Quote from: minerjones on Today at 10:59:14 AM

Quote from: Steeley on Today at 04:10:52 AM

ChiBitCty and I just did a friendly trade recently to add things neither of us had in our collections. One of the coins he threw into the lot from his side was a coin I was unfamiliar with. It is a Delos Nordic Gold coin: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2865959.

Cool coin. Anyway, I was on Amazon buying something boring, like cleaning supplies, and this is suggested to me: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Commemorative-Coin-Collectibles-Souvenir/dp/B093HJSF6C/ref=rtpb_4/138-9484906-7861738?pd_rd_w=szZyo&pf_rd_p=d469445f-f379-4439-8279-2c1ffdd6191d&pf_rd_r=5KWQHKD7MS064TV3S4DQ&pd_rd_r=40039ba5-f578-45c7-ae17-89cef1054c5f&pd_rd_wg=MbP7G&pd_rd_i=B093HJSF6C&psc=1

WTF? First, Is Amazon spying on me? yes. But more importantly, $4.75 for a piece a crap coin that steals designs from two legit designers?!

So anyway, just ranting mostly, but it does lead to a question: What is going to maintain authenticity and collectible value into the future while bitcoin becomes more valuable, the collectible market grows, and even more scam artists and copycats enter the arena?

Is seems like cheapo knock-offs are multiplying and that non-loaded tokens are screwed. The funded coins at least have the blockchain as an authenticator. With ANACS out of the game maybe IGC gets serious and doubles down with more service? Maybe something new needs to arise to help validate and preserve the value that designers are creating?

What do you think?

Steeley

You do realize that Delos maker borrowed the design from another maker..... Huh

The Delos coins are also about 1/2 the size of the linked coin, which appears to be a "standard" 39mm/1oz coin.
The original coins were made early on around 2013 or so... and sold on this forum.
~~If I can find the post, will link it.~~

EDIT: Here is link to the original coin sales from member grbox2001: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=233727
*The coins may have come out before 2013, but this is the earliest post I could find. The opening words are "OK back after a long time",
so it would be possible that they were released before 2013

It's kind of strange to me that if you go to all the trouble to set up a coin project that you would copy another design. An homage to a great design is maybe understandable, as a tribute, but strange to be a creator creating other people's ideas. More power to CI, Kialara, Bitcoin Penny, Alpen and all the many more great creators still making new items.