Skip to contentYour first coin, start to finish
From choosing the piece to holding its certificate — and what actually happens in the seconds in between.
8 min read·First-time buyers·6 steps
01Choose your coin#
Browse the market and open any coin that catches your eye. The page shows everything a careful buyer wants: mintage, metal, year, the full ownership history and how the price has moved. The floor price is the cheapest piece of that design currently for sale — a useful anchor. Take your time here; a coin listed today is almost always still there tomorrow. Once you are signed in, you can also watch a series and let it prove itself for a week first.
02Decide: vault or ship#
At checkout you choose where the physical coin goes. Vault means it stays exactly where it is — insured, audited, and ready to resell the moment you choose. Ship means we send it to your door, fully insured, and it leaves the market until it is re-vaulted. Most collectors vault most pieces; the next guide weighs the choice honestly. If you are unsure, choose the vault — it keeps every option open and costs nothing extra today.
03The one signature that pays#
Press “Pay”. The money comes from the USDC in your wallet, so make sure it holds enough — and if it does not, you can top up by card or Apple Pay right here without leaving the page. A small sheet shows exactly what you will pay — the coin's price, shipping if you chose it, and nothing hidden. You approve it with a single signature, the same fingerprint or face that unlocks your phone. You are not sending a transaction and you pay no gas: you are signing an authorisation that lets Bifrost move exactly that amount of your USDC and no more, and Bifrost covers the network fee. If the total is not what you expected, close the sheet and nothing happens — money moves only when you sign.