This coin was released in December 2011, when the total price of the coin, including the 1,000 BTC, was only about 5,000 USD. The Casascius 1,000 BTC coin was the first gold coin funded with crypto-currency. The coin pictured is the only one known to be funded in 2011, discounting the prototype coin. It is …
Type: BF
Buyer Funded (BF) – The buyer directly funds the coin before it is shipped.
2011 1,000 BTC Series 1 1,000 BTC 2011 ‘Prototype’ Gold Coin
This rarest and most valuable of all Casascius coins is also the first gold coin produced by Casascius, and was meant to be only a prototype. Mr. Caldwell’s did however sell it to a buyer he met at a conference, who was unwillin to wait for a new coin to be minted. The pictured coin …
Full coin information →“Series 1 1,000 BTC 2011 ‘Prototype’ Gold Coin”
2024 Lealana 1 BTC, 5 BTC Hybrid Coins
These coins consist of redeemed Casascius coins with Lealana holograms affixed. These were auctioned by Lealana and buyers were required to fund them prior to dispatch. Lealana has declared the coins to be unique; no additional hybrids will be made with the same type of Casascius coins. The existence of these coins could be taken …
2013 Lealana 1 BTC 1 BTC Silver ‘Gold B’
This is the only Lealana coin with gold plating, and is perhaps the most visually interesting due to the stark contrast which highlights the ‘B’ and hologram. It is the same size and weight as the 0.5 BTC coin of the same series, but the ‘partial binary edge’ is replaced by a flat, smooth gold …
2013 Lealana 0.5 BTC 0.5 BTC Silver
While the front has no variance from the other coins in the series, the back presents something new. Instead of a full ‘binary edge’ as one might guess from first glance, it actually features a ‘partial binary edge’ (the first of its kind) around the hologram, while the rest of the coin is made up …
2013 Lealana 0.1 BTC 0.1 BTC Silver
Unlike its brass counterpart, the hologram on this coin features a silver ‘B’ as opposed to gold, giving a more pleasing color match for the all-silver coin. While the 25 LTC and 0.1 BTC brass coins very closely mimic certain Casascius coins, this coin is actually a direct counterpart to the 0.1 BTC coin made …
2013 10 LTC 10 LTC Silver
The first 1,000 of these coins did not include a private key ‘pit’ on the back side, and thus a small ‘bump’ can be discerned on the hologram surface because the small round piece of paper containing the private key is placed directly between the flat metal surface and sticker. These are popularly known as …
2013 0.1 BTC 0.1 BTC Brass
Like the 25 LTC coin, this is another example of a coin closely inspired by Casascius (which is only natural, as Casascius had been the only major manufacturer from which to draw inspiration). This coin is the perfect example of Lealana walking in the footsteps of Casascius by producing something extremely similar to the 2013 …