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Physical coins are used to enable people to hand quantities of a cryptographic currency to each other. They generally contain an outside label indicating their value and a tamper-evident seal containing inside a claim code or key.

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How can one redeem a Casascius Physical Bitcoin?

These physical coins are supposed to be worth 1 BTC each - they have a hologram and a private key that somehow gives access to a real (digital) Bitcoin. What is the process of claiming this real (digital) BTC for the physical one?
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Do we know enough about Casascius to trust their physical coins in the long run?

Casascuius offers an attractive product, a physical coin storing a private key. From a CNET article and the website itself, we learn the company is run by Mike Caldwell, 2901 Little Cottonwood Road, Sandy, Utah 84092, who appears to be a trusted…
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Are there physical Bitcoin?

I have seen several folks selling "bitcoins" on Ebay and the like - but they are made of base metal and have no real connection with the bitcoin concept other than the symbol. I'm wondering if some number of bitcoins could be permanently assigned to…
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Finding the address of a physical coin

I have a physical bitcoin which has a 8 digit number. Is it possible to get the address of the coin without paperwork, as none accompanied the coin when a family member gave it to me. I also have a Blockchain.info wallet and it says "Scan Pairing…
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Where can I find some reputable resellers of Casascius.Physical Bitcoins?

Casacsius stopped selling physical bitcoins directly on April 1st 2013, and instead refers people to resellers. Where can I find some reputable resellers?
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Can you add value to a Casascius physical coin?

The firstbits address on the front of the coin (once fully resolved from blockexplorer) is just like any other address right? I can buy a 1 BTC Casascius physical coin, copy the address, bury that coin in my backyard, and use regular transactions to…
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Is there any advantage to owning physical bitcoins?

The title pretty much says it all? Is there a security advantage to owning physical bitcoins such as those offered by Casascius? If so is it significant enough to justify the price difference between electronic and physical bitcoins?
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Does Bitcoin have a physical equivalent like US dollars do?

I can send US dollars electronically and they get recorded electronically at my bank. However I can also get a piece of paper to represent different amounts. For example, my bank will give me a 'hundred dollar bill' to represent 100 US dollars. …
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Lookup Full Address For Casascius Coins

Can anyone tell me how I would check the public address on my old Casascius Bitcoins? I have 3 total cons but I am unable to find where or how to check the public addresses on the coins for they only have 8 characters. I have listed all 3 of the…
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What physical coins of bitcoin exists?

Whenever a news article is written about bitcoin, it has this "physical" gold/brass coin with detailed circuitry on it as an article picture. For examples see here and here. Does this really exists? Who makes them and where can I buy one? Is it from…
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How do i check a bitcoin is valid?

I have a physical cascius bitcoin from 2012 and would like to check that it is still valid and usable. Please could anyone tell me how i can verify its authenticity without removing the hologram.
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Is it possible to buy a prop of one of the "bitcoins" you often see in the pictures?

Is it possible to buy a prop of one of the "bitcoins" you often see in pictures? Does anyone actually make physical "bitcoins?" I collect weird iconic things.
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Do physical bitcoins or altcoins actually carry value?

This question establishes that there are physical bitcoins that can be bought and I recently just bought a physical Dogecoin as a trinket but I can't help but wonder if there's a solid value related to these coins. Bitcoins can be found for 1, 10,…
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I bought a bunch of 2009 Bitcoins the actual coin. How can i cash the coin in?

I bought several 2009 Bitcoins and they came in a nice case but that is all the info I have on them. How do I cash them in?
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How can I import the Mini Private Key of a physical coin?

I have a physical Litecoin based on a Casacius Bitcoin. I have the public key and see that the Litecoins are there. Peeling back the seal/sticker revealed a Mini Private Key, but I'm having trouble importing it into Litecoin Core, importprivkey(…)…
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