Bitcoin Specie Project sponsored by the makers of New Liberty Dollar

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[NewLiberty]

There were 1501 of these 2012 New Liberty Dollars produced.
Very few were in excellent condition, those that were, have commanded a premium from the collecting community.

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/2012-liberty-silver-dollar

They were sold by us at just a few dollars over spot price less than a year ago, but the buyers that are offering them for sale are doing pretty well, though most of those that have them now aren't likely to sell them, those are the collectors..  If this first strike auction were open to the general public, rather than just this forum it is likely it would go higher than it has.  So we think, we hope, this auction winner will also do well, that is our goal here.     We don't expect it to go for a high price, but one that will be good for the winner in any case.

Our primary concern is never the collectors (though I myself am one), but rather those people that will ultimately circulate these pieces into their community, and to spread the message of bitcoin and alternative currencies.  We aren't looking to make collectibles.  Hard money, uninflatable money, is what it is going to take to have a persistently robust economy, and a persistent peace. 

The people can never be free until their money is free.  Without monetary freedom, there isn't any freedom at all.

[dozerz]

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[bitwhizz]

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[NewLiberty]

20 hours... going once.... 

[URSAY]

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[randrace]

This is getting exciting!

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[BitPappa]

Lets stop the bidding for 24 hours and let the .5BTC guy be the lucky guy >:-)

That sure didn't happen!

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[NewLiberty]

The formal release date ought be announced soon.

A few barriers yet remain to that.
1) My web programmer is slow (illness, no blame)
2) My mint extruder is in repair (so making blanks for minting is blocked)

We are still taking pre-orders to lock in your silver price at the current level (it may go up or down, no guarantees).  Let us know the quantity and you will get a quote good for the next 24 hours (though closed for the weekend so the quote will come Monday, good through Tuesday).

[NewLiberty]

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Going Twice...  With 2 hours left...

[dwdoc]

We almost certainly won't be auctioning more of these on BitCoinTalk.  The market here is pretty thin (very few bidders).  I doubt any of the folks that have been awarded these would let them go for this, but we did want to at least provide the opportunity for our supporters here to get a chance at one of these...

Thanks for the opportunity I guess. What exactly were you expecting?

[NewLiberty]

We almost certainly won't be auctioning more of these on BitCoinTalk.  The market here is pretty thin (very few bidders).  I doubt any of the folks that have been awarded these would let them go for this, but we did want to at least provide the opportunity for our supporters here to get a chance at one of these...

Thanks for the opportunity I guess. What exactly were you expecting?

Thank you for asking.  My expectation was only to try out this forum as an auction mechanism.  I am happy with what comes of that.

Though most of these First Strike pieces have gone out to internal team members, artists, programmers, machinists, designers and etc, there are some others here on bitcointalk that have also contributed and are receiving these First Strike pieces.   So although we won't be auctioning more of these.  Those who receive them might.  Also it is pleasing and encouraging to learn of the presence of sufficient interest in collectible editions, so this won't be the last of those.  The primary purpose of this, will remain as a circulation piece, but this encouraging enough to design and provide other offerings in the future.

For example, we would like to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Satoshi White Paper this October, and had contemplated working on developing something special for those that want to join in that.    Based on the interest, we will continue with that plan, and others.

[bitwhizz]

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