Bitcointalk.org collectible coin?

[OgNasty]

have it designed by some dedicated forum members like...(snip)...Mjbmonetarymetals.

This is a great idea.  Mick having designed the first precious metal physical Bitcoin collectible along with many other things in this community over a period of ~8 years makes him an excellent candidate for designing a community round.  His original design is already widely circulated in the media in crypto related articles also.

[Iced]

I would love a bitcointalk commemorative coin

I would be thrilled it this turned into a competition between the best coin designers on this forum!

[polymerbit]

May be you can give away the coins to the top contributors to this forum and other small contributors can probably be awarded with a polymerbit note? That could be better actually. There are quite good coin makers in the market right from Kialara, CryptoImperator and others whom you can hire to bring the best out of their minds to commemorate the 10th year anniversary.
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I like the sound of this. We could have a design and print done rather quickly, and be ready to ship before the anniversary.

[KingZee]

p.s.  O.P. I can’t believe the amount of users who follow your every move!!  Lol.  Never seen 90% of these users in collectibles over the last year.  They all can’t actually care about collectibles since they’ve never been here before.  That would leave 2 types of users IMO.  People who just want to kiss your ass or people just looking for free s**t!  Either way it’s sad. 

It would be terrible if you created a forum coin and the actual collectors on your forum, who MADE this section what it is, didn’t get one. 

Lol, so you're saying a forum coin, made to give back something to the people who gave the most to the forums, should be given to you, a 1-year old member that only posts in one section, because you're a coin collector.

If anything, coin collectors are probably the last people to give a shit about sentimental value, as this coin is just going to be "yet another coin" of your collection. Stop with the tribalism and let people enjoy things.

[anonymousminer]

p.s.  O.P. I can’t believe the amount of users who follow your every move!!  Lol.  Never seen 90% of these users in collectibles over the last year.  They all can’t actually care about collectibles since they’ve never been here before.  That would leave 2 types of users IMO.  People who just want to kiss your ass or people just looking for free s**t!  Either way it’s sad. 

It would be terrible if you created a forum coin and the actual collectors on your forum, who MADE this section what it is, didn’t get one. 

Lol, so you're saying a forum coin, made to give back something to the people who gave the most to the forums, should be given to you, a 1-year old member that only posts in one section, because you're a coin collector.

If anything, coin collectors are probably the last people to give a shit about sentimental value, as this coin is just going to be "yet another coin" of your collection. Stop with the tribalism and let people enjoy things.

Not once did I say me.  I wasn’t expecting a damn thing.  I know I’m new here, but stating coin collectors are the last people to give a shit about sentimental value is about as ignorant as it gets.  The majority of collectors are collectors because of sentimental value. 

[jackbauercsgo]

I think some guys earlier nailed it - just reach our to some of the experienced guys and either commission them or hear their words of wisdom. Talking nasty, cas, lea, etc.

[ezeminer]

I think some guys earlier nailed it - just reach our to some of the experienced guys and either commission them or hear their words of wisdom. Talking nasty, cas, lea, etc.

Maybe even do a poll like coinographic did way back when choosing between multiple designs? 5 designs, 5 choices.

[chronicsky]

if we are doing votes

i put three names forward for the coin making

- Nattylitecoin
- CryptoImperator
- BitcoinPenny


Or as suggested by LC

Can go for a Cool Art Bar which will be way better than any other coin imho
by Kialara/max  Ofcourse

[Lesbian Cow]

if we are doing votes

i put three names forward for the coin making

- Nattylitecoin
- CryptoImperator
- BitcoinPenny

Max/Kialara  Edit to add w/ Julia

[chronicsky]

if we are doing votes

i put three names forward for the coin making

- Nattylitecoin
- CryptoImperator
- BitcoinPenny

Max/Kialara  Edit to add w/ Julia

Indeed! The bars are so beautiful and bring out something worth for 10 years of forum fun

[wheelz1200]

p.s.  O.P. I can’t believe the amount of users who follow your every move!!  Lol.  Never seen 90% of these users in collectibles over the last year.  They all can’t actually care about collectibles since they’ve never been here before.  That would leave 2 types of users IMO.  People who just want to kiss your ass or people just looking for free s**t!  Either way it’s sad.  

It would be terrible if you created a forum coin and the actual collectors on your forum, who MADE this section what it is, didn’t get one.  

Lol, so you're saying a forum coin, made to give back something to the people who gave the most to the forums, should be given to you, a 1-year old member that only posts in one section, because you're a coin collector.

If anything, coin collectors are probably the last people to give a shit about sentimental value, as this coin is just going to be "yet another coin" of your collection. Stop with the tribalism and let people enjoy things.

Let's just leave this wierd route this thread has taken alone.  But please dont all generalize coin collectors as people who dont consider sentimental value  Just take a look at cas coins, they are not the most artistic, but there is a sentimental value to them that coin collectors truly value.

[KingZee]

Let's just leave this wierd route this thread has taken alone.  But please dont all generalize coin collectors as people who dont consider sentimental value  Just take a look at cas coins, they are not the most artistic, but there is a sentimental value to them that coin collectors truly value.

Sorry, you're right, I take back that line. It was more sent to anonymousminer, you don't need to be a coin collector or need to have any sort of knowledge about collecting coins for you to be relevant here. I already said before that I'm probably not going to get it either, as there's probably a very short list of people theymos consider extremely valuable icons to the forums.

But the whole point was that, you just need to be a contributor to the forums, nothing more or less.

[Yabes]

- Does this sound like a good idea?

Im been waiting for that idea. for commemorating bitcointalk.org's 10^th anniversary.

- What features would make the coin especially interesting?

- Gets the value on the coin.
- Unique Number (#Limited).
- Certificate, maybe.

- What's the best way to get a coin like this made?

That is  definitely a rare collection coin. But let's be fair, I suggest the lottery or raffle mode.

Let's do some vote  

[monbux]

This sounds like an awesome idea! Really hope it works out.

With regards to the design, I personally find the simpler but distinct ones to be a lot more appealing. It would be pretty cool if the coin design was linked to bitcointalk not just explicitly, but also contained some sort of hidden/secret message. Just a thought.

[omicron1]

In my opinion Mike should do the coin. Cas coins are nr. 1, great design, flawless mint.
Perhaps do a combination of 1000 gold and 0.1 silver
☞ 0.1 BTC gold coin!

https://en.bitcoin.it/w/images/en/0/0b/Casascius_1000_BTC_gold_round.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wabco7x.jpg?1

[bitserve]

A small run of a coin is obviously more costly than a larger one. It seems part of the idea of Theymos is to give the coin for free to some members that deserve it according to a not-yet-specified criteria. Probably a small group, more so if the coin features/quality make it costly.

Also that would leave many people interested "out of the deal".

Maybe the solution is to make a larger run, thus reducing the premium, and some people get it for free and the rest can buy it at cost? Also it is unknown where and how much the money going to cover the cost of the free coins is coming from. Another possibility is that there is a small surcharge on the paid coins to cover the cost of the free ones.

That would probably make a better coin be produced than if the budget was more restricted (ie. only free run).

Win-Win for everyone?

Also I would think a cool feature for a coin like this would be to have engraved (no holo) the nickname and or a user supplied public key (not a private one - not your keys, not your bitcoins you know). That would raise the sentimental value and meaning of the coin for forum members, and also substantially reduce the resell market of it.

Just some random ideas...

[bigtimespaghetti]

Will be watching this thread closely. I'd throw my hat in the ring, sounds like an awesome project. Competition could be a great way to go about choosing a design.

[andulolika]

Damn I first thought it is a normal user initiative, that would be great to see, and i would rather pay a bit and have it silver .

Edit: Perhaps a bitcoin chart ? I mean for one side of the coin.

[wttbs]

Will be watching this thread closely. I'd throw my hat in the ring, sounds like an awesome project. Competition could be a great way to go about choosing a design.

I agree on the competition, great idea.

[El duderino_]

just curious what's gonna come out of this