I have an original 1 BTC spelling error Cas coin I'd like to sell, unpeeled, in circulated condition.  How can I help a potential buyer know this isn't a forgery?

I ordered it straight from Mike's website way back when, and I have the email where they sent me shipping confirmation.  Is that "good enough" proof?

Thanks for the replies.  I think I'm going to hold onto them.  I rode them up from $1.50; I guess I'll ride them right back down.

I have two of these I'm considering selling.  They are in circulated condition.  One is "peeled", and does not contain any BTC.  The other is "unpeeled" and contains the BTC it was originally shipped very with long ago.

I'm sorry, I sold the last one on eBay.  I'll update the posting.  Thanks!

My vote is for paper wallets where you have multiple backup copies.

Online accounts like Mt. Gox and Coinbase are my absolute _last_ choice.  The former went out of business, the latter ate their customer's value in bitcoin cash.  That's a hard veto.

An electronic wallet can be lost to a cyberattack, hardware failure, or I could forget the damn password.  If I'm smart and write down the password and keep backups and never connect that system to the internet then I can avoid those.  That is all more complex than a paper wallet.

You might talk me into a multisignature paper wallet, with the keys stored separately in audit-able tamper evident ways in secure locations.  I'm hesitant about that though, since loss of n keys can cause the entire sum to become inaccessible

This could have been fixed this years ago with a trivial code change to adopt larger block sizes and/or a more frequent block interval.  The core team chose not to, and sacrificed the right now solution for the someday solution.  Either or both would have enabled massively more transactions, made mining more profitable, and driven BTC demand.  Ignoring this was a huge mistake, and it has significantly hampered adoption of BTC as a functional day-to-day currency.

It's not dead; it's crippled.  There are people with the power to heal it, but doing so would require them to admit they were wrong.

• Your long term storage wallet needs to be in your physical posession.  Do not leave coins long-term in an exchange.
• Move all of your coins out of an exchange the instant they start delaying withdrawals.
• Losing your coins because you've forgotten your wallet password or lost the wallet.dat is incredibly common.
  
  • You won't remember that passkey in 3 years, and neither will the executor of your estate.
  • Put a copy of your wallet and instructions on how to access it with your important papers.

I started mining when BTC was under a dollar, and I remember buying some coins too.  I can't find those coins.  Did I spend them?  I don't know.

(I did find the one cascasius physical bitcoin I bought; so it's not all bad.   )

This is correct, but ignores one key piece.. the transaction fees. 

Bitcoin's miner reward halving system is designed to taper miners off of the new block rewards and onto the transaction fees as the reward.  As of the time I'm writing this the most recent block also contains 0.11 BTC of transaction fees in addition to the block reward.  That may not seem like much, but when there is a large transaction backlog it can add up very quickly as people offer more fees to get their transaction confirmed more quickly.

.. Or a 5 axis CNC mill.    (Unlikely, but a girl has to try.)

0.24 BTC or $1600 for the last two, with free shipping in the US.  If I ship them before 6:00 p.m. CSR on Monday you should have them by Wednesday evening.

I'm considering selling gift cards, including prepaid visa cards, for BTC.

Are there any legal snafus I should know about before I dive in head first?  I'm based in the US, a very not-free country when it comes to cryptocurrencies.

Bumping, 2 left.

For hesitant buyers worried about getting ripped off, I've sold 3 of these now, all with escrow with OgNasty.  1 has been delivered and is hashing. (Thanks for the positive feedback, BTW) 1 will be delivered today, and 1 will be delivered on Thursday.  This is an extremely low risk transaction.

... and I'm a copper member now and can PM.
-Bump- 3 left.

I'll be replying to PMs as soon as I get a confirmation on my copper membership status.  We are all set for Tuesday delivery.

Bump.

Free shipping in the continental US, BTW.

Thank you for your kind words, Bitminer713.  I'm sorry that asking to use escrow upset you.  If you change your mind, I would be positively giddy to sell the remaining 4 miners to you to you.  Unfortunately I do require prepayment or escrow with one of the members listed in the sticky before I'll ship them.  That's how this works.

-Bump-

Pursuant to Sarcheer's advice I've added a picture to the original post.

Shipped, details to follow via PM.  Thanks for trusting me.

Also, the main post has been edited to reflect the new quantity available.  -bump-

Apparently I won't PM, as I've still exceeded my limit of 2 per day
Yes, that works.  How many do you want?  I'll pay shipping in the US.  Also, did you have a preference for which escrow to use?
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Thanks.

That works, I'll PM.

To the person that offered 0.1 BTC per, I'm sorry I can't do that.  I'm also sorry I couldn't PM.  Apparently there is a 2 PM per day limit.  (scowl)