Better late than never...
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lkenefic
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Last year as I was finishing up with a Wayte Raymond Large Cent Album I purchased plastic "proxy coins" to put in the album for coins I had certified. They're only $2 each, so when the package wasn't delivered and I contacted the vendor, we cancelled the order and got another shipment out... $10 worth.
Today, I got this in my mailbox...
No envelope... just the proxy coins in a ziplock baggie folded up in the invoice and the vendors card... dated last May, 2024!
Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;
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photo of packaging
Yes... that was the package.
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So I guess that was proxy packaging, as well?
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Wow
I have no idea what "proxy coins" look like but I'd love to know.
In any case, if they are three dimensional and were mailed in a regular envelope then the mailing probably got chewed up in a machine and only recently discovered.
Or, they might have been accidentally delivered to someone else and they opened it and only now decided to give it to you. That is actually my leading theory, since the USPS has plastic bags/pouches that they put damaged mail into before delivery.
@JBK ... Here's a plastic proxy coin in my Wayte Raymond Album of Large Cents... I sent the 1820 out to our hosts and it came back AU50...
...and you solved the mystery... sort of. My next door neighbor received the mailer package damaged and put the invoice, sellers business card, and the plastic ziplock with 5 plastic proxy coins in my mailbox. But, he just recently received them. The mailer was damaged to the point that the address was difficult to read.
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