100 BTC withdrawn from Casascius 2013 metal wallet

On December 23, the entire available amount was withdrawn from one of the Casascius "metal" wallets with a face value of 100 BTC.Transactions on such "memorable" wallets occur quite rarely.

In 2011, Mike Caldwell (Mike Caldwell)He came up with an interesting business model - producing “cold” wallets with bitcoins in the form of a collection of material (metal) coins or bullions under the Casascius brand.

November 27, 2013 Caldwell had to closewallet production due to regulatory pressure. However, during this time he issued a large number of collectible coins and ingots in denominations of 1, 10, 25, 100 and 1,000 BTC. Such wallets have always been in demand and often bought above the value of the bitcoins on them. So, in April 2018, 4 coins were sold with 1 BTC each, at $ 10,000. At that time, the cost of the first cryptocurrency was in the region of $ 8,000. That is, buyers overpaid about $ 2,000. July 1, 2019 on eBay a gold coin Casascius in perfect condition with a face value of 1 BTC was bought for $ 99,000. In November 2017, at an auction, an unknown person bought a coin with an error in the hologram for $ 50,000.

According to casasciustracker, on December 23, someone cashed a 100-BTC Casascius S2-BAR-100 bar, which was created on February 4, 2013. Given today's rate, this is $ 727,200.

Recently, it is the largest, but notthe only transaction of withdrawal from "metal" wallets. Last month, 27 coins were cashed with a total face value of 71 BTC. 11 of them were released in 2013, the rest - in 2011-2012.

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Currently the remaining ones are untouchedCasascius wallets contain 46,329 BTC, and their owners transferred 44,940 BTC to third-party addresses. Withdrawing bitcoins from these wallets devalues ​​them, because in the long term Casascius coins and bars may have a higher numismatic value. But after the withdrawal of BTC, they become ordinary souvenirs.

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