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Mailing A Coin In Envelope

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 Posted 11/19/2015  4:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add edweather to your friends list
Sure, all the time. Just make sure it's protected and as flat as possible, and like was suggested, limit the value.
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 Posted 11/19/2015  4:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list
As long as your envelope is rigid and clearly marked "NONMACHINABLE" with the appropriate postage, it should not be sent through the automated cancellation and sorting equipment. I have shipped over 200 coins at the nonmachinable 1st Class envelope rate and have not had a single loss.
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 Posted 11/19/2015  4:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cwb to your friends list
I just mailed one....
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 Posted 11/19/2015  4:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tweak800 to your friends list
Biokemist6 is 100% correct. The automated sorter can handle most but I always put my coins in a 2x2 and I have sticky cardboard on each side(I reuse what I get coins in). If your scared of it ripping out mark it nonmachinable. See I'm lucky and my friend works at the sorry facility. If it's important I give it to him to put in directly
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 Posted 11/19/2015  5:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ChildOfTheWheat to your friends list
I just shove a 2x2 in an envelope and call it good. I never mark ridged or anything else, I just throw on a stamp and call it good.
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 Posted 11/19/2015  5:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mehguy to your friends list
Sandwich the coin between cardboard and stick it in the envelope.
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 Posted 11/19/2015  5:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chipjones to your friends list
i ship mine in a cheap card from the dollar store. I have not had a problem yet.
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 Posted 11/20/2015  8:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add carnold744 to your friends list
I mail coins out in regular envelopes with a single stamp all the time. Anything over like 20 bucks I'm a little more careful about, but anything below that I take my chances. Never had any sort of issue doing it that way.
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 Posted 11/20/2015  9:01 pm  Show Profile   Check vermontensium's eBay Listings Check vermontensium's eCrater Listings Bookmark this reply Add vermontensium to your friends list
I do it all the time with Dimes and Cents.
I put "non-machinable" for any coin worth over $10.
Coins less than $10, a stamp.

Coin over $20, padded envelope with tracking.
$2.04 postage.
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 Posted 11/20/2015  11:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bas S Warwick to your friends list
I've used cereal box weight card guillotined to double envelope size, folded, and then sellotaped the 2 x 2 inside.
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 Posted 11/21/2015  12:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinguy1986 to your friends list
As a lot of others have mentioned , Ive done this several times without problem and out of close to a hundred I've had only one not make it , or that's what the buyer said anyways ...
By doing just as other mentioned and simply tape the 2x2 inbetween a piece of cardboard that I cut and make into a birthday card type shape ....
I usually fold a small piece of paper around the cardboard 2x2 before taping it to my cardboard that way when the tape is removed it doesn't rip or leave residue on the actual 2x2 holding the coin ...


One thing I will suggest , is not to do this with a coin that is worth more than 10 bucks ...
I only do this with lower value coins , as it's tough to sell a coin that's worth less than 10 bucks if you have to charge almost 3 in shipping ...
I've never sent anything larger than a quarter this way , I have actually sent 2 quarters , or 3 dimes in the same envelope several times that have made it without a problem ...
I do however use a 71 cent 2 ounce stamp rather than a 49 cent stamp even though most of these envelopes weigh less than an ounce this was a suggestion from my local postal worker ...
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 Posted 12/09/2015  8:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jdbarrick to your friends list
Excellent, thank you everyone.
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 Posted 12/09/2015  10:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinHuntingDrew to your friends list
I make sure to tape the whole letter BUT the area where they stamp it and where you put the stamps. I usually double tape it and the buyer has always received the coin without any issue. It just prevents the letter from ripping.
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 Posted 12/09/2015  10:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CopperCastle to your friends list
I stapled a coin in a 2x2 and taped that to the inside of a Christmas card (which I sent to Canada). The recipient posted he received the coin here on CCF.
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 Posted 12/10/2015  11:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadThad to your friends list
When using a paper envelope I always tape the edges to prevent it from ripping.
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