Steem Silver Coins 2017

2 months ago Phil from Phelimint mentioned this competition on PAL Discord. At the time I didn't really think anything much of it, figure it'd be fun to design a coin, so why not?

Being an energy worker the thing I was most concerned about was the Alchemy side of this project because Silver has metaphysical properties according to Love is in the Earth.

Silver brings one "the advantage" throughout life. It can be used to improve ones quality of speech and can bring eloquence to conversations.

Might come in handy seeing that we all do write a lot..

Silver is used extensively with gem stones because the metal is able to both attract and retain, unto itself, those qualities which are emitted by the stone.

In this case we don't have a stone but a design and I programmed the design's intention into the silver, so that whoever holds it will be inspired to build a future where our commitment to community and each other as human beings is magnified, and the belief that all can be achieved if we worked together, solidified.

That's why community is all over the design from the word community in - English, Latin, French, Tagalog; to the minnows, dolphins and whales - all swimming around the Steemit logo. This IS a community coin and the fact that pulled this project off proves we can achieve greatness together.

It has been an emotional and very busy week for me so I was kind of aware the Steem silver coins were making their way to people after reading Phelimint's post "Now all the Steemit rounds have been shipped." and it seems 3 days ago the parcels started coming in!!

@sevinwilson 's Unboxing Video (full post here) really brought it to reality for me. Seeing him just stacking all those coins and everything - I was like... Ohh it's happening! lol

You have to watch his video 👇

I'll be honest and say it didn't even occur to me to buy them. At the time this all went down we were still saving for our house and didn't know if we could afford it. If it wasn't for @immarojas (thank you lola!) who pretty much nagged me to get them I would be sitting here crying right now. I started off with wanting one, then upped my order to 5 then days before it was all selling out and I could have gotten 5 more, making my grand total to 10 coins, I held back because at the time we were saving for our house.. I'm so stupid!!! I should have sold a kidney to get more coins! 😜 Hubby said to buy more... and he's right.. but lets not tell him I said that.. 😜

It kind of gets worse for me from here after reading @Phelimint's post and then what @mattclarke wrote..

It's the Wild West, you're sitting at a table in the saloon, and someone walks up and offers you a key.

This is for that homestead up the next bend in the river. I need money, how much will you give me for it?

You offer him a dollar, just in case, but you're not confident he actually owns the place.
He pulls out a deed and points to the name - Jeffrey Example.

It comes with a deed in my name, I'll sign it over to you and it's all yours. What will you give me for the key and the deed?

You offer him $10. It's a big property, and you're a bit more confident that it may be legitimately for sale, although you're still not sure. He may not even be Jeffrey Example.

Come over to the registry office with me. They'll identify me, and change the registered owner of the property from me to you, and I'll throw in the key and the deed. How much will you give me for all that?

You offer him $100, because the Titles office will only record one owner at a time, and you know this.

He may have an accurate key, and an official looking document, but there could be dozens of identical keys and documents claiming to bestow ownership over that homestead, while each property only has one owner recorded in the Titles office, and you know that's going to give you the best claim to exclusive use of the homestead.

If there wasn't a Titles office, just the deed and the key, the property would only be worth $10.

It's only worth what people will pay for it, and they'll discount their estimate substantially in the face of uncertainty.

(Even attending the homestead in person wouldn't offer definitive proof. The real owner might be away.)

Building a Titles office would therefore add a massive amount of wealth to the community, driving up the price of registered land, and even increasing the value of the remaining unregistered land.

Maybe the homesteader who lives on the unregistered land doesn't want his name in the office; but he'd be glad, when the time comes, to sell to somebody who does.

The buyer, knowing he can establish himself definitively as the first, registered owner of the land will happily pay more, knowing he'll have the option to sell for more.

We don't actually know how much the uncertainty around counterfeiting (both of coins and certificates) has depressed the value of silver coins, because there's never been a Titles office.

I sort of get it? Does this mean our coins can be worth even more than what the price of silver is?

Hubby's gonna kill me..... I can hear the 'I told you so" -s, plural - for the rest of my life...

So just when I think this coin is going nuts @papa-pepper does his unboxing in his car. I'm sorry but that is KEEN AS. I'd have done the same thing Papa! Check him out, checking it out! 👇

Bless his big heart... He's giving some away. Head on over to his page now and find out how you can win one.

And just when I couldn't be fan girling any harder... I found this..

https://steemit.com/ned/@goldmatters/ned-scott-ceo-and-founder-of-steemit-meets-silversteemcoin-goldmatters

@goldmatters you LEGEND!

Seems the Steem Silver Coin is a HUGE and historic deal and I am just so proud & honored to be a part of it. Massive thanks to @phelimint, @sevinwilson and everyone involved with this project what we've done is finally sinking in and WOW you guys!

Learn from my mistake people. Make sure you get yourself some of next year's Steem silver rounds.. I'm placing a yearly recurring order for a min of 5. from here on in lol

If you missed out on coins, check this post.

https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@phelimint/steem-silver-round-secondary-market-update-contest-and-give-aways-and-question-about-how-should-we-distribute-the-remaining-few

Video credits to @sevinwilson & @papa-pepper.
Photo credit to @goldmatters.
Image credit to me.

💗Arly