E. Ahonen Encyclopledia
Material: Aluminum
Diameter: 32 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Country: USA
These light and cheap coins are the only non denominated Casascius coins, and come with no hologram stickers or private keys. There is a slight
indent on the back to make storing a private key under a personal sticker easier. One popular function of the coins is for use as personal
business cards; simply create a sticker of your contact details and put it on the back. This has been utilized
by some Bitcoin companies. Perhaps unexpectedly, these coins have been used as a medium by other coin producers to create prefunded or unfunded physical crypto-currency for commercial purposes. These include SerpCoin, Cryptofreeze, AussieBTC, and others. They are sold in packages of 500, and are the only item
available through Casascius after normal production and sale of coins ended. These coins come in different colors, though the majority are plain aluminum.
With a mintage of 80000 and different 8 colors (?) those coins have been sold trhough casascius website.
Definitely interesting as early coin and even without holo they have become something "desiderable" and iconic.
I have seen sales between 20USD up to 80USD per single based on color or offered in a lot (of course on ebay there are listing pretty higher).
Really interesting the full package of 500 coins. An auction (and an escrow) could be the best way for a sale.
