{"id":481,"date":"2017-06-06T15:18:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T15:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/?p=481"},"modified":"2017-06-14T01:48:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T01:48:57","slug":"1btc-casascius-bitcoin-sells-for-usd7100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/06\/1btc-casascius-bitcoin-sells-for-usd7100\/","title":{"rendered":"1BTC Casascius Bitcoin Sells For USD$7,100"},"content":{"rendered":"

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$7,100 “Casacius” physical bitcoin<\/figcaption><\/figure>UPDATED 6\/13\/17: A second 2011 first series Casascius physical bitcoin has sold on eBay<\/a> for $10,100, eclipsing the previous record set last week by $3,000! This one was not in mint condition either having been “removed from the capsule only twice”. The address 16cVGhzpeNzCKNcz4q5jBoKzNJRKHds4av<\/a> still shows 1 BTC. <\/p>\n

ORIGINAL: A mint 2011 series 1 Casascius physical bitcoin sold for USD $7,100 on eBay<\/a> yesterday. The address, 17xS2adEin5TYQU4xnaBYaHoQDEzHvkg6L<\/a>, containing 1 BTC, attracted 14 bidders and started at $.99 on May 26th. A bidding war for the “physical” bitcoin reached $2,500 after the first day and $4,050 to start the last day June 5.<\/p>\n

First series Casascius coins are highly sought after by collectors. During the last bitcoin price spike<\/a> in 2013 many changed hands<\/a> on eBay<\/a> for about ~USD$3,000. <\/p>\n

5,140 of the 11,000 first series 1 BTC Casascius coins in circulation contain the same error, a missing “s” in the watermark, according to elianite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A far more rare “double error” version of the 2011 series Casascius coin exists where the “S” is missing and the firstbits are printed 3mm higher than the others. Only 5 of these are known to exist<\/a> and one of those is thought to have been spent. How much do you think that would go for?!<\/p>\n

Casascius coins were originally created by Mike Caldwell starting in September 2011 and continued until November 2013 when he was shut down<\/a> by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a branch of the Treasury Department. See also bitcoinwiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More on the double error “Casacius” coins<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nFirstbits of the known 5 double error<\/em> “Casacius” coins:<\/p>\n

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\n19GVvGMx<\/p>\n

If you have any information about these or the other double error Casascius physical bitcoins please drop us an email or leave a comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATED 6\/13\/17: A second 2011 first series Casascius physical bitcoin has sold on eBay for $10,100, eclipsing the previous record set last week by $3,000! This one was not in mint condition either having been “removed from the capsule only twice”. The address 16cVGhzpeNzCKNcz4q5jBoKzNJRKHds4av still shows 1 BTC. ORIGINAL: A mint 2011 series 1 Casascius … Continue reading 1BTC Casascius Bitcoin Sells For USD$7,100<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[44],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}