For the brass 0.5BTC coins, I'm using 25mm T holders, and for the brass 1BTC coins, I have 28mm H holders.

Both are nice and tight; the coins do not move in any dimension.

Thanks for asking.  I presently have lots of orders given the time of year, and I typically am not responsive to requests to chat.  Anyone who talks with me about Bitcoin typically would like to chat more than your-order's-on-its-way-k-thanks-bye, which is understandable because bitcoin is the most damn awesome invention of our time... and there is no such thing as talking on the phone with me for 30 seconds to check on an order status and I can't do it.  Yes, I realize that's more than likely disappointing.  If I didn't have way more responsibilities than this coin project, I'd be making a whole lot more of the coins than I do.

THe best way to inquire about an order is by sending me an e-mail.

Us poor people don't get the VIP treatment.

Acknowledged. Thanks for contacting him on email. All seems to be well

Casascius, if you are considering a 1oz Gold coin again, please, can you conform it?
Then I will sell some gold for BTC, because I dont want to increase my gold holdings

Also waiting for more info on this, keeping my eyes on the blog for updates.

Good luck with your current regulatory issues Casascius, hopefully its nothing to worry about for the masses.

I'd bet some bitcoin that the regulators have incorrrectly assumed that Casascius takes USD in exchange for his coins, and that this will consequently blow over once that point is refuted. In fact, it was rather prescient to avoid taking USD in the first place for this very reason.

Has he said somewhere that being a money transmitter is what he is worried about? My guess was actually that he is thinking that maybe his coins could be interpreted as an investment that only qualified investors can invest in (just as private shares in the US can only be sold to qualified investors).

scotjam

Does anyone know what casascius is doing with pending orders? I placed my order 11 days ago and haven't heard a peep from him, despite a couple of polite emails.

I know he must be tremendously busy, but it would be nice to be updated and made aware about what is happening with these orders.

I have been traveling a fair bit in the past couple weeks, something I don't preannounce.  So that has been making me a bit slow on answering emails and funding coins (as well as stickering/keying them as necessary).  Shipments are still going out even when I travel - we stickered the last of the production run gold-plated silver coins today, so if your order contains these, it's likely to go out today.  Any outstanding 2-factor bars were all just finished as well.  If it has any 0.1 btc rolls, that'll be another couple days.  To be honest, there's a bit of relief to not be taking orders - I had no idea I'd even get this far behind.

And just a brief update on where the money transmitter effort is going: evaluating how the state governments will react to FinCEN taking a stand that I'm a money transmitter... since I've come to understand that it's actually the states that are more aggressive in regulating who can and can't "transmit" money... the feds seemingly want more than anything, the unbridled ability to follow money as it moves, and less to prohibit people who are willing and able to follow their reporting rules.  There's a lot of states and I'm sure you've all heard that getting licensed in 50 states is a monumental undertaking, but even winning any sort of victory in my home state of Utah may enable a broad category of orders, possibly including international ones.