With all the ballers aping in (including the professional ones), I want to celebrate this moment with this NiftyPin! This pin is going to be epic because it is (1) the first digital NFT x physical IRL NiftyPin to be produced, (2) the first Bored Ape Yacht Club derivative I’ve made and (3) while this is an 1155 token that is nickel plated, there’s also the option for the first NiftyPin with a rarer ERC-721 NiftyPin 24-karat gold plated NFT/physical pin counterpart! From launch until July 1, 2021, only wallets holding a BAYC token can ape in—read on for more!

This ERC-1155 NFT is one out of one hundred NFT/physical pins to be made. Apes are the only ones who are able to initially purchase these NiftyPins until July 1, 2021. There is a limit of three pins per wallet, but you must have the same number of apes in your wallet to purchase multiple pins. You may trade/sell the pin on the secondary market, but on July 1, 2021 all the owners of this BAYC Baller NFT NiftyPins 1155 will receive the physical enamel pin in nickel plating. After the pins are mailed out, this will solely be a virtual NiftyPin. However, if you are purchasing it on the secondary market, you can certainly reach out to talk with the seller to see if they will include the physical pin.

In the even that this pin does not sell out by July 1, 2021, the sale will be open to the general public and any pin sold then will have the ability to claim the physical pin. United States owners can receive the pin with free shipping; anyone outside the United States will be responsible for paying the shipping fees of the carrier of your choice.

I wish I was a developer and could program something slick to have people authenticate in with their Ethereum wallet, but unfortunately, I make pins, not code. So, to get around this we will have to get creative. You can DM me in the BAYC Discord or message me on Twitter—I have no idea if people will love this project or if it will be crickets, but I will try and be fair with FIFO requests. The most optimal thing is if your OpenSea or Rarible account is tied to your Twitter account—that makes it easy and proves you own the ape. If you don’t have an easy verification, message me and I will tell you to send a unique, trace amount of ETH from the wallet that holds the ape. Think of it like those two small transactions we often have to do to verify a bank account. When that proves out, you will be able to purchase the pin on OpenSea as I will make only your address able to snag it!

Remember: you got to HODL this NFT through July 1st (I would hold it all day because I don’t know when I’m taking a snapshot!) in order to claim the physical enamel pin! I will not be producing this physical pin outside of this NFT drop!

NOTE: the plating of this pin is nickel instead of silver because the latter tarnishes easier—I didn’t go cheap on the plating option for you, I just want the pin to always look sharp.

NOTE 2: this will be a hard enamel pin with a blue rubber backer that is 25mm wide by 30.6mm tall.

NOTE 3: there are also ten ERC-721 NiftyPins that are 24-karat gold plated. Find them on the blockchain by looking at the different collections I’ve minted.

Thank you so much for any support of this project!!!

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This pin is an official derivative of Papa Ernesto, member number 2207 of the famed Bored Ape Yacht Club #2207. Papa Ernesto is bored of it all. He has decided to look for adventure across the globe, whether it is driving ambulances in far off wars, bullfighting in Ronda, having elevated conversations in Parisian cafes, fishing off the coast of Cuba or crafting the perfect margarita from limes in the Florida Keys. But alas, these things probably will bore him as well, so he just sits at the typewriter and bleeds as he attempts to craft the Great Simian Novel.