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Best Way To Ship A Coin First Class?

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 Posted 02/05/2021  2:46 pm  Show Profile   Check Zurie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Zurie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A first class letter needs to be less than 1/4 inch in thickness, otherwise it needs to go as a first class package (which includes tracking). So if you can keep the envelope less than 1/4 inch while still protecting the half dollar, and add the 20 cent non-machinable surcharge (and clearly mark that on the envelope), you should be able to use the letter rate.
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I have shipped "Blue Ikes" in their original mint packaging and shipped them by first class letter, I think charging $1.25.

I have sold half dollars by doing what I said at the end of my earlier post. They must go non-machinable, as @zurie says, with the coin sandwiched between something reasonably rigid like cardboard from a cereal box (personally I recommend Shredded Wheat ). You will wind up heavier than one ounce, which still costs under a buck.

One issue with the popular corrugated packaging is that it is thicker, jeopardizing your ability to keep the letter under 1/4 inch.
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Hi, OK so getting it.. For small value coins in a normal letter, writing non machinable on the front.. Its costs more. But is there a specific stamp for this? I dont want to go get each envelope weighed, because I don't want to go to the post office..
So can I just put on a $1 stamp?
I don't mail very often so confused.
thanks
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Nothing says we care like coins in an old PVC flip, taped with scotch to Toucan Sam's beak on a sugar encrusted cereal box.
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No special stamp needed, as long as you have at least the right amount of postage on the envelope. For 1 oz non-machinable, it's currently 75 cents, and for 2 oz it's 95 cents.
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Nothing says we care like coins in an old PVC flip, taped with scotch to Toucan Sam's beak on a sugar encrusted cereal box.


More likely to have a dried up slice of banana, but my conclusion from the feedback is that customers want it cheap and fast and they don;t really give a hoot about the package
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