How To Send Gold Coins Overseas?

I think you will find it very difficult to insure if you actually use the term coins, bullion, bank notes. For Australian deliveries, I simply send via registered post and have never lost a package.

For overseas deliveries most members don't actually state specifically what they are sending. If it were a perfect world, there would be no problems, but writing something on a customs declaration that invites theft is not a good idea.

You can send via "international signed for" postage for over seas through Australia post, which will leave a trail as to who has handled the package, and requires a confirmation signature at destination. I have never lost a package this way.
As for the description you use, make it as vague as possible, without breaking the law. A customs declaration is a legal document and carries some nasty fines if you lie. However, the interpretation of what you write can be subjective. For instance, many members use the term "hobby supplies" when sending coins. I do, with no problems.
Others use "commemorative rounds", "used die stampings", etc. I recently sent a package to a member here with, I think it was, "cultural reference materials", as they all carried an Aboriginal theme to the coins and notes.

If you wish to insure your package, there will be other members here who will be able to help, as I have never done it, as the above methods have always worked for me.

Hope this helps in some way.

You can send as "signed for" to a PO box, they will put a card in the box so the person has to come into the post office to collect.

As for getting them re-slabbed, first who are they slabbed with now? What type of coins are they? If you are thinking of selling here in Australia, slabbed coins aren't as sought after in the same way as in the US. You may be simply wasting your money getting them re-slabbed. The grading system PCGS and all the US third party grading services use is different to the Australian system, and confuses people who are not familiar with it. If the grade stated on the holder is XF 40, and you show that coin to an Aussie collector, they will think you are trying to rip them off, as that coin will only grade to VF here.

Your best bet might be to contact a dealer here in Oz who specialises in gold coins. A couple that come to mind straight away are http://www.numismatics.com.au/ and http://www.drakesterling.com/Default.aspx

If you don't have anything particularly rare or sought after, you may be hard pressed to get more than bullion value for the coins regardless of where you try to sell them. If you are worried that you have lost money because of the recent falls in precious metal prices, then don't. You have only lost money if you sell. You need to figure out how much interest you will make from the money in the bank, indexed to inflation, to see how long you need to leave the money there to bring the value back to what it was before gold began to fall.

Then you have to decide if gold will bounce back in the time it takes to make that money back.

I don't know your situation, but if I didn't need the money, I would be holding on to those coins a little longer.

It's worked before

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