[CHARITY RAFFLE] One Sealed Box Of Genesis Series 2 Coins (Block 433925)

[MRBONG411]

This raffle will have 256 spots, each spot will be 0.002BTC and the proceeds from this raffle will be used to benefit the Salvation Army.

Every year I volunteer a little time and ring the bell for the Salvation Army during the holidays and this year I wanted to figure a way to raise some extra money for them and introduce them to bitcoin.

One of the ways to do this I thought would be to get a loaded physical bitcoin coin that I can drop into the Salvation Army kettle.

For the coin this year I am going to get a 1oz Silver Lealana coin from smoothie and he has agreed to mark the label something other than buyer funded. Was thinking 2016 SA or community funded or something and any suggestions would be great.

I hope to have some other raffles, auctions and donations throughout the holiday season to fund the coin as much as possible before it is dropped into the kettle on December 24th.

The limit will be 25 spots per person to make this fair for everyone and of course if anyone wants to donate more than the suggested entry price that would be great too.

Please post below to reserve which spots you would like and I will update payment address as soon as I get it.

Thanks

Payment address - 1HAFHVtYR6EA3n35wZzpMBL74LbDWnscHU

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[MRBONG411]

paid - 25 spots - minerjones
paid - 25 spots - Lauda
paid - 25 spots - Lutpin
paid - 25 spots - minifrij
paid - 25 spots - BG4
paid - 25 spots - Zepher
paid - 25 spots - Hhampuz
paid - 25 spots - Mitchell
paid - 25 spots - vizique
paid - 25 spots - TheNewAnon135246
paid - 6 spots - klaaas

[Lauda]

The limit will be 25 spots per person to make this fair for everyone and of course if anyone wants to donate more than the suggested entry price that would be great too.

What's the point of this if it's a charity raffle? I wanted to buy 128 right now. Anyhow, give me 25 whatever numbers.

[Lutpin]

Give me 25 spots please, will pay in a moment as soon as the address is ready.
I don't mind random spots.

[minifrij]

I'll take 25 spots if possible. Will pay later.

[BG4]

Reserve 25 spots please

[Zepher]

Reserve me 25 spots please.

Payment for my 25 spots has been made by minerjones. Thanks!!

[Hhampuz]

Reserving 25 spots. Will pay as soon as possible.

[Mitchell]

I'll take 25 spots, just for the heck of it. Will update with a TX in a few minutes or so.

[vizique]

I'll take 25
Viz

[TheNewAnon135246]

I'll take 25 spots too. Will pay tomorrow morning. Bed time now

[klaaas]

Last 6 here plz
Ill pay tomorrow

[MRBONG411]

Wow that filled up quick.

Will post an address when I hear from smoothie.

Thanks everyone.

[Zepher]

Wow that filled up quick.

I was thinking the same :0

[Anduck]

Oh well.. Maybe 25 slots/user was too much?

[biggzi]

Shame I missed out on this one. I'll take up to the max spots if anyone drops out / doesn't pay.

[DarkStar_]

What is the Salvation army gonna do with a physical bitcoin??

They will probably end up giving it away as a gift for a lucky kid in their other programs, since they would have no clue what it is, or sell it in one of their thrift stores. I agree though - auctioning will be much more beneficial and probably bring in more money than them selling it at one of their stores. Maybe a volunteer will know about BTC though...

[vizique]

Most charities now have people and departments that  deal with "unusual" and High Value acquisitions.
These people will have access to various stores of info including of course the internet. Their objective is to research the item and find its appropriate and true market value where possible.
Seriously high value items will them be processes and in some cases forwarded on to high end Auctions and sales rooms.
Viz

[Lauda]

Can we speed this up somehow please? Minerjones can give out the places to everyone as they've done 256 spot raffles before (which shouldn't be an issue now). As far as payments are concerned, you could just use one of your own addresses until you get the donation one.

[MRBONG411]

I have updated a payment address for now where the funds can be sent and if no one minds I would like minerjones to handle the chart and entries.

Also wanted to respond to some of the posts about the idea.

I hope by doing this it will help introduce the Salvation Army to bitcoin as another way to raise money for the charity. The main goal for the kettle campaign is to raise as much as they can to stretch throughout the year and if bitcoin can be used to help raise even more that's great.

One part I was concerned about is some of the people who sort the money might think its just a glorified chuckee cheese token and toss it aside. So towards the end of the campaign I am going to let my contact at the SA know there will be a special coin in that kettle and to make sure it doesn't get lost or anything.

Someone else asked about how they will sell it and to be honest I am unsure on that process. From what I understand they take any gold and silver coins and have them checked out by someone and then they have people bid on them. I am curious about this process and had asked a little last year about it but will find out more this year. I will make sure with my contact that nothing foolish happens with it and it is redeemed or sold for its full amount or more.

I would hope the SA just redeems the bitcoin on the coin and keeps the address for future donations should they ever come in.

Hope this helped answer some questions and any more please ask.

Thanks