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United States
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TO ship coins to other places in the US? Also If I bring a couple of coins to the post office and buy an envelope there, put them in and then send them will there be any problems with that? The only thing I would have to do would be to write the address on the envelope right?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Yes, unless you tell the cashiers that they are tokens or persuade them that it is.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I'm not certain of the intent of the original question. There is no prohibition against sending ("shipping" per se needs qualification since there's UPS, FedEx, and other private vendors which may have different rules) coins or script through the US Postal Service. The Domestic Mailing Manual (DMM) only prohibits items which may be a danger to persons or to other mail (Sections 601.8 and 601.11 - Nonmailable Materials). That said, any parcel or envelope with obviously inadequate packaging (e.g., loose coins in an envelope) may be refused by postal clerks.
Fred
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Valued Member
United States
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laxmaster92, loose coin in an envelope damage the sorting machines at the large sorting centers and the envelope. You may be enhancing some postal clerks coin collection. Best to use bubble wrap envelopes that don't go near the sorting machines.
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Member
 United States
1154 Posts |
I plan on buying at a bubble wrapped mailer at the post office. IF I assemble the package there and and give it to the clerk I shouldn't have a problem right?
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Rest in Peace
United States
2684 Posts |
That's affirmative. Take some means to secure the coins in the envelope, (e.g., mylar flip, 2x2) so they don't rattle around and wear a hole in the envelope thus contributing, as stmpcol said, to a postal worker's favorite charity.
The only problem might be an ignorant but self-righteous all-knowing postal clerk who refuses to reference his/her DMM and attempts to refuse your coin mail. If this happens, stick up for your rights and ask the clerk to find the prohibition in the DMM.
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
Never mail a coin loose in an envelope.
I did that once, and lost a beautiful Australian Lunar coin.
The envelope arrived but the coin evidentally went though a machine and zipped through the end of the envelope.
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Valued Member
Ireland
498 Posts |
Thank you for another info.
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Valued Member
United States
458 Posts |
I usually use that corrogated sticky coin mailer to secure the item, or have used scotch tape or staple around the 2by2's then it either goes into a regular envelope, or a bubble mailer, if I want double protection. Works well either or--I have shipped slabbed coins that way, and even raw coins that way, of course the raw coins are in their own individual saflip--before packaging it up. 1 more thing, I always prep the package at home before either going to the PO, or just turning it over to my mail lady--They have no idea what I am shipping, none of their business. I also have a personal account with USPS, that way I can print out paid labels here at home.
Edited by CiScO
11/17/2006 09:06 am
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Moderator
 United States
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Heritage ships in the sticky corrugated cardboard that Cisco mentions. I would consider that a strong vote in favor of that method.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Those cardboard thingies are Safe-T-Mailers, available from http://www.safetmailer.com/ . They're also available from other vendors; do a Google on "safe-t-mailers". In quantities of 100 (4'x9"), they're 30¢ each. Well worth the cost. |
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