My 2017 Steem Silver Round & My 1st Metals Article as an Official Member of SSG!

Seeing as how I was just inducted into the @ssg-community yesterday, I feel there is no better first metals post to write as a member than about the @steemsilverround!

The first official Steemit Silver 1 oz. round was designed last year in 2017 through a community driven design contest. In this contest, Steemit members have a chance to submit a SSR design to be voted on by the community. There are several rounds of voting where each round a design is eliminated, until there is only one design remaining, which becomes the design for that year's the round.

My First 2017 Community Designed Steem Silver Round (Obverse & COA)

The inaugural 2017 Steem Silver Round Design Contest was won by @bearone. She was also the runner-up in the 2018 contest. Here is her winning design that is on the obverse of the original 2017 Steem Silver Round.

The reverse of these rounds has remained constant so far, since it will be the same in 2018 also, however who knows what the future hold for the reverse of these rounds in years to come. There may be a different reverse that the community comes up with eventually!

Reverse of my 2017 Steem Silver Round & COA

I have also ordered an additional 2017 Steem Silver Round with my 2018 pre-order stack! I had to grab one more as know I will have to let go of one of them at some point in the future, probably during the #anarchapulco conference in Mexico next February.

I originally ordered 25 2018 @steemsilverround's through @sevinwilson, but was able to snag 10 additional ones before the pre-sale sold out for a total of 35 @steemsilverround's coming my way! I am super excited to receive them, as they are scheduled to be here within the next couple of weeks. My plan is to take most of them to our vending stands at #anarchapulco & #anarchaforko, and distribute them there to other Steemians that missed the boat for the pre-sale. Luckily I was able to convince a couple other Steemit buddies of mine to order several rounds before the pre-sale ended.

This year's 2018 Steem Silver Round design contest was won by @welshstacker. Here is his winning design that will be on the obverse of the 2018 @steemsilverround:

There were 1500 rounds minted in 2017, and due to the increase in demand, the 2018 rounds were originally scheduled to have a mintage of 2500. As the pre-sale progressed however, the community voted to have the number of planned rounds decreased back to the original limited mintage of 1500 rounds for 2018, the same as 2017. I was pleased with the decision as this will only add value to the rounds that will be produced.

The 2018 winning round design by @welshstacker went on a little journey of its own after the community selected it. There were several adjustments made to the design, mostly to fit the requisites for actual mintage of the rounds, as some details were too fine for the press to reveal. There was also a major design change I suggested that was approved. At first, the Steemit symbol was hovering over the tree trunk in the design, encompassed in a disk. My suggestion was to carve the symbol into the trunk of the tree, I feel my suggestion was perfectly executed in the design. It is a shame the mint couldn't print the first edit that was sent in, and also not in 3D format, never the less, it still turned out fantastic. Certain mediums like coinage cannot always transfer detail.

The first edit sent to the mint for the 2018 Steem Silver Round (Dreamcoin): Dopeness

So far the most recent update from @sevinwilson is that the 2018 @steemsilverround's should start getting in everyone's hands in about 2 weeks from now (June 18th-22nd). Our rounds were in line to be struck on June 4th, so they are being made as I am writing this. A die to strike the rounds with has been created, and a photo was sent to @sevinwilson for proof to show the community that progress is being made on the project (pictured below):

It was also reported that someone working at the mint said these rounds will probably turn out proof-like once struck. The mint seems very excited and honored to be working on these rounds. The mint will also be engraving individual serial numbers on the side of each round, corresponding with the number on each certificate of authenticity (COA), making each @steemsilverround unique.

In the mean time I had to pick up a couple of @pit-bullion's 5 oz Steemit bars and am planning on getting some hand-poured Steem Silver rounds from him very soon.

I am still looking to get one of those lucky 40 Steem Hexagons if any of you guys are willing to come off an extra one you have. I am releasing an album next month called The Hex Wrecker, but I promise I will not wreck that hex if I get a hold of one (I like puns).

Thank you again @ssg-community, for inviting and accepting me into your world with open arms. I am blessed and grateful to be here, and cannot wait to get my hands on those 2018 rounds... both kinds! Writing this article reminded me to send some SBD over to @ssg-community to get some Monster Raffle tickets as well. Hopefully I will win something cool from the raffle pot. Blessings my Steem-metal friends, & stay tuned - into the right frequencies.

IN CASE YOU MISSED THEM, check out my other recent #steemsilvergold posts:

CLICK HERE to view my Big THANK YOU to the SteemSilverGold Community for Making me a Member! Also Thanks to Tribe Steem Up & Dynamic Steemians!

CLICK HERE to view my article on Un-boxing my out of Print Suns of Liberty 1 oz. Silver Squares Video + Story.

CLICK HERE to view my article on The Mexican Silver Libertad 1 oz. Coin (Plus a Video Testing Magnetization of Silver)

CLICK HERE to view my article on the 2 oz. Silver Griffin of Edward III Silver Coin from the Royal Mint's Queen's Beasts Series

CLICK HERE to view my article on the 1 oz Proof Bitcoin GUARDIAN Commemorative Silver Round from Anonymous Mint

CLICK HERE to view my article on this MS69 Graded 1oz. PURE GOLD Red Dragon of Whales Coin from the Royal Mint

CLICK HERE to view my article on the Red Dragon of Whales (Silver) & the Queen's Beasts Coin Series from the Royal Mint:

CLICK HERE to view my article on The 1st EVER PLATINUM COIN Produced by the Royal Mint: Also MY 1st EVER Piece of Platinum!

CLICK HERE to view my article on My First Hand Made Silver Wire Wrapped PENDANT!

CLICK HERE to view my article on My Silver Story & Where I am Now: My Steemit Story Part 3

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