I stumbled upon this steem coin the other day and was quite surprised.
I was surprised to learn that there was another steem coin!( I'll just stay coin, but it's really a token or medal, since it's not a coin or round, but alas I digress) Looks like from reading the post by @diana.catherine and comments by @masterinvestor it may have been in works for a while, but stayed under the radar.
You can read the entire post here
Of course we also made a steem silver round in 2017 and are currently in the works or making one for 2018, you can read more about our design contest and community input here.
We also want to take this chance to clarify that we are in no way affiliated with this coin or team and were not aware of it's existence until the post yesterday
We will also withhold an further personal opinions.
They are currently retailing here on amazon for $20 CAD and only available to be shipped to Canada.
According to the amazon listing they are;
.999 fine gold plated solid copper physical coin.
40 mm diameter.
23 grams.
Each coin is contained in an air tight & dust-proof case for protection.
The comments from @masterinvestor suggest there are only currently 100 available, but also references a first strike batch of 100 that he was unsatisfied with that "never made it to market." He was also asking for vendor and distributors so I'm unsure if this is for other orders or these 100 medals. I have reached out to @masterinvestor but no answer yet so I am waiting to hear back.
I ordered one last night when I saw the post for my own curiosity so once that arrives I will do a further review and hopefully will have heard from @masterinvestor regarding final mintage figures and the first strike batch by then.
We may also be willing to host a group buy once the coin arrives and we are satisfied with it, for anyone that wants one of these since they are only being shipped in Canada. We would likely just order a set amount once we establish demand and host them on our site for purchasing, we would also be able to accept steem as payment that way. We could also just hold them for the time when sales go live for our 2018 Steem Silver Round and offer them for purchase at that time so people can combine shipping. We would maintain the same price but would need to add 4% to cover our store and website fees.
Anyways take a look at this coin
Nice design! Too bad it is not real gold. Next to worthless.
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Much appreciated. It's exciting to be helping to make this more available and also creating another one with the community.
Thanks for mentioning my coin @phelimint. I started the project as an early steemit enthusiast who became enamoured back in July 2016.
I set out to create a physical coin about a month later. As you mention, my first attempt led to lack luster results from a Chinese manufacturer. The coin looked more like one of those chocolate coins we ate as kids. Too big and lacking definition. None of those coins were ever circulated.
About a year later I was able to connect with the manufacturer of the "bitcoin" coin you see in most articles about bitcoin these days. I took another risk and asked this Chinese manufacturer to strike a batch of a 100 gold plated copper coins. I was very pleased with the details of the coin and set about getting things set up on Amazon. As I winter in warmer climates and my country of choice has a slow postal system and I couldn't find a reliable person to mail out coins then I chose fulfillment by Amazon. Unfortunately the process of setting this up outside Canada required more time than I had available so it became limited to Canada.
There are only 100 coins in existence with about 20 being handed out to friends and family. 50 are on Amazon.ca and another 30 are with a friend.
I feel much gratitude that you are willing to buy some in bulk and make these available to a wider audience. I could arrange for the 30 or so coins to be delivered to you by my friend. Please contact me via steemit.chat/direct/masterinvestor.
With gratitude @masterinvestor
Thanks for reaching out and I we have been in contact.
Thanks again.
Finally some benefits restricted to Canada! How do I get one - truely Canadian
Although the design and gold tone are nice in my opinion it's a piece of junk. The gold is basically worthless if it's electro plated and it's composed of copper which is dirt cheap. I prefer the silver community driven effort from the silver Steem round myself to the one made in China
Yeah, they are certainly different projects
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:) LOL
I think it is just amazing!
I bet our Steem coin can beat up that other Steem coin!
Haha, nah, hopefully they can all get along.
cool design, let alone the right gold color
@phelimint Very grateful, I did not know of the existence of Steem's physical coins ^_^
Interesting post-- I'd rather invest in a true silver/gold coin. But the design sure is pretty!
Hi
nice design but i like this one
Best of luck
Nice design! :p
This is really interesting. People are making different things in the craze of steemit and then selling them. Hopefully, I will buy one of the gold coins in the future out of the money i earn from Steemit.com platform.
Do you know if there is another steem silver round in the works with the updated logo...or just another one in general?, all good missed where you said currently in works of new one....
Sure is, you can click that link above to the official contest post.
Hmmm.. I don't know how I feel about that. I mean... it's not bullion and is has no actual value outside the milligram of gold plating. The design is pedestrian and neutral at best... it may as be wallpaper. I'm not a fan, but I want to be.
True, I'll stick with real silver, thank you kindly !!
I'm guessing its not targeted toward stackers. More along the lines of a steem plush or bottle opener.
Yeah, it's a very different project and goal to say the least.
First I've heard of it too.
Interesting.
This is what struck us as odd! Steemit is so big yet so small!
They are novelty coins like these.
https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@harleymechanix/crypto-conversation-starters-or-spreading-crypto-love-one-coin-at-a-time
Made in China. When I ordered my bitcoin ones off Amazon they had ethereum, dash, litecoin and steem.
Not any competition you need worry about. These are cheap curiosities to play with that some chinese manufacturer is pumping out to capitalize on anything crypto related. Like random companies adding "blockchain" to their name to get a bump in stock price.
The real deal is the silver round. At least so I've heard. If anyone wants to send me one I'll do a further in depth analysis. =P
You don't have a 2017 Steem Round yet man? You need to reach out to @sevinwilson, @coolbowser or @ejr I believe they are all selling some.
We're not worried about competition either, I think they are very different projects, with very different goals.
We are really just doing a service and making our rounds available on steemit as close to cost as we can, with the maximum community engagement we can get.
I been trying to win some in contests. @raybrockman
Wau quiero una, seria grandioso.
I really like that coin, will we get a silver one?
I don't have anything to do with this particular coin and don't really know there long term plans for project.
We are currently working with the community to design a 2018 Steem Silver Round, that may interest you, check out this post.
https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@phelimint/it-s-time-to-get-art-and-submissions-for-the-2018-steem-silver-round-the-contest-is-now-live
Yeah the first post you made about i i left my ideas on it. i prolly came off as an ass thought as i was anti "community" about the coin.
:D
Only reason the 2017 coin isnt a must have to me is the back of it.
20 bucks is to much for a copper round plated imo. if it was 2.50-3 bucks not plated i might want it. lol would prefer the real stuff.
Ill wait till the new steemit coin comes out.
:D
No worries man, I didn't think you were an ass, just some guy with really strong beliefs about the the word community.
This year it's an open design so well see what people come up with, hope you like it.
:D
i will be checking it out for sure.
Very interesting post friend thanks for sharing this great post greetings
That's really a cool thing, there was also one available from Amazon, but was sold out for a while now. Anyway, it's pretty cool, even though it's plated copper, it shows me that people still want a physical thing in their hands to go along with digital money! I know I sure do!
Yeah, it's a nice little novelty piece, i have my reservations but it is what it is.
It's the same $cost as a generic silver round, therefore I wouldn't buy it, but for the lay persons to want a physical representation of crypto, is a real thing,and they made it gold plated, or gold coloured? That means something, maybe? Even people who scoff at gold seem to know, deep inside the value it has, that's what they mean by intrinsic value!
I have ordered some LTC, BTC and ETH tokens from China recently, they should arrive in the next few months, lol.
maybe a fine gold steem coin is needed :)
It will be a collector's item!
Appreciate the great information, but I must say it can not hold a candle to our community designed and distributed real silver round! The gold draws my attention, but that is about it. Thank for sharing!!
No plating coins are best! Either real gold or silver or nothing
I saw this yesterday...
I am not a fan of gold plating but I wanted one 'cus it looked cool. However, they didn't ship to the U.S., and I would rather have somthing made of silver anyway...
I do like the @phelimint coin much better though, and I am looking forward to getting some of the new ones from the 2018 run.
I'm biased. So you guys know which coin I prefer 😊
Pretty cool. Looks like you may have a new ally!
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@Phelimint I'm interested in getting a silver Steem round, what is the cheapest price it's going for?
The 2017's are long sold out but you can still get them from @sevinwilson here.
https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@sevinwilson/2017-steem-silver-rounds-for-sale-donation-to-steemsilverround-for-every-round-sold
Good post
The silver coin are much more better than the other two I would say. But they are all lovely. Keep it on. Followed
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