@d9lowe said:
Why would anyone trust the USPS these days to deliver coins with that much value??? I just dont get it.
While not the case here, with respect to the option of registered mail, what do you think is safer?
Nothing is safer than registered mail. When the Hope Diamond was sent to the Smithsonian Institution, a feasibility study was performed to determine the safest way to send it. It was determined that registered mail was the way to go and that's what was used. Just make sure that's it's fully insured.
I suspect you are thinking of the DeYoung Red Diamond which they sent by mail.
Hope Diamond was shipped by USPS in 1958. The year I was born!!!
"James Todd, the mailman who delivered the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian, apparently had his leg crushed in a truck accident shortly thereafter. He also suffered a head injury in a separate accident. Oh, also, his house burned down."
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
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Hope Diamond was shipped by USPS in 1958. The year I was born!!!
Indeed but the curse of the hope Diamond got the mail delivery person - Poor guy:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/19579/quick-10-10-victims-hope-diamond-curse
"James Todd, the mailman who delivered the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian, apparently had his leg crushed in a truck accident shortly thereafter. He also suffered a head injury in a separate accident. Oh, also, his house burned down."
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"