BTC, the address is on the page, but the order would need to be done manually - ask me and I can help).
Brass coins are late funded (2015 / 16), silver 0.1's are 2013 funded
(I hold these for Hard BTC and ship direct to any backers)

[owlcatz]

I'm really interested in a set as well. I haven't seen any prices thrown around. Any ideas there bithalo? Thanks for all the hard work, really cool stuff!

Prices have not yet been released, but I can give you a ballpark.
 - The hard-cover version will sell for $150 once ready (pre-orders being taken).
 - Of the 20 hard covers that will be sold with the signatures and holograms, I placed the first 5 on sale which went for $450 each. That's a $300 premium, and the pricing for the remaining 15 is not finalized.

The 15 remaining books will be offered for sale later on, or you can make a special request for a specific number.

Oh, I was thinking he was selling just the autograph/holo packs alone, as I already have your signature series v1 book (Love it btw, thanks)! , and wanted to supplement it with these perhaps at some point.

So are all the autograph/holo packs going directly with book sales? I'm still confused, sorry, and thank you!

Edit - Thanks MN, I was wondering what that was all about!

[bithalo]

Package on the way to you bithalo.

Thanks Og.

[vizique]

the remaining 10 or so loose sets to be sold by me as auction or sales.

can I take this to mean that I can buy a set of autographs for the copy of the encyclopedia I bought through supporting the World IDkit?

If so that would make me very happy

Viz

Yes, that is possible.
And thank you for supporting the project!

No problem Was a pleasure to help, great project and David is a great guy.

[bithalo]

I'm really interested in a set as well. I haven't seen any prices thrown around. Any ideas there bithalo? Thanks for all the hard work, really cool stuff!

Prices have not yet been released, but I can give you a ballpark.
 - The hard-cover version will sell for $150 once ready (pre-orders being taken).
 - Of the 20 hard covers that will be sold with the signatures and holograms, I placed the first 5 on sale which went for $450 each. That's a $300 premium, and the pricing for the remaining 15 is not finalized.

The 15 remaining books will be offered for sale later on, or you can make a special request for a specific number.

Oh, I was thinking he was selling just the autograph/holo packs alone, as I already have your signature series v1 book (Love it btw, thanks)! , and wanted to supplement it with these perhaps at some point.

So are all the autograph/holo packs going directly with book sales? I'm still confused, sorry, and thank you!

Edit - Thanks MN, I was wondering what that was all about!

Pricing is still TBD, since I wont know for sure if all the coin makers that I sent out will come back in time.  I've received back as of now, 6 packages back, and so far everyone who uses holos, has included them along with their signature.

Back when elianite announced the AE edition, we had 17 signatures, and no holos or extras planned, and the premium was expected to be around $225-$300 for the Encyclopedia.  We've added a lot more since then.  If everyone's comes back, I will have 28 coin makers, with possibly 24 of those will have their holos (some coin makers do not use holos on their tokens), along with a doodle by BitcoinPenny, and some extra signatures that I've been asked to keep as a surprise.  My OP has the list of coin makers participating. 

Out of the total 50 serial numbered sets being made, about 15 are going to the first set of coin makers who agreed to participate and prefer a set, another 20 are set aside for the Encyclopedia Hardcover Autograph Edition, 3 set aside to minerjones in case someone wants a new softcover with the autograph set added, and the rest (roughly 12) being sold as loose sets, for anyone who already has a book, whether its a softcover or one of the new regular edition Hardcovers, that are still in production.  Pricing will likely be around $325-$350 for those 12 loose sets for sale.  I will also have a few sold in auction.

Here's one pic that Luckybit sent me for his labels, so you can get an idea.  Labels are 1 inch x 3 inch on acid free archival labels with foil backing.  Some of the bigger holos are being put on separate 1.5 inch squares of the same quality label.

Many of the coin makers who are not receiving a free set, will instead have a 0.05B charity donation being made on their behalf, as well as 5% of the proceeds of the loose set sales also going to charity.