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aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 02/02/2010 02:45 am I usually never buy EXPENSIVE coins on line, But once I sold a guitar and sent it over seas, in the end every thing went well, But the one thing I noticed was, that they would only let me insure my item for $650 for a $2,000 item? So my question is essentially, If you buy sell or submit a coin say worth $10,000, how does one ship and receive an item and be protected, when the post office will not insure it for higher valued items....... I had read in the forums, using registered mail, means your package is safe.....but what protects your value, if something should be somehow lost?in many an instance, a person would possibly prove the value they spent, say an ebay item,,,,,,,file the forms and wait for the settlement what if you submit a coin of an unknown value and it comes up missing? would you be given the lowest possible value? Report this Post to the Staff

biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 02/02/2010 08:09 am Registered mail is insurable up to $25,000. The problem you encountered deals with mailing outside of the US. Report this Post to the Staff
BH1964 Bedrock of the Community United States 10982 Posts	Posted 02/02/2010 10:47 pm Standard U.S. Mail is insurable on the full value of the contents up to $5,000. When you go over $5K you have to switch to Registered Mail. Registered Mail is usually cheaper, so even if the package is $2K to $4K, I use Registered Mail. ANA #R3154474 Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 02/03/2010 3:22 pm Registered mail becomes cheaper once the declared value goes over about $800. That's why PCGS's claim of new lower cost shipping makes no sense. http://www.coincommunity.info/new-l...ers-02-2010/ It's only going to be cheaper for those packages worth less than $800. Everything else is going to be more expensive and less secure (but faster). Report this Post to the Staff
BH1964 Bedrock of the Community United States 10982 Posts	Posted 02/03/2010 3:26 pm PCGS is SELF-insuring. Costs go down. They are not using USPS Insurance. ANA #R3154474 Report this Post to the Staff
Sokol New Member Belarus 30 Posts	Posted 04/03/2010 10:20 am And how to mail coins to Belarus? Are there any problems whith customs? Report this Post to the Staff
aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 04/03/2010 11:16 am any time an item gets shipped into countries they all want a piece of the pie, a tax on the value of the item... Report this Post to the Staff
Sokol New Member Belarus 30 Posts	Posted 04/07/2010 09:42 am I Know!) Report this Post to the Staff
WpgLwr Pillar of the Community Canada 1082 Posts	Posted 04/07/2010 09:47 am I think that the best way to mail to other countries is to keep the shipments small, say, to a single layer of coins between cardboard. Not enough to interest Customs in certain countries that way. Report this Post to the Staff
Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 04/12/2010 06:11 am keeping the number of coins down to max of 5 will help on the weight as well as minimize the red tape that accompanies each package. Over here around 10 coins and it is extensively looked and peered at Report this Post to the Staff
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