Casascius Coin

A casascius coin is the name of a certain type of physical rather than purely digital bitcoin.

Casascius coin. Also available in a 0 5 version which is slightly smaller at 1 inch 25 4mm. Each 1 bitcoin coin is about 1 125inch 28 6mm in diameter just bigger than a us quarter but smaller than a half dollar and weighs a quarter ounce. It may be that cryptocurrency is moving into the realm of collectability as well as a means of financial transaction. There s only 20 000 casascius physical bitcoins left unspent for many years now physical bitcoins have been a very popular trend but one specific type called the casascius physical bitcoin collection has intrigued people for years.

A simple yet powerful bitcoin address analyzer which displays the status of casascius physical bitcoins. Rare 2011 casascius physical 1btc coin ver 2 graded anacs ms64 mint bitcoin 2. Mike caldwell a resident of sandy utah in the us first introduced physical bitcoins for. 2013 lealana 1 ltc litecoin coin token anacs ms 68 like casascius.

It is also the most valuable physical bitcoin ever produced with one selling for 1 million in 2013. 424 million and numismatic value. The casascius 1000 btc gold coin is the highest denomination coin ever produced by casascius. A certified casascius 1 btc coin just sold for 28 700 on ebay an amount much higher than the current 14 300 that a single bitcoin is going for.

Casascius has stopped minting its collectible coins following fincen s claims it was an unregistered money transmitter. The token is made of an ounce of fine gold which at the time of production was about one third the value of the 1000 btc. This is a solid brass coin.