Original Lealana Litecoins

The foundational four-piece Litecoin line: three .999 silver denominations and the 1 LTC nickel-plated brass coin.

Historical market snapshot · 2013-06-26

1 BTC = $1041 LTC = $2.86 ≈ 0.0275 BTC

CoinMarketCap daily snapshot; approximate and not an appraisal. Rate source

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Coin and set specification

Denomination or variant	Metal / format	Maximum mintage
25 LTC	1 troy oz .999 silver	Batch 1; total not stated
10 LTC	1/2 troy oz .999 silver	Batch 1 error: 1,000; Batch 2 total not stated
5 LTC	1/4 troy oz .999 silver	Serials 1–500 reserved for sets
1 LTC	Nickel-plated brass	Total not stated

The three silver denominations were sold together in a black three-coin leatherette; serials 1–500 of the 5 LTC issue were reserved for these sets.

Offer	As posted	Historical equivalent	Note
10 LTC silver Batch 1 · one coin	43 LTC	43 LTC ≈ 1.11002436 BTC ≈ $118 Rate snapshot: 2013-08-07	Wayback capture; seller also listed 1.36 BTC
10 LTC silver Batch 1 · bulk 20	774 LTC	774 LTC ≈ 19.98043841 BTC ≈ $2,133 Rate snapshot: 2013-08-07	Wayback capture; seller also listed 24.48 BTC
25 LTC silver · one coin	63 LTC	63 LTC ≈ 1.62631475 BTC ≈ $174 Rate snapshot: 2013-08-07	Wayback capture; seller also listed 1.98 BTC
25 LTC silver · bulk 20	1134 LTC	1134 LTC ≈ 29.27366557 BTC ≈ $3,125 Rate snapshot: 2013-08-07	Wayback capture; seller also listed 35.64 BTC
10 LTC silver Batch 2 · one coin	32 LTC	32 LTC ≈ 0.74768027 BTC ≈ $334 Rate snapshot: 2014-05-15	May 2014 relaunch; seller also listed 0.45 BTC
10 LTC silver Batch 2 · bulk 20	576 LTC	576 LTC ≈ 13.45824483 BTC ≈ $6,019 Rate snapshot: 2014-05-15	May 2014 relaunch; seller also listed 8.1 BTC
1 LTC nickel brass · one coin	2.75 LTC	2.75 LTC ≈ 0.06425377 BTC ≈ $29 Rate snapshot: 2014-05-15	May 2014 relaunch; seller also listed 0.03 BTC
1 LTC nickel brass · bulk 40	99 LTC	99 LTC ≈ 2.31313583 BTC ≈ $1,035 Rate snapshot: 2014-05-15	May 2014 relaunch; seller also listed 1.1 BTC

Reconstructed narrative

Maker statements and surviving thread evidence, organized as one continuous record.

Chapter

The first 1,000 coins
The launch batch consisted of 1,000 half-ounce, 10 LTC pieces measuring 30 mm. Their reverse lacked the intended recess for the coin’s single paper private key, so it sat flat beneath the hologram and could leave a visible circular impression. Revealing it required peeling the hologram.
A finite error batch
Smoothie stated that no more of the structural-error version would be made. Later 10 LTC batches added the key recess and were distinguished from Batch 1.
Key format
The original FAQ says keys were generated with a modified Casascius key-generation tool, printed in 30-character minikey format beginning with “S,” and inserted into the coins beneath the holograms.
Original delivery model
Coins first shipped unloaded. After delivery was confirmed, smoothie funded the corresponding Litecoin address and supplied tracking for the shipment.

Chapter

Address prefixes
The maker used recognizable vanity families: LTC1/LTC2/LTC3 for 1 LTC brass, LTC5 for 5 LTC silver, and LTCX for later 10 LTC silver. The original Batch 1 ten-LTC addresses came from an older published list instead.
Published address registry
Smoothie’s PGP-signed public Litecoin file contains 1,500 unique addresses in the stable preserved snapshots. It provides addresses only, with no coin serials, denominations, varieties, or funding dates, so it cannot map an address to a specific physical coin type.
Not a mintage census
A contemporary collector reported receiving legitimate GPG-signed funding addresses from smoothie that were absent from the public file and noted that published production figures exceeded the address count. The 1,500 entries therefore document a partial public registry, not total production or a complete serial ledger.
Presentation
Silver coins came in capsules and with certificates. Pairs of the half-ounce coins received a blue two-coin leatherette, while the one-ounce 25 LTC coin used a black single-coin leatherette.
May 2014 relaunch
Newly assembled unfunded coins used green address text, “Lbf” prefixes on silver LTC pieces, and a laser-marked “BUYER-FUNDED” hologram. Certificates were no longer included with those relaunch pieces.
Secondary-market check
In 2016 smoothie advised buyers to obtain a dated seller photograph, verify the visible address balance in a block explorer, and inspect the hologram carefully for tampering.

Dated record

First-party updates posted by smoothie, arranged chronologically.

June 26, 2013

The half-ounce 10 LTC error batch was introduced as a self-funded test of collector interest.

August 7, 2013

The earliest useful Wayback capture preserves 43 LTC pricing for the 10 LTC error coin and 63 LTC for the 25 LTC one-ounce coin.

March 11, 2014

Smoothie paused sales while seeking clarification on U.S. money-transmission rules.

May 15, 2014

The product line returned with buyer-funded markings and new address conventions.

The live first post was edited as inventory changed; the preserved version labels some items out of stock and points to the 2014 buyer-funded relaunch.
Four original first-post photographs are preserved below, including two Imageshack files recovered from the Internet Archive. Eight earlier Imageshack files remain unavailable.