Prepare to fall in love my friends...

[BTCINVESTOR]

http://www.alitinmint.com

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[Noitev]

at a premium of ~1btc? no thank you.

[LOL]

I wasn't able to find any reference beyond the Alitin Mint website that the artist was working on this coin.

I'm very tempted to pull the trigger, but ~3 BTC is a lot to spend with a company that doesn't have a track record.

[DrahogErusiel]

i think you're getting a little ahead of yourself... this looks about as traditional as it gets.

[empoweoqwj]

I've never understood this need to turn a purely virtual, mathematical currency into something physical. I've been told it makes it easier for "the guy on the street to understand it". No it doesn't, it just confuses the concept.

What happens if you lose the physical coin or have it stolen? Do you lose the value as well?

For my bitcoin, I'm happy to keep it virtual, and stored in a brain wallet, not stuck under the mattress.

[cfrm]

I've never understood this need to turn a purely virtual, mathematical currency into something physical. I've been told it makes it easier for "the guy on the street to understand it". No it doesn't, it just confuses the concept.

What happens if you lose the physical coin or have it stolen? Do you lose the value as well?

For my bitcoin, I'm happy to keep it virtual, and stored in a brain wallet, not stuck under the mattress.

I guess it's more of a collectors thing. More romantic to have the physical coin, and also it's an investment. Physical bitcoins are scarce and rare coins gets more valuable over years.

[worldtreasurefinders]

I wish there were hi-res images of the coins.  I can barely make out what the reverse of the coin looks like.

[BTCINVESTOR]

Alitin Mint is a licensed money transmitter and registered with FinCEN so they are totally legal right now.

[empoweoqwj]

I've never understood this need to turn a purely virtual, mathematical currency into something physical. I've been told it makes it easier for "the guy on the street to understand it". No it doesn't, it just confuses the concept.

What happens if you lose the physical coin or have it stolen? Do you lose the value as well?

For my bitcoin, I'm happy to keep it virtual, and stored in a brain wallet, not stuck under the mattress.

I guess it's more of a collectors thing. More romantic to have the physical coin, and also it's an investment. Physical bitcoins are scarce and rare coins gets more valuable over years.

Gotcha ... but still  .....

1) Do your lose your bitcoin "value" if the coin is stolen?
2) Kind of ironic people are making bitcoins out of silver, when many people see bitcoin as replacing gold + silver

If it proves a good investment, good luck to you. They do look nice I'll admit that. Just I wouldn't want to own one if the bitcoin price dropped to $10 and I realized I'd spend a load of money on silver that wasn't worth much.

[BTCINVESTOR]

I've never understood this need to turn a purely virtual, mathematical currency into something physical. I've been told it makes it easier for "the guy on the street to understand it". No it doesn't, it just confuses the concept.

What happens if you lose the physical coin or have it stolen? Do you lose the value as well?

For my bitcoin, I'm happy to keep it virtual, and stored in a brain wallet, not stuck under the mattress.

I guess it's more of a collectors thing. More romantic to have the physical coin, and also it's an investment. Physical bitcoins are scarce and rare coins gets more valuable over years.

Gotcha ... but still  .....

1) Do your lose your bitcoin "value" if the coin is stolen?
2) Kind of ironic people are making bitcoins out of silver, when many people see bitcoin as replacing gold + silver

If it proves a good investment, good luck to you. They do look nice I'll admit that. Just I wouldn't want to own one if the bitcoin price dropped to $10 and I realized I'd spend a load of money on silver that wasn't worth much.

Alitin Mint plans some seriously cool gold bitcoins. Solid 24K gold, 3 oz, 3 BTC. They are likely only going to make 100 of them.

[pand70]

I 'm already in love with a girl that doesn't really cares about me. Carry on 

[empoweoqwj]

I 'm already in love with a girl that doesn't really cares about me. Carry on 

Congrats on posting something as far off-topic as I have ever seen in a forum 

But you are obviously hurting so I feel for ya bro.

[bitgirl]

You may want to rethink this. Look what happened to casascius coins. Pure bullshit, but do you have the money to hire attorneys and argue with the government? Good luck. I hope you win!

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/12/casascius/

[Mushroomized]

haha jokes on you no one will ever love me

[worldtreasurefinders]

You may want to rethink this. Look what happened to casascius coins. Pure bullshit, but do you have the money to hire attorneys and argue with the government? Good luck. I hope you win!

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/12/casascius/

Read the thread.  Just a few posts above yours:

Alitin Mint is a licensed money transmitter and registered with FinCEN so they are totally legal right now.

[empoweoqwj]

Seems like I've found another reason for not like physical bitcoins - they've been banned!!

[worldtreasurefinders]

Alitin Mint plans some seriously cool gold bitcoins. Solid 24K gold, 3 oz, 3 BTC. They are likely only going to make 100 of them.

How do you know this?  I didn't see that info anywhere on the site!

[faizaa123]

1btc?
no thanks.

[ajax3592]

Packaging looks sweet  $2700 for a 2.9 BTC is good enough. What is the 1 BTC premium that people are talking about?

[BTCINVESTOR]

Alitin Mint plans some seriously cool gold bitcoins. Solid 24K gold, 3 oz, 3 BTC. They are likely only going to make 100 of them.

How do you know this?  I didn't see that info anywhere on the site!

I am related to the artist