An old order from the Mint, box is still closed….how do I tell what’s in it?

Herb_T

Anyone?

P0CKETCHANGE

Did you order it? If so, try searching the order number in your email provider.

Herb_T

@P0CKETCHANGE said:
Did you order it? If so, try searching the order number in your email provider.

If I knew the order number, I could find it in my order history. I tried to search my mailbox to find an email that had tracking number, no go. I tried putting the tracking number into USPS to no avail.

Herb_T

I am trying to not open the box in case I want to have it as First Strike…or not.

P0CKETCHANGE

@Herb_T said:

@P0CKETCHANGE said:
Did you order it? If so, try searching the order number in your email provider.

If I knew the order number, I could find it in my order history. I tried to search my mailbox to find an email that had tracking number, no go. I tried putting the tracking number into USPS to no avail.

There’s a number that says “Order #” on the screenshot you posted.

Cranium_Basher73

Herb_T

@P0CKETCHANGE said:

@Herb_T said:

@P0CKETCHANGE said:
Did you order it? If so, try searching the order number in your email provider.

If I knew the order number, I could find it in my order history. I tried to search my mailbox to find an email that had tracking number, no go. I tried putting the tracking number into USPS to no avail.

There’s a number that says “Order #” on the screenshot you posted.

Yup, except there are no orders in my order list that start with a 2….none.

BLUEJAYWAY

Could you contact the mint with the order # and your contact information? Or the processing department.

1madman

Take it sealed to a show and let pcgs open it. You’ll get to see what it is and submit (or not) if you’d like, and PCGS will look at the invoice slip to determine first strike status. Simple

oih82w8

The postmark date would narrow it down somewhat.

NJCoin

@Herb_T said:

@P0CKETCHANGE said:

@Herb_T said:

@P0CKETCHANGE said:
Did you order it? If so, try searching the order number in your email provider.

If I knew the order number, I could find it in my order history. I tried to search my mailbox to find an email that had tracking number, no go. I tried putting the tracking number into USPS to no avail.

There’s a number that says “Order #” on the screenshot you posted.

Yup, except there are no orders in my order list that start with a 2….none.

Somewhere on that box is going to be a date when it was shipped and/or delivered. You can try to map that to something in your order history. If that doesn't work, as others have suggested, you can call the Mint and see if they can help, either with the date or with the order # starting with the 2. And, if that doesn't work, then you are SOL, since, if you don't have records and the Mint doesn't have records, you are never going to get to someone in a fulfillment center with records.

Herb_T

@oih82w8 said:
The postmark date would narrow it down somewhat.

Nope…no dates….

Herb_T

F.I.

Time to open the box….

Herb_T

3 - 2023 Silver Proof Eagle….they have been there since March! Lmfao!

Moldnut

mark_dak

Should have sold it on eBay as Vault Box #5

Mark

Goldbully

Modwriter

Isn't the first day of strike reserved for dealers only?

350gn

get on a flight with it and covertly get a pic as it goes through the TSA x-ray?

BStrauss3

@oih82w8 said:
The postmark date would narrow it down somewhat.

You would think, but no. Mike Kittle just posted a video opening a box clearly dated 1981 and it had five 1976 3-coin silver sets.

MetroD

@Modwriter said:
Isn't the first day of strike reserved for dealers only?

OP was concerned with 'First Strike', not 'First Day of Issue'.

'First Strike' rules.
'First Day of Issue' rules.

'FS' is available to 'collectors club' members; 'FDOI' is only for "bulk submitters".

PerryHall

@BStrauss3 said:

@oih82w8 said:
The postmark date would narrow it down somewhat.

You would think, but no. Mike Kittle just posted a video opening a box clearly dated 1981 and it had five 1976 3-coin silver sets.

The Mint over-produced the Bicentennial set and was still selling them long after the Bicentennial was over. Anyone know when the mint finally stopped selling them?

Bikergeek

telephoto1

@PerryHall said:

@BStrauss3 said:

@oih82w8 said:
The postmark date would narrow it down somewhat.

You would think, but no. Mike Kittle just posted a video opening a box clearly dated 1981 and it had five 1976 3-coin silver sets.

The Mint over-produced the Bicentennial set and was still selling them long after the Bicentennial was over. Anyone know when the mint finally stopped selling them?

If I recall correctly their last appearance in the Mint catalog was in 1982.