[AUCTION] Casascius Error Coin, First Day Funded (Proceeds to Zephers Family)

Damn those pesky Shakespearean whales! Wink

2.1BTC

Quote from: krogothmanhattan on March 21, 2019, 10:44:31 AM

Damn those pesky Shakespearean whales! Wink

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New highest bid. Thank you Krog

How many first day funded coins were made? I've never seen one come up for auction

Quote from: wheelz1200 on March 21, 2019, 06:01:28 PM

How many first day funded coins were made? I've never seen one come up for auction

I generated this (warning! big file) some time ago. It shows that 70 coins were funded in the first funding transaction. Second transaction funded 60 coins, 4 blocks later.
Third funding transaction (83 blocks later) funded 39 coins. And so on..

Quote from: Anduck on March 21, 2019, 06:08:11 PM

Quote from: wheelz1200 on March 21, 2019, 06:01:28 PM

How many first day funded coins were made? I've never seen one come up for auction

So you can even say that a certain coin is a

First funding transaction..first day or FFFD coin
Second funding transaction..first day...etc SFFD coin

Kinda of born on the same day..but who was first?

Interesting Anduck!

Quote from: krogothmanhattan on March 21, 2019, 06:22:10 PM

Quote from: Anduck on March 21, 2019, 06:08:11 PM

Quote from: wheelz1200 on March 21, 2019, 06:01:28 PM

How many first day funded coins were made? I've never seen one come up for auction

So you can even say that a certain coin is a

First funding transaction..first day or
Second funding transaction..first day...etc

Kinda of born on the same day..but who was first?

Interesting Anduck!

Agreed, this is really cool Anduck!

Thanks to monkeynuts for this proceeds auction.
An interesting (dated) coin indeed.

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Quote from: Otoh on March 21, 2019, 03:13:09 AM

2BTC or not to BTC Grin

Bid is now 2BTC Tongue

many thanks for doing this MN!

Quote from: greenplastic on March 21, 2019, 06:58:30 PM

Thanks to monkeynuts for this proceeds auction.
An interesting (dated) coin indeed.

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Welp...I'm assuming I stand no chance now. It's been fun gents but I'll likely be bowing out and buying a new pair of binoculars to enjoy the whales splashing the seas. All the best and happy to see this going for such a great cause!

Quote from: greenplastic on March 21, 2019, 06:58:30 PM

Thanks to monkeynuts for this proceeds auction.
An interesting (dated) coin indeed.

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New highest bid. Cheers GP

Whales begone!

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Quote from: krogothmanhattan on March 21, 2019, 07:30:50 PM

Whales begone!

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New high bid. Krog with harpoon in hand

Otoh the whale grabs Krogos boat from underneath knocking the harpoon out of his Krogoth's hand,

rips the high bid from the other hand and snaps the boat into smithereens!

As Otoh the whale leaves with the prized high bid, as a weary tired Captain Krogo wading in water makes a fist and shouts angrily

"" We shall meet again someday you pesky whale and things will be different!"

Defeated Captain Krogo looks on as the whale swims away over the horizon out of reach...for now!

Quote from: Otoh on March 21, 2019, 08:05:08 PM

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New high bid. Thanks Otoh

Captain Krog learns to swim Cheesy

Quote from: krogothmanhattan on March 21, 2019, 08:57:15 PM

Otoh the whale grabs Krogos boat from underneath knocking the harpoon out of his Krogoth's hand,
rips the high bid from the other hand and snaps the boat into smithereens!

As Otoh the whale leaves with the prized high bid, as a weary tired Captain Krogo wading in water makes a fist and shouts angrily

"" We shall meet again someday you pesky whale and things will be different!"

Defeated Captain Krogo looks on as the whale swims away over the horizon out of reach...for now!

LMAO! Bravo!!!! Grin

2.55BTC just for another amazing Moby Dick style story or I get the coin. Win win for me!

What makes this coin so special to me is it actually became one of the few first day funded physical bitcoins in existence.

Making it the FIRST PHYSICALLY LOADED BITCOIN COINS ever. I have been hunting one of these for years and to see it come to the light of day

is very rare. I was fortunate to buy some Cas coins on ebay and by doing my research found I owned a 2nd day loading Casascius coin.

The seller told me these coins were being handed out for free at a Bitcoin gathering or festival. All this to educate people on what bitcoin is.

He was not even aware of the importance of the funding date. That being said I wonder how many still exist in collections, lost or thrown away over time.

That same story happens in other collectables when items that were not deemed collectable were tossed away. Making them so much rarer later on.

To see one in auction and being sodl by Monkey for Zephers sake, is amazing. My hats off to you my friend.

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LMAO! Bravo!!!! Grin

2.55BTC just for another amazing Moby Dick style story or I get the coin. Win win for me!
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New high bid. Thankyou

Krog you are right. Not sure when we will see another one available. Equivalent to a penny black first day cover imo.

Still plenty of time till Sunday. Hope Z is looking down and approves.

Quote from: monkeynuts on March 21, 2019, 09:27:15 PM

LMAO! Bravo!!!! Grin

Quote from: krogothmanhattan on March 21, 2019, 09:20:37 PM

I really loved this summarization and I also really have come to love this community. I'm new but man you guys really step up for each other. I didn't know Zeph but to see you all band together and continue to try and help his family out is just awesome beyond words. So I'm honored to be bidding for such a wonderful cause and a phenomenal coin no doubt. And who knows I might even get lucky and win. Either way it's all been such an enjoyable experience getting to know you all from this vantage point.