Today a very special package arrived in the mail.

One of the greatest features of Steemit, is the ability to interact with and trade with other Steemians. I came across this post by @sevinwilson offering his Silver Steemit Rounds for sale. I saw the opportunity and found him on discord. The rest, as they say, is history.

As a bonus, he said that with every purchase, he will also make a donation to @Steemsilverround to go towards the 2018 model coin, which is in development right now. How cool is that?

Who is @sevinwilson?

Opening his box of STEEM silver rounds.

He's the man who came up with the idea of a STEEM silver round. About five months ago an idea was presented... a physical silver STEEM round. Something that wasn't 'virtual', it was tangible. Something you can hold in your hand. Something that represents the community on Steemit.com

Next came the contest.

The design for the coin was offered to the steemit.com community. @sevinwilson even came up with a couple of his own designs.

I like this simple design, although it did not win.

This is the one I voted for, but it also did not win.

The Winner?

The fish design on the left by @bearone won the contest, with the one beneath it by @silverstackeruk won second place. The fish design eventually was modified to show little fish growing up into orcas and whales.

The final, winning design.

The STEEM round goes into production.

These photos were all provided by @phelimint Thanks for all that you do!

The STEEM die obverse.

The STEEM die revers.

Engraving the serial number on the side of the coin. It appears to be 0397 of 1500

All stacked up ready for encapsulation.

All neatly organized and packaged by @phelimint.

First shipment all ready to go.

Many thanks to @phelimint and @ejr for their efforts in this project!

@sevinwilson and that package.

I saw that he was offering the 2017 STEEM round for trade in ACTUAL STEEM. I made the plunge. I always marvel how simple it is to make purchases using crypto. A few seconds and... done.

And before I knew, it had arrived!

I wrote this post as a thankyou to @sevinwilson and an opportunity to compile a short history of the STEEM silver round.

I'm grateful for the opportunity that he has brought to the Steemit community, not only with inspiring this round, but also his encouragement to young steemians, interaction with others on this platform, and inspiration to embark on projects such as a smart node.

Thank you Sevin Wilson! I appreciate the opportunity to to trade STEEM for silver. What a pleasure and honor.

What will the 2018 round look like?
Maybe something like this design by @skeptic?

Or like this also by @skeptic?

Only time will tell. Steem on! To the moon!

@ironshield