[ANN/INFO] CARDSMITHS - CURRENCY SERIES 1 TRADING CARDS

[JUPITYR]

Got my Ballet redemption wallet and "Redeemed" redemption card today!!

It's good to see these finally out in "the wild".  There were days it felt like we'd never get the set out there.  C19, supply chain issues, paper shortages, lockdowns in Shanghai (Ballet), getting the Gemstone patterns to work....all the pieces that had to come together.   Really cool to finally see these in collector's hands.  :-)

[krogothmanhattan]

  One question that I have is....why is it they are asking me for my date of birth when I pick up the package?

   Why not just show ID and sign? Never had that happen before in all my years at the post office.

   Thanks

[JUPITYR]

  One question that I have is....why is it they are asking me for my date of birth when I pick up the package?

   Why not just show ID and sign? Never had that happen before in all my years at the post office.

   Thanks

I've never heard of the post office asking for a DOB.  That's a new one.

[CoinageMint]

  One question that I have is....why is it they are asking me for my date of birth when I pick up the package?

   Why not just show ID and sign? Never had that happen before in all my years at the post office.

   Thanks

I've never heard of the post office asking for a DOB.  That's a new one.

Same, never been asked for DOB
It would usually be on your ID anyway, so not a big deal

[krogothmanhattan]

  One question that I have is....why is it they are asking me for my date of birth when I pick up the package?

   Why not just show ID and sign? Never had that happen before in all my years at the post office.

   Thanks

I've never heard of the post office asking for a DOB.  That's a new one.

  Yeah new to me as well and unnerving...I mean after they saw my ID they WROTE DOWN my date of birth cause the sender requested it.

   This is what the post office says on their site about it.

         Adult Signature Required is a service that ensures that the recipient of the mail items is at least 21 years of age or above. The recipient or a resident of the recipient's address is required to show a form of photo identification to the delivery employee for age confirmation.

    They should not be writing down my personal details...send it with certified mail or registered mail but this is nonsense and an invasion of privacy

[CoinageMint]

Are you still able to send shipments to Australia? I don't see it on the list in checkout 

[JUPITYR]

Are you still able to send shipments to Australia? I don't see it on the list in checkout 

Should be able to.  I will mention to the web team.

Also, Bazinga Cards in Australia is carrying the product.  Not sure if you've ever dealt with them?

[minerjones]

Are you still able to send shipments to Australia? I don't see it on the list in checkout  

I can assist with any cards being shipped to Australia (or any other country)

[CoinageMint]

Are you still able to send shipments to Australia? I don't see it on the list in checkout 

Should be able to.  I will mention to the web team.

Also, Bazinga Cards in Australia is carrying the product.  Not sure if you've ever dealt with them?

Thanks for the tip. I haven't shopped at Bazinga yet, they are $60 AUD per pack so a little more expensive, but the free shipping helps even it out a bit more. I'll place an order soon with them.

[minerjones]

A few cards have caught my eye... not sure if this makes them more valuable?

#18 Satoshi border in 2 different orange colors.
#56 NFT is printed/cut off center

[Cryptogreatdane]

Interesting. I would imagine with so many cards in production there would be some errors. I say these error cards fetch greater value because of there rarity. Especially the off center card. Thanks for sharing

[MoparMiningLLC]

A few cards have caught my eye... not sure if this makes them more valuable?

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#56 NFT is printed/cut off center

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my #56 is also off center - maybe that was intentional?

44, 38, 31, 16 - are also all visibly off center.

[xSlyy]

Minerjones & MoparMining, interesting that you caught that, I myself had a few cards that were not identical. I thought I was going crazy so I'm glad there's affirmation. Here's a pic of a Sapphire Camel with a larger left border. And two #54 crystal with different colored font "S***COINS" at the top. Take a look! Left card is orange and the right card is red!

[Ticked]

Interesting. I would imagine with so many cards in production there would be some errors. I say these error cards fetch greater value because of there rarity. Especially the off center card. Thanks for sharing

In the card grading industry uneven borders receive a lower grade, therefore always are lesser valued. It's easy to misalign, it's harder to perfectly produce an individual card repeatedly at mass scale.

As for ink coloring printing differences... Those end up to the preference of the secondary market. Sometimes it matters to the value sometimes it doesn't.

[Cryptogreatdane]

Interesting. I would imagine with so many cards in production there would be some errors. I say these error cards fetch greater value because of there rarity. Especially the off center card. Thanks for sharing

In the card grading industry uneven borders receive a lower grade, therefore always are lesser valued. It's easy to misalign, it's harder to perfectly produce an individual card repeatedly at mass scale.

As for ink coloring printing differences... Those end up to the preference of the secondary market. Sometimes it matters to the value sometimes it doesn't.

Thanks for the info. I have never collected trading cards before except for garbage pail kids when I was 7. Glad to hear from people familiar with market. Even though its easier to misalign a card. Since 99% are aligned properly wouldn't the rarity of a misaligned card add value as an error card. I know in coin collecting especially US mint coins. Error coins fetch higher prices for rarity. But I could see a misaligned card as a not sought after error. Again, thanks for info

[CoinageMint]

Do the numbers below look correct? Just want to make sure im not missing anything.

Total number of gemstone refractor cards:

Beryl: 10877
Emerald: 7227
Amherst: 3577
Ruby: 1825
Gold: 730
Sapphire: 365
Onyx: 73

These numbers have been calculated using the full card set of 62 cards plus the 11 MR cards that also come in gemstone refractor

Edit: Any reason the standard MR cards were not released numbered? usually case hits and up would be numbered, I think

[JUPITYR]

A few cards have caught my eye... not sure if this makes them more valuable?

#18 Satoshi border in 2 different orange colors.
#56 NFT is printed/cut off center

The Satoshi cards are just a natural effect of the ink saturation at different times during the run.  At the beginning, when the ink is full, the colors tend to saturate a bit more.

The miscut card is just a miscut card.  Basically, a production flaws/error.  We do spot checks of sheets to look for these miscuts and weed them out, but with so many you can't manually inspect them all before they get cut and put into the feeders.  So you get some wonky ones like this slip through. 

[minerjones]

Received a nice bonus today:

MR8 Year Of The Ox, Holofoil:

[pinky1234]

Received a nice bonus today:

MR8 Year Of The Ox, Holofoil:

That is A Cool Cards Miner. I might get one soon on EBA . gotta make an offer thought

[CoinageMint]

We finally get to see the MR8, looks good.
Thanks for the pic MJ

I have probably seen every card now and still my favorite is the MR5 holofoil with the gold border, stunning card that one