Need help finding public address for 2013 bhCoin 0.10 BTC (Serial #0259)

[Activecoco]

Hello, I recently acquired a physical 2013 bhCoin 10 bitCents (0.10 BTC) 2-Factor coin. The hologram sticker on the back is completely intact and untampered, showing the serial number 0259.I searched the standard online registries but couldn't find the public funding address mapped to this serial number. I know these were produced in small batches (Series 3).Does anyone have the original creator spreadsheets or archives to help me map Serial #0259 to its public Bitcoin address so I can check if it is loaded?
Thanks in advance for the help!

[MoparMiningLLC]

series 1 and 4 are listed here on the forums in this thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2022902.0  - (edited link - had the wrong one) however, I dont see series 2 and 3.

if I recall series 3 was BIP38 so under the hologram would be an encrypted key - you would also need the COA that had the passphrase - so even with public address, if you dont have that COA it is a paperweight.

however, with that serial number "0259" - I believe you have series 2 not 3 - as series 1 stopped at 202 and series 2 picked up from there. The design of the coin would confirm though which you had.

Series 2 coins:



series 3 coins:

[alandelon]

Hello, I recently acquired a physical 2013 bhCoin 10 bitCents (0.10 BTC) 2-Factor coin. The hologram sticker on the back is completely intact and untampered, showing the serial number 0259.I searched the standard online registries but couldn't find the public funding address mapped to this serial number. I know these were produced in small batches (Series 3).Does anyone have the original creator spreadsheets or archives to help me map Serial #0259 to its public Bitcoin address so I can check if it is loaded?
Thanks in advance for the help!

Series 3 did not come pre-funded. I have a Series 1. The ones that definitely came funded were Series 1 and Series 2.

The Series 3 two-factor coins could be funded if you specifically asked Laura or Pablo, the creators of BHcoin, to fund them for you. However, they did not come funded by default.

In fact, with Series 4, due to regulatory issues, they no longer included the wallet at all. Instead, they provided the hologram separately for you to apply yourself.

So, in summary, only Series 1 and Series 2 have public wallet addresses available.

[TheButterZone]

series 1 and 4 are listed here on the forums in this thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5592800.0 however, I dont see series 2 and 3.

That's a link to the OP of this thread ^

Series 1 thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=292223.0
Series 2 thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=331084.0
Series 3 thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=794678.0
Series 4 thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=951699.0

[INFO/REFERENCE] MASTER MAKER/ADDRESS/LISTS OF LISTS!!! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2022902.0

Original owner of a series 2, wonder if they downloaded/still have the funded address list (that was released on Mega to bhCoin customers, with a decryption key, but the Mega is now deleted): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2132824.0 - they also still deal in bhCoin to this day: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5592434.0

Series 2 group buyers who may have the list too: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=335008.0

The bhCoin accounts haven't been logged into for years, but maybe shooting a PM to each will get sent to their still-current email addresses:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=182174
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=140479
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=53789

https://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratingdetail.php?nick=bhcoins&sign=ANY&type=RECV = https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?search=F18927FB565B04A73710802EF0FA4ADF19D94973&fingerprint=on&op=index

(I emailed Blazed a link to this thread, IDK if they are still using the same Gmail for >1 decade though)

https://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratingdetail.php?nick=yamaka&sign=ANY&type=RECV = https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?search=73ED59F86580823BAC2E12680DA57D3728DFB446&fingerprint=on&op=index

(bitmessage.ch & tormail.org are both down though)

[MoparMiningLLC]

series 1 and 4 are listed here on the forums in this thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5592800.0 however, I dont see series 2 and 3.

That's a link to the OP of this thread ^

oops - sorry and thank you for letting me know - corrected my link.