A startup company by the name of Tangem, operating out of Switzerland and Singapore, launched a pilot sell of physical Bitcoin banknotes according to the press release on May 3.
Tangem describes these physical Bitcoins as “smart banknotes”. They include chips developed by Samsung which would allow the consumers to physically carry Bitcoin stored in denominations of around 0.01 BTC (around $100) to 0.05 BTC (around $500). The first batch will be shipped from Singapore to potential partners and distributors around the world.
I know what I'll be putting in people's stocking stuffers next year!