A super-rare physical bitcoin from the early 2010s which stored the value of a single bitcoin hit the online auction site eBay on July 1, 2019, fetching $99,000 in just a few days. Bullish on Bitcoin On July 1, 2019, a physical bitcoin coin was listed on eBay. The item at issue was a 2011 Casascius gold coin containing one entire bitcoin, featuring intact packaging making it a mint-condition gold coin (MS65). The value underlying the physical coin has not yet been redeemed. The private key for the bitcoin is embedded inside the physical coin on a card protected by a tamper-evident hologram. The seller acknowledged ... (full story)