I was going to submit a design, but I see all the good ideas are taken. 

+1 Received bounty. Would submit again. 5 stars. Thanks Coinographic.

Sorry all, but I don't think giving more weight to designer votes would solve anything. It would make the problem worse. The most glaring issue would be having one designer use multiple accounts and submit a bunch of crap and then vote for the best design of his alts. The other obvious issue would be back room deals among other designers who are already in a clique. I think this would make the vote less fair in the end. Back to square one.

Vote manipulation is hard to solve. I think account dates and post counts are one solution, but this too can create problems if only a small segment of one community is voting. Maybe opening the competition up to more communities (even non bitcoin communities) and then  randomly selecting which community votes for which designs or combine all the designs for one vote would help average the vote out somewhat and make any manipulation more obvious. Of course this would also likely bring in more designs and make the competition harder to win. Which is a bad for all of the us, but good for the competition.  It would probably be a big headache for coinographic and create extra work, but it would be more fair and create more publicity for their business. If you weigh votes I think coinographic staff and customers who previously bought coins from them should have the most weight in the end.

But that is just my two cents.

I think Mr Bau's coin design will turn out fine and look great. Can't wait to see the final product.

congrats Mr. Bau and the other runners up.

I don't know anyone here so I just thought I would vote for myself. Sorry if I offended you. But I'm sure if I voted for someone else you would probably have a problem with it anyway. Next time I will ask for your opinion so you don't spend all your time here looking for someone to call out. I'm a nice guy, but a few sections on this forum are filled with huge amounts of drama.  Which is why this is only my second reply to this thread and probably my last.


Coinographic originally picked the top 5.  So a few complained, whined about details, and even attacked the person holding the contest. Some who felt so deeply about this didn't even submit designs. Which I find strange, but I brushed it off. So coingraphic had enough and allowed all the designs to be voted on. I was one of the top 5, but did I whine and stomp my feet when the contest changed? No. Because in the end it is their choice. I knew I had little chance because I'm new here. Am I happy the way things turned out? No. But am I acting like a complete tool about it?

Now the contest is still not going some people's way. What option is left but to act like a sore loser?

I can already predict what comments will come next. They will sound exactly like "if I can't win, nobody wins" or "do over".

Have a nice day.

Thanks to everyone who has voted for me so far. I am very grateful.

I guess I will vote for design eight by bit0. me  

peace.

Awesome.

Good luck everyone!

could combine my last two designs

http://i.imgur.com/RbYE6ey.jpg

Clean design based on a paper wallet design I made.
http://i.imgur.com/cNYUsgk.png



I seen you mention square coins. Not sure if this doable.

Introducing bullion block cube.  Imagine holding one of these blocks and rolling it around in your hand while sitting in your executive leather office chair and smoking a expensive imported hand rolled cigar. I know you can.  

 Features the bitcoin symbol on two sides. The symbols connect making it look like a wrapped box. The amount and edition is on the back. Perfect gift. The box that holds it would look the same.

There are 3 options for this design.
http://i.imgur.com/8wOVDDD.jpg

various styles and icon sizes.

http://i.imgur.com/xXsgwrQ.png
http://i.imgur.com/DMSe2i9.png
http://i.imgur.com/zjfwe4s.png
http://i.imgur.com/ihpkla6.png

http://i.imgur.com/nVhhaja.png
http://i.imgur.com/SBKMIbm.png
http://i.imgur.com/1uyXNbg.png

http://i.imgur.com/aaECWgl.png
http://i.imgur.com/oruDJTH.png
http://i.imgur.com/aShNQYS.png
http://i.imgur.com/CpJM3Kb.png

http://i.imgur.com/WpGUk8e.png
http://i.imgur.com/qC5IkEg.png
http://i.imgur.com/6cEDjpv.png
http://i.imgur.com/zuo3YKe.png
http://i.imgur.com/HNGtaWv.png
http://i.imgur.com/5gHsW6z.png
http://i.imgur.com/v1U2cZM.png
http://i.imgur.com/wsCJVT5.png
http://i.imgur.com/jxdPueN.png
http://i.imgur.com/EUu91zh.png
http://i.imgur.com/Yr22OLk.png
http://i.imgur.com/0T6giNF.png
http://i.imgur.com/cCrD2Hm.png
http://i.imgur.com/GOqVBPv.png
http://i.imgur.com/jC4EgOo.png

hope you like  

http://i.imgur.com/M02hlRm.png


could also flip the last one around. Looks more like a currency symbol.

http://i.imgur.com/uAUCxG1.png

I always wondered what beer would taste like it in space.

There is still huge growth potential for bitcoin. I'm still curious what will happen a few years from now in developing countries. Remember, the internet itself is still growing and going mobile in those places. It's no longer just Internet cafés. It will be a bumpy ride until then.

Thanks guys. Feel free to use it, change it or do whatever you want with it.

http://i.imgur.com/O9ltWRp.png

congrats. 

Lately it seems to go down the beginning of the month and bounces back towards the end.


Cheap coins anyway.

Thanks man.


Final set. Good luck everyone!
http://i.imgur.com/AxVioof.png

POP
http://i.imgur.com/Y6mZSgn.png