Casascius 1,000 Bitcoin · Gold

Physical Bitcoin reference: TBA-0016 Maker: Casascius Year: 2012 Material: Gold Denomination: 1000 BTC Series: Casascius · documented issues Object grouping: Historical Bitcoin Additional identifiers: Coin Maker / brand: Casascius Object type: Coin Mint / inscription year: 2012 Purity / composition: .999 fine gold (legend on a PCGS-certified example) Weight: 1 troy oz (maker announcement; legend on the coin) Diameter / dimensions: 30 mm Original funding arrangement: Wallet collectible Not established or not applicable: Issuing country, Issuer, Producer, Seller, Release year, Offer year, Thickness, Edition / mintage, Finish / variant. Historical asking-price evidence (not completed sales or a current valuation): Historical maker offer: 1,850 USD Historical maker offer — quantity / version: Minimum price per coin: gold spot price plus a $200 premium, subject to a reserve of $1,850 per coin. The buyer supplied the 1,000 BTC separately. Historical maker offer — source date: Casascius / Mike Caldwell · Announcement: 17 December 2011 Historical maker offer — Bitcoin funding: Excludes the 1,000 BTC, which the buyer provided; not evidence of any specimen’s current balance. Historical maker offer — Tax: Not stated in the announcement. Historical maker offer — Shipping: Extra; Registered Mail with insurance. Historical maker offer: 1,310 BTC Historical maker offer — quantity / version: Per coin, complete with the 1,000 BTC; gift box and capsule. Historical maker offer — source date: Casascius / Mike Caldwell (casascius.com) · Casascius.com order form, archived 19 January 2012 Historical maker offer — Bitcoin funding: Includes the bitcoins loaded in the piece; not evidence of any specimen’s current balance. Historical maker offer — Tax: Not stated on the order form. Historical maker offer — Shipping: Extra; shipping options were priced separately on the order form. Sources: NUMISATO source record: https://numisato.com/coin/TBA-0016 Casascius · 1000 BTC gold coin announcement: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=54845.0 Casascius.com order form · Internet Archive copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20120119023109/https://www.casascius.com/ Collector reference · secondary evidence: https://cryptonumist.com/ Casascius / Mike Caldwell · gold coin launch, December 2011: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=54845 CoinNews · GreatCollections submits a 1,000 BTC gold coin to PCGS (October 2021): https://coinnews.net/2021/10/05/greatcollections-submits-48m-gold-1000-bitcoin-physical-coin-to-pcgs Bitcoin Wiki · Casascius 1000 BTC gold coin (community reference): https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Casascius_1000_BTC_gold_coin Archive source: https://numisato.com/coin/TBA-0016 Full Kollektra record: /bitcoin/TBA-0016 A type reference, not authentication, proof of ownership or verification of any specimen's Bitcoin balance.

Category

Physical Bitcoin

Issue year

2012

Catalogue reference

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