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How do I cash in Physical Bitcoins?
Although Murch has already given an excellent high-level answer, I'll add on some more details as an avid collector.
The first step is identifying the kind of item you have. This is going to fall ...
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Finding the address of a physical coin
The first step is to identify the specific type of coin and what company created it.
See Coindesk - 10 physical bitcoins - If your coin looks like any of those, you can find out whether it has any ...
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Lookup Full Address For Casascius Coins
Here is the full list of casascius coins.
According to that your addresses are:
134xRg9xsjvmyGxA2ndDbfEw3keqizwzWG
1359wf1p4wvw7SLa8Fktsg6eJMkbUaXp5y
1348FHtvGk6Cwv9PkFw52BKSQnm1Ujf9zb
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How do I cash in Physical Bitcoins?
I guess your first step would be to establish whether what you hold is actually a Casascius physical bitcoin or another physical carrier¹ of bitcoin. After that I would recommend that you take your ...
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How does the Casascius project make money?
If you're asking about the Casascius Physical Bitcoins business operated by Mike Caldwell, the simple answer: it doesn't, as it has been defunct since 2013. See the bitcoin wiki page.
The coins he ...
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Mini private key with character "l"?
Solved: it appeared to be an "i" but the private key showed it as "l".
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I have a physical Bitcoin, how can I exchange it for dollars
There are a handful of people/companies who manufactured physical bitcoins, most notably Casascius.
If you have one of these, a little tamper proof seal should cover a private key. You can then ...
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Physical bitcoin vs. Paper wallet?
A paper wallet is more secure than a physical coin with addresses, as the former you can make yourself, on your own machine, while with a physical bitcoin you never know under what conditions it was ...
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Physical bitcoin vs. Paper wallet?
A physical bitcoin is simply a metal or plastic coin-shaped object, usually with a private key embedded aside. It is functionally identical to a paper wallet.
Both are only as secure as their storage ...
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How can I import the Mini Private Key of a physical coin?
You must convert the mini-private-keys to regular private-key format before being able to import them in wallets such as Litecoin-core. If your keys are based on "Casascius" then you could use ...
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Does Bitcoin have a physical equivalent like US dollars do?
Bitcoin is only stored on the blockchain. Unlike a fiat currency, where the banknote holds inherent value (i.e., the banknote holds its own value - it does not rely on another system to say it has ...
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What physical coins of bitcoin exists?
Casascius Coins are the ones that have been the most well known, though according to their website they no longer contain any actual bitcoin as of Nov 27, 2013.
https://www.casascius.com/
I am not ...
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