Apparently bids are in to mint a gold Bitcoin by the UK Royal Mint. http://wealthydebates.com/uk-royal-mint-working-on-plans-to-issue-gold-backed-physical-bitcoins/
Physical bitcoins can get quite pricey... especially those slabbed by ANACS. Most in this small collection are MS-67, and the seller wants 200K plus: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BIG-Collect...7957731?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item3cd8f4c563
I linked to a different story on same subject in the other bitcoin thread... http://www.cointalk.com/threads/why-are-bitcoins-worth-400-now.238784/#post-1822638
Isn't one of the major reasons for bit coins is that there is no central government involved? Also aren't bitcoins used because they are nearly untraceable? Don't see the point of creating physical versions.
I saw something about how the Chinese were going to switch from dollars to bitcoin. Is it possible for bitcoin to become the reserve currency? It might make sense. Usually the dominant power mints the reserve currency. In this case it is a stateless entity.
The point should be obvious and it is the same point for coming up with the idea of the non-physical versions. That being, for them to remove your "real" money from your pocket and to put it into theirs
