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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Just wondering what's the best and cheapest way to send coins. As in packing and getting them ready for post. Does anyone who's sent and or received coins have a preference or recommendations. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks team
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, you want the person receiving the coin(s) to feel that you took sufficient precautions in ensuring they would not be damaged. So, "cheap" is not so important as "best".
Personally I use a small bubble mailer, the coin in a PVC-free plastic flip, in a jewelry baggie and wrapped in a small piece of bubble wrap.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Ausjack,
I think a padded bag and bubblewrapped coin (or some equivalent) is fine.
As long as the packaging stops the coin from getting damaged in transit, then it should be fine.
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Pillar of the Community
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a piece of corrugated cardboard with a cut out in it, put coin in the cut out and 1 layer of wrap or a couple of thin bits of cardboard either side, bit of tape and should be good
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The coin below was supposed to be high grade unc (stolen image) purchased on ebay last year.They did send a coin however, sticky taped to the inside of an envelope. That might be the cheapest way to post! Ahh, not ideal for collectors though   |
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Australia
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Ausjack, I have done many trades and one of the prefered methods, for bulk coins, by me and the people sending coins to me is to wrap each coin in tissue paper and then tape them down onto a piece of thin cardboard. Once all the coins are taped down, place another piece of cardboard over the top and tape this to the first piece. This will keep the coins protected, keep the package thin and stop coins from rattling against each other, thus stopping damage or alerting crooked postal workers to their presence. I don't recommend this for high quality coins. If posting to the U.S., keep the package under 500g or they will slug you an extra $9 security fee. Steve  |
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 Australia
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Jesus t.p.penny..I'm a bit rough but not that rough. Thanks people, just wanted some advice from people that know and what they'd do or wouldn't do. As always you've been a bit help team  |
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Australia
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Thanks Mr Trigg, that's exactly the help I'm after..cheers
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Australia
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I have sent alot of coins in the mail, I always send them in a cardboard envelope (you can buy them at the post office for $1.10) and they are higher strength and offer better protection than padded envelopes in my experience.
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Australia
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I think if they are not banging around or rubbing together and you can give them some protection like a tissue or bubble wrap then you'll be right.
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Posted 01/07/2012 01:29 am
