Nov 5th 2020 75th Anniversary Gold Silver Coins

No, I am not looking forward to the trying to buy the Mayflower release on the 17th but maybe I will have more luck then I did with the last release since items are going on sale in 9 in the morning so maybe most of the bots will still be sleeping.

I do have a question about shipping of the WWII ASE - charge appears on my credit card but so far it has been sitting in Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS, USPS Awaiting Item since the 11th of November from the tracking provided. Item is being shipped to my brother in Florida.

Is this normal? Anyone else have the same situation?

From speaking to customer service. The fulfillment center will do X number every day. The coins are packed and a label is printed. The labels are randomly applied to the boxes. Hence you might have an item marked as shipped which means a label have been created but not yet applied. Once the label is applied the coin is then loaded with a lot of other coins on a pallet. That pallet could take a day or 3 before it's actually dropped off at the Memphis TN USPS. And remember that free and cheap shipment are done last so if any new priority shipment items come in they are done first.

So in reality a label could have been created but it may take a few days for the label to be applied and another few days to get the pallet to USPS. Coupled with USPS scanning the master list only before the actual package goes into the USPS delivery system.

As an example I ordered a coin on Thursday last week. It took 7 days to appear on USPS as leaving Memphis and today is out for delivery.

Still much faster than FedEx smart (or slow ) post.

I don't understand why you would send it in an unopened box to be graded...

I used free budget shipping and received mine at the same time as others who used expedited shipping.

So it looks like mine is getting closer to arrive to my brother in Florida so they can forward it onto me in the UK.

From the USPS tracking updates, these are the two received so far:

"The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on November 11, 2020 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date. Delivery status information will be provided if/when available."

"Your item arrived at our JACKSONVILLE FL NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER destination facility on November 15, 2020 at 12:45 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination."

Ken

I sold my extra, but I kept the 2019 S-ERP.

75000 isn't a really limited edition.

I know that PCGS wants the coin sent to them in a numbered vinyl flip. Would they have a problem with the coin still in the airtight in a 2 1/2 X 2 1/2 flip? I don't want to remove it and have anything happen to it.

Sure, that would do it. But the past several boxes I've received like that, including the 2 S-proof ASEs, have not been taped. They just pop open on the sides with minimal pressure. Terrifying after all the stress involved with actually purchaing something like this WWII 75th ASE. $83 could turn into $500 as my coin falls onto the floor of a mail truck after the box gets squashed by a sack of mail.