Bitcoin Specie Project sponsored by the makers of New Liberty Dollar

[BitPappa]

That sure looks amazing! All your coins would make very nice holiday gifts!

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[smoothie]

Haven't visited ""GOODS"" in a long while .............  I like what your doing here, interesting qr code concept too, Well done NewLiberty!   

MJB, you have something very special on its way across the ocean to you.
You will have to let me know when you get it. 

Thanks Joseph I'm totally blown away, what an amazing gift couldn't believe my eyes when I opened the package,  I'm no photographer but thought it deserved a picture or two. Thanks again mick

You are a better photographer than you give yourself credit.  Shooting coins is challenging.

Nice coin!

Are you going to be at the Vegas conference on December 10th and 11th?

[NewLiberty]

Is this the first appearance of the Bitcoin specie in a mainstream media video (in Italian)?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF79IAZw5cg

[NewLiberty]

Nice coin!

Are you going to be at the Vegas conference on December 10th and 11th?

Yes.  I'm just back from the London Bitcoin Expo,  Vegas in December, and then likely just SoCal meets until Miami in January.  I'll miss India, and Singapore this year.  Something to look forward to for later.

I gather some great criticisms from people who attend conferences, as well as gauge the measure of support for the project.  As it stands, it looks like we will keep funding it for the foreseeable future.

This has been my schedule for gatherings since the project inception at the Bitcoin Foundation gathering in San Jose this Spring:



Bitcoin china
September 2014
http://bitcoinexpo2014.com/
 
Bitcoinvention Asia, Manilla Phillipenes
Feb 12-14 2014
 
North American Bitcoin Conference Miami Beach -
January 25 & 26, 2014
http://btcmiami.com/
 
BANGALORE, INDIA. Global Bitcoin Conference
December 14th, 15th, 2013
Sheraton Hotel, 26/1 Dr. Rajkumar Road, Malleswaram-Rajajinagar, Bangalore


Inside Bitcoin Los Vegas Nevada MGM Grand
Dec 10-11
http://www.mediabistro.com/insidebitcoins/

London Bitcoin Expo
Nov 30 London

Bitcoin Silicon Valley, California November
Tuesday 11/26/2013
 
Liberty on the Rocks
Nov 21/2013
Torrance California
 
Hollywood Bitcoin Meetup

Bitcoin EU Conference, Amsterdam
http://Http://theconference.eu
 
Libertopia, San Dieo California
200 attendees,
 
OHM2013, Netherlands, speaker
3000 attendees

Santa Monica Bitcoin Meetups

Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetups

Bitcoin Foundation's BitcoinConference2013, San Jose California
Over 1000 attendees,

[Mitchell]

Bitcoin EU Conference, Amsterdam

I guess that was the most awesome one

[NewLiberty]

Bitcoin EU Conference, Amsterdam

I guess that was the most awesome one

Definitely   unforgettable.


The historians may note that it was...
Also the official launch of the Bitcoin Specie into the marketplace.
Coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the launch of the Liberty Dollar.

[NewLiberty]

David Woo, FX and Rates Strategist at Bank of America/Merill Lynch and one of the best minds on Wall Street likes Bitcoin.
http://www.businessinsider.com/david-woo-on-bitcoin-2013-12

"We believe Bitcoin can become a major means of payment for e-commerce and may emerge as a serious competitor to traditional money transfer providers. As a medium of exchange, Bitcoin has clear potential for growth, in our view."

Woo's analysis represents a top-flight mind at a major financial institution assessing Bitcoin in a serious way, and coming to the conclusion that it could be the real deal.
Woo identifies the three things that need to happen for Bitcoin to be worth what it currently is:

"Our fair value analysis suggests that to justify the current Bitcoin valuation, it will need to (1) account for at least 10% of all global e-commerce B2C transactions, (2) become one of the top three players in the money transfer industry, and (3) acquire a store of value reputation close to silver."

We're working on that, David!  We and all those involved in this project have been backing bitcoin with silver.  Its a good start.

[NewLiberty]

The First Year of Issue gold plated collectible pieces have been moving swiftly, there are about 20 left of the series, the list on the OP is out of date so if you want these, let me know ASAP.  I'm at the Bitcoin conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas so the inventory may not survive the next day or two.

The 2013 Bitcoin Specie 1 oz I have about a few hundred on hand yet.  These will likely sell out in the next two days, so I may either make a few thousand more, or start with the 2014 1 oz.  I suspect, I will have to make more as the 2014 dies have not yet arrived from the die cutters.

The next collectible series will be the 5th Anniversary of the Block Chain inception which will be available in January and will be the 2014.  We have not yet decided as to whether these will be hand numbered and gold plated, though this likely.  If there is significant interest, these may also be produced in solid gold.

The solid gold pieces will also start in 2014 and are about to go into production.  Due to the increased demand, we will also likely produce the fractional ounce pieces in early 2014, possibly the first quarter of the year.  These and the gold designs were set back due to a number of delays with other projects, sorry for that.

For the standard pieces (not the collectible editions) they will not be limited in quantity and are expected to be in continuous production through out the coming years.

[hieroglyph]

looks like a fun item for sharing during the holiday season.  Or maybe I will just keep them all for myself haha.  Seriously though nice offering, I may get a couple of these for my own personal gift.

[BitPappa]

I'm happy to now own one of your limited, numbered, gold-plated versions (and many of the standard silver)!

[NewLiberty]

Added some additional error handling to coldhardca.sh so it should not get hung up when the coindesk API gets clogged up.

[NewLiberty]

The gold pieces are in final design approval phase ahead of the die cutting and are expected to be available in early 2014.
Likely these will be in a variety of sizes, as well as silver in a variety of sizes.
We may do a special collectible edition available only to pre-orders of those.  If so it wouldn't be formalized until we are ready to mint as I can't stand any "pre-order" period that takes longer than a month.

[macsga]

I never got the chance to see what you're up to NewLiberty. My compliments. This is a piece of art and for me, you're *definitely* an artist! GREAT job!
 

[NewLiberty]

Thank you for the kind words.  Such encouragement is our primary compensation.  
For those fortunate enough to get some of these first year pieces, there is now much more in the works.  

In celebration of the 5th anniversary of the block chain, we will accept orders for the 2014 pieces in January 1-31 with the 5 hands hallmark.  Only available in January 2014.

[NewLiberty]

The next collectible series will be the 5th Anniversary of the Block Chain inception which will be available in January and will be the 2014.  We have not yet decided as to whether these will be hand numbered and gold plated, though this likely.  If there is significant interest, these may also be produced in solid gold.

Any orders made within the month of January 2014 may purchase these 5th anniversary commemorative handstamps.
We thank you for your continued support of the project.

[NewLiberty]

2014 1oz Silver dies have arrived from the die-cutter, the other sizes and the gold are on the back burner pending the completion of other projects, but these should be ready for shipping in a week or two.

[NewLiberty]

Due to request, Czech Koruna added to fiat currencies on coldhardca.sh.

[x86Daddy]

I'm seeing some eBay auctions listing "silver plated" rounds that have your design depicted.  It's nice to see the honesty of a declaration that they're a plated product, but disconcerting that they use the exact images of your coin...  Have you seen these, and if so, is there a quick way to tell them apart from the real ones?  Do they weigh differently?

[NewLiberty]

I'm seeing some eBay auctions listing "silver plated" rounds that have your design depicted.  It's nice to see the honesty of a declaration that they're a plated product, but disconcerting that they use the exact images of your coin...  Have you seen these, and if so, is there a quick way to tell them apart from the real ones?  Do they weigh differently?

Please be aware it looks like these are some knock-offs / counterfeits.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181303812992
They are advertised as silver plated brass, but they are using one of the pictures taken of the pure silver pieces to sell them, so I really don't know what these are.
I will order a couple to discover the most obvious means of detecting these.
It may take a while to get them out of China during New Years, so I will post again on this when they arrive...

It looks like they may be sourced here:
http://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-silver-plated-bitcoin.html

[dozerz]

i picked one up off a local auction site. the lettering is the most obvious using a completely different font. let me know if you would like more pics.

fake on left, real on the right.