Wow. It's crazy to think these coins are worth over a grand now. I guess I hadn't really thought about it. I have one of these buried in my silver pile somewhere. I should probably dig it out. A great looking coin. I always wondered whether or not there was actual claimable BTC on these things, but I'm guessing since I haven't seen any complaints over the years about them, that the BTC is claimable. I didn't like these when they came out, but I'm glad I own one now and they've grown on me. A good collectible and one of the first Bitcoin themed mainstream coins.
As far as I know the 2nd version "Binary Bull" did have issues. Was it just with the pub address displayed outside or something regarding the private keys underneath? Not sure.
The first edition "binary eagle" seems to be fine, however I also believe it was one of the earlier coins to be plagued by fake-imitations.
Would be cool if someone with more solid knowledge would chime in.
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There is a thread about the weird happenings with the Binary Bulls here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5231305Regarding the Binary Eagles, they only display 32 of the 34 characters of the public address, so there were some who thought they were a scam since they couldn't find the address on the blockchain (albeit, use of an explorer that allows first-bits would work with only the first 8 characters.)
They did fix this on the Binary Bulls, which display all 34 characters.
Also some problems when peeling the hologram as sometimes the sticker part sticks to the coin and only the top overlay/plastic peels off... just bad quality
And for the fakes/imitations, the most notable one is the Binary Eagle that a date stamp of 2016, no hologram and is not silver
0.00125 BTC
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