Ok...coin related question.....what is the strangest thing you had a coin shipped to you in?

I believe we are all pretty excited when we get to our mailbox and determine there is a little treasure inside (coins) 
So we all talk about the great coins we just received, the colors, the varieties, the errors, the rips, the dogs, and everything in between but.....
What is the strangest, most bizzare, or most interesting thing you have ever had a coin shipped in???

I bought a 1962 Proof Quarter off Ebay the other day:


and it came inside this, with some cardboard wrapped around it..................


Now I readily admit I am a pack rat but a bubble mailer that's 14 years old.....that even has me beat
Ok I know that he probably purchased the coin from this company and just kept the slab in the original mailer all these years but I still thought it was pretty interesting

So we all talk about the great coins we just received, the colors, the varieties, the errors, the rips, the dogs, and everything in between but.....
What is the strangest, most bizzare, or most interesting thing you have ever had a coin shipped in???

I bought a 1962 Proof Quarter off Ebay the other day:


and it came inside this, with some cardboard wrapped around it..................


Now I readily admit I am a pack rat but a bubble mailer that's 14 years old.....that even has me beat

Ok I know that he probably purchased the coin from this company and just kept the slab in the original mailer all these years but I still thought it was pretty interesting

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Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
<< <i>Got an eBay purchase once that was wrapped in just a piece of cardboard, that they kept wrapping into an envelope shape and mailed like that. >>
That's how this was wrapped as well
"La Vostra Nonna Ha Faccia Del Fungo"
<< <i>Did you really mean to publish your entire address to this public forum? >>
It's not mine...and it wasn't his.....and since it was somebody's 14 years ago...I guess I am ok with that?
This Quarter is yet another example of the deals you can get on Ebay when you have some skills at judging nice coins from bad scans.....paid $9.99 for it and I was the only bidder:
Seller's pics...
Hoard the keys.
Most of them are now Here. I allready had the quarters and halves got the others from one of the members here.
The guy had cut three sheets of masonite to the same dimensions, then routed out a hole in one of them big enough to hold the coin and paperwork, and then made a sandwich with the coin in the middle. He then put about 50 finishing nails all around the circumference, and then wrapped it in the tape so you couldn't pull out the nails.
Of course, the coin was a replica.
TD
Russ, NCNE
The guy had cut three sheets of masonite to the same dimensions, then routed out a hole in one of them big enough to hold the coin and paperwork, and then made a sandwich with the coin in the middle. He then put about 50 finishing nails all around the circumference, and then wrapped it in the tape so you couldn't pull out the nails.
Of course, the coin was a replica.
TD"
Contest over. That's got to top them all.
<< <i>At ANACS one day, we received a large (20 by 24 inch or so, but only an inch or so thick) stiff package completely embalmed in wrapping tape. We couldn't find any seam along an edge to get a knife into to cut the tape. Finally we took it to the work bench and put a cold chisel to one corner and bent it back a bit to see what the hell we were working with.
The guy had cut three sheets of masonite to the same dimensions, then routed out a hole in one of them big enough to hold the coin and paperwork, and then made a sandwich with the coin in the middle. He then put about 50 finishing nails all around the circumference, and then wrapped it in the tape so you couldn't pull out the nails.
Of course, the coin was a replica.
TD >>
Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
800-624-1870
Box of 20
The creativity of the cheap EBay seller never ceases to amaze me!
The name is LEE!
<< <i>Not strange but unusual. The shipping box was covered with stamps from the 60 and 70's. Coolest package I ever received. Still have it. >>
Russ, NCNE
Box of 20
Keith
It wasn't unc. It was a brilliant gem proof. It came in a safe-t-mailer period. The glue was contacting the coin. It now has selective toning.