Close to 250 Casascius Physical Bitcoins Were Redeemed in 6 Months, $1.9B in BTC Remain Active | News.Bitcoin[.]comnews.bitcoin.com/close-to-250-casascius-physical-bitcoins-were-redeemed-in-6-months-1-9b-in-btc-remain-active/
9 sats \ 4 comments \ @cryptocoin 6 Apr 2022 bitcoin
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @jackwhite420 6 Apr 2022 freebie
I bought 10 of the 1BTC coins when they were cheap, about $1 as I recall. Unfortunately I gave them all away as gifts nearly as soon as I got em. I also forgot who I gave them to, all except 1, and it's someone I never want to speak with again due to a divorce situation.
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3 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryptocoin OP 6 Apr 2022
The Casascius physical bitcoin collection created by Mike Caldwell is one of the most popular physical BTC collections.
There are 19,676 physical coins left unredeemed or active, according to casasciustracker.com stats.
Caldwell also made gold bars with bitcoins loaded onto them like the popular 100 BTC gold bar. There are Casascius physical bitcoins that hold 25 BTC and even units that carry 500 to 1,000 BTC.
For instance, on March 30, 2022, an “S1-COIN-25” that’s worth 25 BTC was peeled and redeemed for the digital value of $1.14 million.
There are approximately 42,516 BTC left unredeemed
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There’s a slew of unfunded coins on the secondary market selling for collectible purposes only.
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2 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryptocoin OP 6 Apr 2022
Casascius physical bitcoins https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Casascius_physical_bitcoins
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin OP 6 Apr 2022
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