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Valued Member
Australia
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Hey Guys,
Not sure if this is the right forum, but I just had a quick question regarding shipping. I want to send some coins to the US, but Australia Post states that you cannot send coins in the mail. Is there an alternative way of shipping these coins - as I'd like to add insurance considering their value.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1006 Posts |
Yep heard that problem a number of times. The best suggestion I have heard is just to state it as numismatic material. There have been a number of other suggestions such as metal disc, metallic token, token, decommisioned legal tender, metal sample and many others. The regulations that you are referencing is primarily to prevent money laundering so you could argue with the post office if you would like to tho it would be best to just use numismatic material instead. Otherwise shouldn't be any problems with it.
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Valued Member
 Australia
243 Posts |
If it gets lost, will I be able to make a claim on the insurance (the item is quite valuable)?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1006 Posts |
Personally I am not 100% on it but I am pretty sure you can. Others should be able to clarify.
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Moderator
 Australia
16829 Posts |
Australia Post regulations state that you can send coins in the mail. However, they cannot be above $200 face value and it must be sent Registered. See page 16 of their Guidelines. They also refuse to send them internationally, so it does not help with your problem in sending items to America. Obviously, lots of coin sellers completely ignore this regulation and get away with it. Insurance is the big question mark. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
Australia
401 Posts |
I send mine described as cupro-nickel tokens and can get insurance from Aust Post
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New Member
Australia
17 Posts |
Keep in mind that the insurance you paid for does not guarantee full compensation unless you have proof of value of content, Australia Post will not "automatically" issue compensation basing on how much the item is insured for, you will be asked to provide some proof of value so if you are the seller of the coin you basically need to keep a copy of the receipt.
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Valued Member
Australia
315 Posts |
It's a very grey area and would be interested to know if somebody has been paid out for loss of coins by Auspost
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
560 Posts |
From what I read, if they are currently legal tender in any country there might be a problem. If they are not then it is a collectors item and permissible.
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Valued Member
Australia
491 Posts |
If you put in a claim for lost items, the phone call from Auspost to sort out the value of the lost item would make any overseas coin claim a total lie to get it to work!
Not a good place to be.
The proof of delivery is the only form of defense I can morally use!
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Posted 07/08/2014 05:45 am
