The Honored Ancestors Genesis Medallion in copper, bearing the House seal

The Karakana Atelier · Heirloom Objects

The Genesis Medallion

The future of the Motherland, struck in copper.

The founding striking of the Honored Ancestors Archive — .999 pure copper, sealed by hand. A limited founding edition, struck once and never again.

$49 The founding price · Genesis Standard

Sold only here, in the Atelier — never off-site. Secured by Stripe and shipped to you; your registration claim code is issued at checkout.

  • Secured by Stripe — we never see your card number
  • Ships to you, with a registration claim code issued at checkout
  • A limited founding edition — struck once and never again
  • Provenance you can register and verify, anchored to the open IPFS network

What it is

One coin, three truths

I

A sovereign collectible

Struck in .999 pure copper, bearing the Honored Ancestors seal. A limited founding edition, never struck again. You do not buy a unit — you join the founders.

II

A glimpse of what comes

Every Genesis Medallion previews the Family and Great Archive coins to follow — copper that will carry an ancestor's voice, face, and story, kept beyond a lifetime.

III

A coin that holds value

Beneath its seal is a functional cold-storage wallet — quiet proof the House can mint and steward value on-chain. It ships empty; you decide if it ever holds more than meaning.

The founding striking

Before the Archive had a name, it had a coin

A limited edition, struck in pure copper and sealed by hand, each bearing the mark of the House. They are the genesis — the first proof that memory can be held in the hand and kept for generations.

To hold a Genesis Medallion is to stand at the beginning, and to help build what comes next. Every coin carried forward funds the strikings to follow — the Family Coins, and the Great Archive Coins that will one day return an ancestor's voice to the room with the touch of a hand. You are not only a collector. You are a founder of the line.

Provenance

The Genesis Registry — how it works

An unnumbered coin earns its number here. The Registry is the permanent ledger of the founding edition — where each medallion is claimed, numbered, and, if you wish, dedicated to an ancestor.

Acquire your medallion in the Atelier — the only place it is sold. Your purchase reserves the next Genesis number.
Register it. Enter the public address printed on the back seal (safe to share — the private key stays hidden beneath the tamper seal) with your name and a claim code from your purchase.
Receive your number. The Registry assigns your mark — “Genesis No. 037” — and issues a printable Certificate of Provenance binding your name, the coin, the number, and the date.
Dedicate it (optional). Bind the medallion to an ancestor — someone in the Great Archive, or your own words of remembrance. Your dedication appears on the coin's permanent Registry page.
Verified forever. Each registered coin gains a permanent Registry page, anchored to IPFS — provenance and dedication you and your descendants can verify now, or generations from now.

One honest note: the seal protects the wallet; the Registry is the digital record of provenance and dedication, kept here on the site. The scan-to-return-their-voice moment belongs to the next coins, purpose-built for it.

Register your medallion →

The object

Specifications

Material.999 pure copper
ObverseThe Honored Ancestors House seal (original, copyrighted)
EditionA limited founding edition, never struck again — the founding striking. The coin is unnumbered; each is paired with a numbered Certificate of Provenance in the Genesis Registry.
ReverseLaser-etched private key beneath a tamper-evident seal; public address visible on the seal
WalletA functional cold-storage bearer wallet on the TexitCoin (TXC) network. Ships empty; seeded only on request, after delivery, at the owner's cost.
IncludesPresentation packaging and a care insert
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A bearer instrument: whoever holds an intact coin controls whatever is in the wallet — treat a seeded coin like cash, and keep the tamper seal intact. The Genesis Medallion is sold as a collectible and heirloom; its worth is the copper, the craft, the seal, and the founding scarcity — not the token. Nothing here is financial advice or a promise of value. TXC is a volatile, speculative cryptocurrency.