2016 .025 BTC BTCC Green 25k Chip MS(PCGS#919747)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

5013

等级

MS70

价格

35,720

详细说明

Loaded with 0.025 BTC. Vibrantly colored and fully free of any handling marks. A lesser-graded MS-66 example sold for $4,320 in our August 2022 sale. This series of 25K chips debuted in November 2016 and 1,500 were issued that year, making it among the more scarce physical cryptocurrency coins available. Of these, about 20% have been peeled and redeemed. The obverse features the denomination boldly printed at the center and the reverse features a holographic sticker with the public "firstbits" address visible through a rectangular window. Beneath the sticker is a QR code with a private address that allows the cryptocurrency to be redeemed and added to a wallet. This example falls squarely into the serial number sequence for the 2016 issue that ranged from C00001 to C01500.<p><p>These "poker chips" were first issued in 2016 by the bitcoin exchange BTCC in six denominations ranging 1K to 500K "bits". Each denomination is color-coded and represents a fraction of a bitcoin including white 1K (0.001 BTC), red 5K (0.005 BTC), blue 10K (0.01 BTC), green 25K (0.025 BTC), black 100K (0.1 BTC), and purple 500K (0.5 BTC). Most were offered as part of six-coin sets containing one of each denomination, though customers also had the option of ordering custom configurations or bulk 20-chip rolls. Intended as an affordable and fun way of participating in the cryptocurrency market, these BTCC poker chips remain incredibly popular among both sophisticated bitcoin collectors and those just dipping their toes into this exciting category.<p><p>The issuer BTCC was founded in June 2011 as BTCChina and it was the first bitcoin exchange in that country. By October 2014 it had become the world's second largest bitcoin exchange by volume and it was official rebranded as BTCC in 2015. It remains the longest-running cryptocurrency exchange in the world and is now headquartered in London, UK. Famed bitcoin entrepreneur Bobby Lee currently serves as CEO. Public Address: 12XUdDbTTdKTemJ86tcLEoE7aLKfHJ5vr9