Notable Pepes

A Brief History of Notable Pepes

On February 4th, 2023, notable collector and artist VincentVanDough released his first open edition: Pepe Checks.

Pepe Checks was an $6.9 open edition in the style of Jack Butcher's Checks. 237869 were minted with 12k holders, making it one of the most minted editions of its time.

The artwork immediately inspired a large amount of derivatives, flooding Twitter and setting the perfect playground for speculation as to its future "utility"...

On February 12th, 2023, VincentVanDough announces Notable Pepes:

"You think memes are your ally?

You merely adopted the memes. We were born in them, molded by them. We didn’t see the light until we were already rare, by then it was nothing but dankness.

After 6 years of being molded in the depths of Counterparty, Pepes are coming to Ethereum.

A contingent of Rare Pepe artists & scientists, Fake Rare creators, and representatives of the frogs have been assembled to give rise to a new movement, spreading dank Pepes far and wide.

Each series will contain a total of 50 cards, with Pepe Checks representing card 1 of series 1.

We will be experimenting with a variety of mechanisms with the goal of achieving fair distributions of cards while simultaneously rewarding the most dedicated collectors.

The long standing rules of Rare Pepes will be in place. Submissions will be checked by a dedicated team of Pepe scientists to ensure dankness.

Pepe Cheques, S1 C2, will be made available next Sunday via a claim for any artist who has ever minted a Rare Pepe or Fake Rare, or by way of burning a FAKEASF. A Pepe Cheque will be required to be burnt to have your art entered into the Notable Pepe directory.

Each Sunday at 4:20 PM EST, 5 new cards will be released. Series 1 cards will be priced at 0.069 ETH per card and have a supply ranging from 100-1000.

Prepare yourselves." - Vincent Van Dough

To be continued...