Marzellaat

The paradox that is the Casascius Bitcoin

Well mine arrived today, and I have to say I'm delighted with them.
Cheers BYB

Well mine arrived today, and I have to say I'm delighted with them.
Cheers BYB

Here is some interesting facts about these bars, by the numbers....
The Silver Forum Bars in numbers
Initial mintage: 171
Estimated mintage: 200 (or 250 depending on demand)
Project duration: 2 weeks planning, 7 weeks production
Weight: 1 ozt (min)
Purity: 99.9% Fine Silver
Average weight: 32.5 grams
Lightest bar: 31.12 grams
Heaviest bar: 34.5 grams
x220 bars poured
x5 graphite melting crucibles totalling 85 grams of burnt off graphite
x40 rejected (because of weight or quality)
x180 bars sent for hallmarking
x1 undergone destructive testing
x8 “mint error” bars (miss stamped by me) – bound for the melting pot!
15 individual stamps per bar
Total individual stamps: 2,565
Number of people purchased bars: 76 (so far!)
x7 Gold Premium Members
x40 Premium Members
x29 Standard Members
x7 Countries over 3 continents!
x5 US States & x30 UK Counties
~60,000 cm square of brown wrapping paper
~40 meters of Brown Packaging tape
60,000 cm Square of Bubble wrap
Average distance each bar has travelled by post (including hallmarking): 750 miles
Longest distance to be travelled by any bar: 10,000 miles (to Australia!)

Actually that's not a bad idea...............

may be this to keep them in ?
NP/EV/8557 33mm x 18mm x 9mm    
http://www.alliedplastics.co.uk/index.php?PageID=1371&&j=4&k=41&ParentID=1005&list=box
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Sure can my friend, it is yours!