List of physical cryptocurrencys and the mints who issue them

[No_2]

This is a list of all the physical cryptocurrencys produced and the volumes minted. They have been ordered by they year they were first minted and made available, although they may have been available in subsequent years.

Items marked '[]' are to do or have been filled out as a best guesses. I have cited any references I could find. If you are able to elaborate and help provide definitive information to clarify any of these areas please do comment below so I can reference it.

I am currently working on a set of canonical images for each piece of physical crypto. If you have some high quality images you are willing to share please let me know and I will add them to this post.

Antaui:

2014

5WDC – One troy ounce silver coin, dated 2013, 500 minted.

ANXBTC:

2014

0.0014BTC – Red pocket redeemable voucher, 50,000 minted. All valid until 4th Feb 2014 12am [A].


Bitbills:

2011

1BTC – Pre-loaded cards with scratch and reveal private hologram.
5BTC – Pre-loaded cards with scratch and reveal private hologram.
10BTC – Pre-loaded cards with scratch and reveal private hologram.
20BTC – Pre-loaded cards with scratch and reveal private hologram.
BTC – Loadable card.
BTC – Payment address cards for receiving payments.

Casascius [1][2][B]: [Both reference sites have discrepancies in the number of coins listed, I'm hoping Casascius can clarify at some point.]

2011

1BTC – Brass coin, 28.6mm diameter, [11,000] minted dated 2011 with series 1 sticker (spelling error in hologram), [3,000] minted dated 2011 with series 2 sticker.

BTC – Loadable gold plated bar, 80mm x 40mm x 6mm, [n] minted, series 2 sticker stating "ZERO BTC".
100BTC – Gold plated bar, 80mm x 40mm x 6mm, [102 minted, series 1 and 2 sticker].
500BTC – Gold plated bar, 80mm x 40mm x 6mm, [2 minted, series 1 sticker], series 1 sticker with lasered overprinting on the hologram to indicate the denomination.
1,000BTC – Gold plated bar, 80mm x 40mm x 6mm, [28 minted], series 1 sticker with lasered overprinting on the hologram to indicate the denomination.
10,000LTC – Loadable gold plated bar, 80mm x 40mm x 6mm, 1 minted [3].

25BTC – Gold plated coin, 44.4mm diameter, dated 2011, [n] minted with series 1 sticker (spelling error in hologram) , [n] minted with series 2 sticker. Zeroes and ones on the back encode the message "You asked for change, we gave you coins".

2012

1BTC – Brass coin, 28.6mm diameter, [n] minted dated 2012 with series 2 sticker.

5BTC – Nickel plated brass coin, 28.6mm diameter, dated 2012. [n] minted with series 1 sticker (spelling error in hologram), [n] minted with series 2 stickers.
10BTC – One troy ounce silver coin, 39mm diameter, dated 2013, [n] minted with series 2 sticker stating "TEN BTC". Gold rim and 'B' silver token, [n] minted with series 2 sticker stating "TEN BTC". Zeroes and ones on the back encode the message "Bitcoin: an idea too big to fail".

1,000 BTC – One troy ounce gold coin, 30mm diameter, dated 2012, [5] minted, series 1 sticker with Bitcoin address lasered at top instead of inkjetted across middle.

2013

1BTC – Brass coin, 28.6mm diameter, [n] minted dated 2013 with series 2 sticker.

0.5BTC – Brass coin, 25.4mm diameter, dated 2013. [n] minted.

BTC - Loadable aluminium coins, 38.1mm diameter, 80,000 minted. Supplied in plain aluminium, blue, purple, gold, red and green [4].

1BTC – One troy ounce silver coin, 39mm diameter, dated 2013, 1,300 minted with series 3 sticker. One troy ounce silver coin with gold plated rim and 'B' dated 2013, 700 minted with series 3 sticker.
0.5BTC – Half troy ounce silver coin, 30mm diameter, dated 2013, 45 minted with series 2 sticker, [n] minted with series 3 sticker [C].
0.1BTC – Quarter troy ounce silver coin, 25mm diameter, dated 2013, [n] minted with series 3 sticker.

Cryptocoinwalletcards.com:

2013
BTC – Loadable cards with scratch and reveal private hologram. Available in blue, green, pink, purple. pink/purple, red, tan and yellow.
LTC – Loadable cards with scratch and reveal private hologram. Available in blue, green, pink, purple. pink/purple, red, tan and yellow.
NMC – Loadable cards with scratch and reveal private hologram. Available in blue, green, pink, purple. pink/purple, red, tan and yellow.
PPC – Loadable cards with scratch and reveal private hologram. Available in blue, green, pink, purple. pink/purple, red, tan and yellow.

Finite By Design:

2013
11XMP – One troy ounce silver coin, two editions of 50 coins each have been minted.
10PPC – One troy ounce silver coin, one edition of 50 coins has been minted.
10CGB – One troy ounce silver bar, one edition of 50 coins has been minted.
PPC – One troy ounce silver coin with gold plated highlights, loadable, one edition of 50 coins has been minted so far.

2014
BTC – One troy ounce silver coin with gold plated highlights, loadable, one edition of 50 coins pre-order.
LTC – One troy ounce silver coin with gold plated highlights, loadable, one edition of 50 coins pre-order.
NMC – One troy ounce silver coin with gold plated highlights, loadable, one edition of 50 coins pre-order.
WDC – One troy ounce silver coin with gold plated highlights, loadable, one edition of 50 coins pre-order.

Jinn Bitcoin:

2013

1BTC – Silver coated brass coin, [n] minted, private key under hologram, loaded with varying amounts of BTC. Serialised with paper certificates and hand painted serial numbers on coins.

Lealana [5][6]:

2013

10LTC – Half troy ounce silver coin, 30mm diameter, 1,000 minted with an error (the coins did not have an indentation for the private key so have a raised bump visible on the sticker). [n] minted without error. Sets of two come in a commemorative box.
25LTC – One troy ounce silver coin, 500 minted.
5LTC – Quarter troy ounce silver coin, 2000 minted.
1BTC – One troy ounce silver coin with gold plated rim, 39mm diameter, and 'B', 500 minted.
0.5BTC – One troy ounce silver coin, 39mm diameter, 500 minted.
0.25 – Half troy ounce silver coin, 30mm diameter, 1,000 minted.
0.1 BTC – Quarter troy ounce silver coin, 25mm diameter, 2,000 minted.
1LTC – Nickel coated brass coin, 29.972mm diameter, 2,000 minted with series 1 sticker (no overprinted serial on the hologram), 8,000 minted with series 2 stickers.

Nasty Mining:

2014

BTC – One troy ounce silver coin, 39mm diameter, 500 minted. Engraved public & private keys, tamper-evident security hologram with diffusing insert, entirely visible sequential public vanity addresses (all starting with 1Nasty). Each coin entitles the holder to 1 NastyFans share and receives its equivalent voting rights on NastyFans.org and mining operation pay-outs sent to the coin's address. NastyFans has issued 25,000 shares (referred to as seats). As of Jan 2014 each share receives the total amount of crypto mined in the mining operation (at 450GH) divided by 25,000 shares on a recurring weekly basis. This will soon be bumped up to 10THs plus 25MH/s of scrypt power to be added to the mining operation for shareholders. In addition to payouts from the mining operation shareholders also receive a top up from non affiliated users mining in the NastyFans altcoin mining pool where users are currently mining at 750GH/s.

Nolacoin (Previously: The Bitcoin Exchange of New Orleans) [7]:

2011

The Bitcoin Exchange of New Orleans had minted coins in denominations of 1, 5 and 10 BTC each with a unique ID number, but these were never officially issued. Apparently The Bitcoin Exchange of New Orleans would act as the central authority that stored the private keys.

2013

0.5BTC – Brass coloured coin, 43mm diameter, 999 minted.
1BTC – Silver coloured coin,  43mm diameter, 999 minted.
3BTC – Silver coloured coin with golden edging,  43mm diameter, 500 minted.

Recalescence Coins:

[ToDo] ^See site link in title for more info.

Titan Mint [8]:

2013

1BTC – Goldine copper alloy coin, 34mm diameter x 2mm, 10,000 minted, dated 2013. Serialised with paper certificates. Originally just the one version of coin, where Titan Mint act as the central authority to store the coins value, Titan started producing another version concurrently where the private keys are contained under the hologram from approximately coin number 200 onward. Both types are mixed within the batch of 10,000.
1BTC – Silver coin, 39mm diameter x 3.3mm, 1,000 minted, dated 2013. Available as with Titan acting as the funds holder and private key under the hologram. Both types are mixed within the batch of 1,000.

Zinodaur/Cryptovest:

2013

LTC - 4,000 minted, buyer fundable

Up and Comming:

Firmcoin:


[ToDo] ^See site link in title for more info.


Selection Criteria:
    • Physical cryptocurrency must represent a store of value: either minted as a token where a central authority holds the private keys to access the balance or the token itself contains the private key. Tokens can be supplied funded or unfunded and fundable.
    • The cryptocurrency being minted as a physical medium must have a publicly viewable blockchain-like data structure, be open source and based on proof of work or proof of stake.
    • Maker must have produced over 450 units of their physical cryptocurrency.
    • Physical currency can be any medium, e.g. card, paper wallet etc., but must be physical.
    • Volumes are only given for minted media provided pre-loaded with cryptocurrency.

References:
[1] – http://casascius.uberbills.com/
[2] – http://casascius.appspot.com/
[3] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=53596.msg653081#msg653081
[4] – https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=204662.0
[5] – https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=243341.0
[6] – https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=315440.0
[7] – https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=400224.0
[8] – https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=310859.msg3381437#msg3381437

[PrintCoins]

I stepped out of the physical cryptocurrency business as it seemed a little too risky with current moves by the feds. You can however still print out the bills I used here:

http://print.printcoins.com/

and it include instructions as well as source code (so you don't have to trust my server with private key production).

I was making these back when bitcoins were about $3 a piece, so the smallest denomination is $0.01. If someone wants to tweak the code to go smaller, feel free to submit it up to github and I will update the site. Perhaps they should be printed in mBTC now with some special coloration to signify the change.

[FiniteByDesign]

This is great! Thank you for consolidating all of this info. My only piece of feedback would be that I have one other line of proofs. PPC Silver with 24k gold highlights - 1 batch of 50 minted to date. Here is a link to the product:
http://finitebydesign.net/product/batch-1-1-troy-ounce-of-999-fine-silver-w-24k-gold-highlights-commemorative-peercoin-proof/

Also, if you want to link to the site, here:
http://finitebydesign.net/

It is a new site I just created on New Years Day and is much better than the old. I have some additional things on the site such as the master inventory of all the proofs produced, redemption instructions, some info on the private key generation process and a blog.

Cheers!

[No_2]

I was making these back when bitcoins were about $3 a piece, so the smallest denomination is $0.01. If someone wants to tweak the code to go smaller, feel free to submit it up to github and I will update the site. Perhaps they should be printed in mBTC now with some special coloration to signify the change.

Do you have any images of the physical currency you can share? I'm hoping to add images at some point.

[arashd]

Great List! Please check out www.nolacoin.com as I am back in business with a more traditional physical bitcoin; for sale now.

[No_2]

Great List! Please check out www.nolacoin.com as I am back in business with a more traditional physical bitcoin; for sale now.

Excellent news - really glad you guys are back. I managed to get hold of one of your old coins and it was very well made.

The latest info does not seem to be up on your site.

Would you be able to give some info on how the old coins were supposed to function, the denominations issued and the number minted. Am I right in thinking these are now redundant?

Could you also explain how the new coins work? Are they preloaded, loadable or are you acting as the central authority who holds the private key? Can you also cover the denominations issued and the number minted.

[arashd]

Sorry for the sparse information. That was done intentionally, as I wanted to keep the information mostly limited and use this forum for discussion and more info. You can find answer to most of your questions at the following thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=400224.0

[ejbones]

I don't know if you wanted an altcoin post but someone in the Worldcoin community just released physical worldcoins although I think they're sold out

http://antaui.com/

http://antaui.com/sites/default/files/coin-draft.png

[serp]

Hey No_2, I got your message.

I made the physical quarter bitcoins pictured at http://serpco.in/#diy
Some software to help people fund the coins themselves is at https://github.com/jondale/serpcoin
Only 500 of these were minted.

[No_2]

Hey No_2, I got your message.

I made the physical quarter bitcoins pictured at http://serpco.in/#diy
Some software to help people fund the coins themselves is at https://github.com/jondale/serpcoin
Only 500 of these were minted.

Great. That's enough to make the list.

Can you give me a detailed breakdown of each edition you've minted with numbers for each and rough dates if you have them. Even better links to photos of each different edition if possible.

I'm planning to put some photos up for people to see the different types of physical crypto out there.

[serp]

Great. That's enough to make the list.

Can you give me a detailed breakdown of each edition you've minted with numbers for each and rough dates if you have them. Even better links to photos of each different edition if possible.

I'm planning to put some photos up for people to see the different types of physical crypto out there.

The only coin I've fully designed so far is the DIY quarter bitcoin which are labeled 2014 and went on sale December 17, 2013.
The previous editions were aluminum casascius coins that I loaded.

[No_2]

Great. That's enough to make the list.

Can you give me a detailed breakdown of each edition you've minted with numbers for each and rough dates if you have them. Even better links to photos of each different edition if possible.

I'm planning to put some photos up for people to see the different types of physical crypto out there.

The only coin I've fully designed so far is the DIY quarter bitcoin which are labeled 2014 and went on sale December 17, 2013.
The previous editions were aluminum casascius coins that I loaded.

Thanks for the info. Got some images here:







May move these into this thread too if that's ok when I get a mo.

[No_2]

Sorry for the sparse information. That was done intentionally, as I wanted to keep the information mostly limited and use this forum for discussion and more info. You can find answer to most of your questions at the following thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=400224.0

Arash, I've updated your section in the main listing. If possible can I check:

1. The date of the original (un-issued) coins is correct?
2. Can you give some info on how they were planned to work?
3. Can I get quantity info for the new coins.

[serp]

May move these into this thread too if that's ok when I get a mo.

Sure, that's fine.

[TitanBTC]

Thanks J,

We started offering both private key and 2-factor authentication for Titan bitcoins at about coin number 200 in the edition for the Titan One.  That is an option for all of our coins.  

The Titan One Silver for 2013, minted in 1 oz of silver, is a separate edition and only 1,000 were produced.  We will sell these until Springtime before moving on to the 2014 edition.

The Titan One Gold, minted in 1 oz of gold, is available late January of 2014.  We're making those in batches of 100 and we're producing no more than 1000 for 2014.  

We're also offering 0.1 BTC, 0.25 BTC, 0.5 BTC, 5 BTC, and 10 BTC this year.  


Also, we did NOT sell 10,000 1 BTC coins in 2013.  I haven't added them up yet, but we'll be publishing the final mintage on our site.

[PinkPotatos]

Nice list, ty for pulling them together.

[No_2]

...we did NOT sell 10,000 1 BTC coins in 2013.  I haven't added them up yet, but we'll be publishing the final mintage on our site.

Tim, to clarify: does that mean there are and will always be less than 10,000 coins dated 2013 in circulation or that 10,000 were minted and will eventually all be sold but they were not all sold within the window of 2013?

[No_2]

Update on Casascius form Wired magazine:

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bitcoin-stacks.jpg

...
Now, it’s up the customer to fund the physical coins themselves, and things could get confusing. In addition to selling unfunded coins through the mail, Caldwell will still sell pre-funded coins when he meets with buyers in person.

He says that to make things clearer, he’s going to make a new series of coins for his unfunded coin business, so buyers can tell the difference...

I've posted this to press releases:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=417093.0

[JustJake]

Since you have an up and coming section I wanted to post here.  I am attempting to start a physical bitcoin that is specifically designed to be traded and not kept as a collectors item.  I am trying to raise funds with an Indiegogo campaign.  Here are some relevant links:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/numisalis-physical-bitcoin/x/1557834

http://numisalis.com

If I get funded my first run will be for 15,000 coins.

[No_2]

Since you have an up and coming section I wanted to post here.  I am attempting to start a physical bitcoin that is specifically designed to be traded and not kept as a collectors item.  I am trying to raise funds with an Indiegogo campaign.  Here are some relevant links:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/numisalis-physical-bitcoin/x/1557834

http://numisalis.com

If I get funded my first run will be for 15,000 coins.

Thanks for this it looks very interesting. Can you tell me more about how the Embedded NFC tag security will work? What data does it provide?