[WTS]- 2011 Casascius DEMO coin-

[krogothmanhattan]

Up for sale is a Demo Casascius 2011 coin. Please PM me with offers..Thanks

I am selling this on behalf of another person who is not a member on the forum.

Escrow paid for by buyer.

About the DEMO coin

These are the first experimental coins made by Casascius. They were used to test the holograms to reveal the honeycomb pattern left behind, without ever being funded.

The coins can be identified by looking up the public key on a peeled, seemingly ‘pre-funded’ coin. If no BTC has ever been in the address, then it is possibly a demo coin. Currently, demo coins are only known to exist in brass 1 BTC form.

Casascius sold these coins to prior buyers as extras. On a few occasions, buyers who ordered Casascius coins
had the option to also buy some ‘demo’ coins along with them.

While no numbers relating to these coins exist, it is no doubt that they are extremely rare compared to the mintages of normal Casascius coins. It has been suggested that these coins may be an effective way to invest in the collectable value of Casascius coins without exposure to BTC price fluctuations.

https://casascius.uberbills.com/?address=13HkdjNe4iWg2UVjUkvAmWv8CkUo7mhren

A coin just like this was recently listed for $8000 on Ebay...It recently sold for a best offer!

 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Series-1-Casascius-2011-DEMO-Coin-ERROR-1-BTC-CASACIUS-BITCOIN/222710631586?hash=item33da968ca2:g:~90AAOSwb~9ZbghB

[cptdome1]

pretty cool!  didn't even realize these existed!

[owlcatz]

Cool, I think I saw one on eBay a while back and asked the guy why it wasn't funded but had been peeled, his answer was along those lines but not in so much detail, so now it makes much more sense... Not even sure those made the encyclopedia, sweet!

[krogothmanhattan]

Owlz...yes they are on the encyclopedia..page 91..that is where i got the info from..I added a pic of the page

[Astro]

I received one of these with my very first order from Mike.  I've thought about selling it over the years but now consider it part of my permanent collection.  This is a big piece of history, imho.

[krogothmanhattan]

I received one of these with my very first order from Mike.  I've thought about selling it over the years but now consider it part of my permanent collection.  This is a big piece of history, imho.

 I agree..They are a big piece of history for btc coins. I wonder how many were kept? Probably many were just discarded. That is why they are rare

[ChiBitCTy]

Remember reading about this coin in the encyclopedia. I want!!

[dozerz]

can we have auction? interested to know what range you are after.

[owlcatz]

can we have auction? interested to know what range you are after.

Yeah I second that one!

[Lesbian Cow]

can we have auction? interested to know what range you are after.

Yeah I second that one!

That's 3 of us, you know the rules, auction it is!

[krogothmanhattan]

  would love to..but no can do bros

[krogothmanhattan]

Haha...south park my fav bro!

[krogothmanhattan]

Found that ebay listing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Series-1-Casascius-2011-ERROR-1-BTC-USED-CASACIUS-RARE-BITCOIN/222652428722

Looks like someone bought it pretty recently.....   iirc there was a "Best Offer" button... wonder if they got the $950 they were asking for??

Does that seem like a lot for one of these?

How would you price one of these?

  It looks like the seller was not even aware this was a Demo coin.

 He mentions it was redeemed when in reality it was never loaded to begin with, like all Demo coins.

 Not sure how to price these but they are rare as many were probably discarded since no digital value was ever loaded in them.

[krogothmanhattan]

A coin just like this was recently listed for $8000 on Ebay...It recently sold for a best offer!



 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Series-1-Casascius-2011-DEMO-Coin-ERROR-1-BTC-CASACIUS-BITCOIN/222710631586?hash=item33da968ca2:g:~90AAOSwb~9ZbghB

[FFrankie]

I am pretty sure one of these popped up on this fourm maybe half a year ago and it sold within a few hours for around 5k if I remember right

[krogothmanhattan]

I am pretty sure one of these popped up on this fourm maybe half a year ago and it sold within a few hours for around 5k if I remember right

Cool to know..thanks bro..Would you happen to have the link to it?

[FFrankie]

I am pretty sure one of these popped up on this fourm maybe half a year ago and it sold within a few hours for around 5k if I remember right

Cool to know..thanks bro..Would you happen to have the link to it?

No, I know I didn't post on the thread, I might be wrong about the price, but I remember the OP asking for what I thought was some really really  ridiculous price and than like the 5th post down someone bought it.

[krogothmanhattan]

I am pretty sure one of these popped up on this fourm maybe half a year ago and it sold within a few hours for around 5k if I remember right

Cool to know..thanks bro..Would you happen to have the link to it?

No, I know I didn't post on the thread, I might be wrong about the price, but I remember the OP asking for what I thought was some really really  ridiculous price and than like the 5th post down someone bought it.

Good to know regardless...they are a piece of history and are worth a lot. For the collector that wants to have all different varieties in the their collection, this will be needed too!

[Lesbian Cow]

I am pretty sure one of these popped up on this fourm maybe half a year ago and it sold within a few hours for around 5k if I remember right

Cool to know..thanks bro..Would you happen to have the link to it?

No, I know I didn't post on the thread, I might be wrong about the price, but I remember the OP asking for what I thought was some really really  ridiculous price and than like the 5th post down someone bought it.

Good to know regardless...they are a piece of history and are worth a lot. For the collector that wants to have all different varieties in the their collection, this will be needed too!

I think roadkill72 is thinking of the Void coin which sold here on the forum.

[FFrankie]

I am pretty sure one of these popped up on this fourm maybe half a year ago and it sold within a few hours for around 5k if I remember right

Cool to know..thanks bro..Would you happen to have the link to it?

No, I know I didn't post on the thread, I might be wrong about the price, but I remember the OP asking for what I thought was some really really  ridiculous price and than like the 5th post down someone bought it.

Good to know regardless...they are a piece of history and are worth a lot. For the collector that wants to have all different varieties in the their collection, this will be needed too!

I think roadkill72 is thinking of the Void coin which sold here on the forum.

When did this new slur of my name come about?