I mailed a Double Eagle in plain white envelope today.

commoncents123

A few of you may vaguely remember when I mailed the $300 bust half in the plain white envelope a while back; Now I've really gone out on a limb and mailed a double eagle to my dad in a regular business envelope. In this case it's an ex jewelry piece so protecting condition didn't matter. All it took was a forever stamp plus 17. I would never, repeat never mail something of this value, this way to someone I was actually selling something to as opposed to "storing" (my dad stores my bullion). It's no more risky that putting all the bells and whistles on the package so long as you implicitly trust the receiving end.

Smittys

till that fat enevlope gets caught in the sorting machine and "poof" goes your coin.
To much of a chance to take

stinkinlincoln

Why didnt you use one of the dirt cheap bubblers?

Its still an ounce of gold...

notwilight

<< <i>Why didnt you use one of the dirt cheap bubblers? Its still an ounce of gold... >>



Then it's over 1/4" thick and the price goes up a buck. Also, when you're in the "just over 1/4" range then they sometimes try to send it through the sorter and it greatly increases the chance of it getting caught and damaged. I have that problem sometimes with a single slab in a bubble mailer. --jerry

mrpotatoheadd

A coin in a bubblemailer weighing 1.1 to 2.0 ounces can go first class large envelope rate for $1.05 as long as you don't use any stiffeners which would keep the envelope from being flexible.

doh

<< <i>It's no more risky that putting all the bells and whistles on the package so long as you implicitly trust the receiving end. >>


Well, I'm sure you trust yourself and the receiving end, it's the many people that handle your package between the two that should worry you. Good luck.

originalisbest

Somehow, the term "penny wise and pound foolish" comes to mind.

19Lyds

<< <i>Why didnt you use one of the dirt cheap bubblers?

Its still an ounce of gold... >>



Because he's trying to make a point.

Hopefully the coin will make it to your Dad but if not, oh well, point made.

BTW, Terry Kath from the group Chicago played Russian Roulette until the day he lost. Point Made as "Don't worry, it's not loaded" were his last words.

gecko109

Although I completely understand the "receiving end" concept, I could never bring myself to put almost $1,000 into the mail with no insurance. Would you mail your dad 10 crisp $100 bills in a plain envelope? Because thats basically what you just did, only with a better chance of your coin actually getting lost!

commoncents123

It will make it... How many of you have ever actually had a letter lost in the mail, or arrive mangled? Not very often.

Dentuck

You seem to contradict yourself with these statements:


Now I've really gone out on a limb

and

It's no more risky than....


Which was your action: going out on a limb, or non-risky?

gecko109

<< <i>It will make it... How many of you have ever actually had a letter lost in the mail, or arrive mangled? Not very often. >>



In the same regards, how often have you sent a thick chunk of heavy metal in a plain envelope? There is a PHYSICAL difference between a nicely folded flat letter and a chunk of heavy metal you know! Envelopes can and do rip on occasion, even with just paper inside.

jmj3esq

Good luck. I sent a white envelope containing 2 2x2 flips with 2009 Lincoln DDRs in it 2 weeks ago. It never arived to its destination. Lost in the mail. i had to send him 2 more DDRs. I also recently bought a Merc mine in an old rattler that ended upcracked. He shipped it in a white envelope for some reason. Again...good luck.

Do you get some pleasure from this?

WoodenJefferson

We just sent an American Eagle gift card to a graduate and the envelope was torn and the card missing. Well, we did not know it was missing until we talked to his parents and was wondering why we never got a thank you note. (unethical to ask, but is came up in the conversation) That's when we found out there was nothing in the envelope, hence no thank you.

Yes, it does happen, lots. I have received birthday cards with peek-a-boo razor slits along the edge.

19Lyds

<< <i>It will make it... How many of you have ever actually had a letter lost in the mail, or arrive mangled? Not very often. >>



True, but it does happen.



Just not everytime.




Wanna Play a Game??

PerryHall

commoncents123---You aren't living up to your name.

doh

I wonder if the OP is playing a joke on us. I mean, why post his foolishness here? He's going to get flamed no matter what the outcome. If the gold gets there with no problems he'll come back here and tell us all how trustworthy the system is and that we're too paranoid. If the gold does NOT make it there he'll either NOT tell us or he'll come here with his tail between his legs and we'll (rightfully) have no pity for him. Meanwhile, I see his offerings on the BST and I think, "Would I buy from this guy?"

messydesk

19Lyds

<< <i>Meanwhile, I see his offerings on the BST and I think, "Would I buy from this guy?" >>



Oh I'd buy from him with no problems at all.

Robb

Congratulations on achieving the difficult task of placing not one but two stamps on an envelope. We are so proud of you. Keep up the good work.

For your next project, let's try making ice. It can be a bit of a challenge.

telephoto1

If someone actually did this, they're an idiot.
And a cheap one at that.
Somehow I doubt they did.
Sounds like a play for attention and/or an attempt to start a flamefest.

mozin

I do not believe the OP truly mailed a $1000 gold coin in this fashion. He is only trying to get reactions to, what I would believe, to be a foolish venture.

telephoto1

<< <i>I do not believe the OP truly mailed a $1000 gold coin in this fashion. He is only trying to get reactions to, what I would believe, to be a foolish venture. >>



One would hope.

adamlaneus

Someone once mailed me a morgan in a first class envelope. Loose.

It arrived, but...

The weight of the coin was such that it had almost ripped it's own hole in the envelope by the time it arrived.



I almost want to make a parody thread, but i'll leave it at this:

I mailed a 1901-S quarter in a first class envelope to ICG and never got it back. My question is, was the coin AT?

bestday

<< <i>It will make it... How many of you have ever actually had a letter lost in the mail, or arrive mangled? Not very often. >>



How about 2 letters lost in 3 weeks, another mangled that contained an item just thicker than a PCGS holder ..It is your coin , one of these days it will take a bite out of you

ProofArtworkonCircs

My mother-in-law sent me two 1964 Canadian silver dollars loose in an envelope. The envelope arrived empty of coins with a hole in it.
I complained to the local postman and he recovered them. He had found them loose in his bag and gave them to somebody else getting Canadian mail.

7Jaguars

Agreed. Crap shoot with a coin that large and as has been pointed out can blast its own way out of the envelope, not to mention the pilfering. I quite often get mail that has been opened or damaged if not insured and secured. I have mailed very thin and small coins the size of dimes that had value of 20.00 or so but that has been it & don't like gambling with something of that value..

Billet7

I'm sure it isn't loose, rattling around in the envelope. I am sure he has enough "commonsense" to put it in a flip, and a corrugated mailer.

One day you might loose...you know that, right?

shorecoll

I have quite a bit of mail mangled. I have one temporary/substitute mail clerk I lovingly refer to as Godzilla the mail carrier. I got a giant mailbox so they woundn't crumple auction catalogs and they do it anyway. Let me tell you, you gotta be a strong #$##% to fold a Heritage catalog!!!!

jmski52

If I told you that I just received a double eagle in a plain white envelope from someone that I don't know, would you believe me?

sspat

messydesk - that's hilarious.

yellowkid

<< <i>Somehow, the term "penny wise and pound foolish" comes to mind. >>

nencoin

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Good one!

tradedollarnut

Just promise us we won't have to next read a whining thread about how the US Post Office lost your gold coin.

coinkat

HELLO NEUMAN!!

PerryHall

<< <i>HELLO NEUMAN!! >>



Don't forget Cliff Claven from Cheers.

BS

<< <i>till that fat enevlope gets caught in the sorting machine and "poof" goes your coin.
To much of a chance to take >>

When this happens it will also damage a few letters with it.

Lakesammman

I can't find the dunce icon - has it been deleted??

Dentuck

Didn't John Feigenbaum once deliver an 1894-S dime by putting it in his pocket and hopping on a plane?

ormandh

I tried that a few times, trying to save some postage, and my "letter" got caught in the machine. It arrived to it's destination in a plastic bagggie sans coin. I learned my lesson! -Dan

edited to add: my coin was really small, abut the size of a seated dime.

savoyspecial

>>Didn't John Feigenbaum once deliver an 1894-S dime by putting it in his pocket and hopping on a plane?>>


good memory Dennis, yes he did

commoncents123

We should know something by Friday, I would think....maybe tomorrow. BTW, I used a small piece of white duck tape to paste the raw coin (no holder) to an ordinary piece of paper, and then used 4 more pieces of paper to thicken it a little...that's it. Remember this was a jewelry piece and is just bullion.

SeaEagleCoins

<< <i>We should know something by Friday, I would think....maybe tomorrow. BTW, I used a small piece of white duck tape to paste the raw coin (no holder) to an ordinary piece of paper, and then used 4 more pieces of paper to thicken it a little...that's it. Remember this was a jewelry piece and is just bullion. >>




yep... just a measly grand...a pittance...

hope your faith in good fortune turns out OK...

nankraut

<< <i>It will make it... How many of you have ever actually had a letter lost in the mail, or arrive mangled? Not very often. >>



I like your style, man!

doh

What are you going to do when the coin is stolen?

zeebob

<< <i>What are you going to do when the coin is stolen? >>



I wish the mail man would steal my electric bill - it's a quarter inch thick and seems like it's worth a grand to our local provider SMUD.

commoncents123

<< <i>What are you going to do when the coin is stolen? >>



There is nothing I can do, I will be out of a grand. Once again, when I sell a coin I either use rip-proof bubble mailers or those neato Priority boxes the post offices gives away. This is only for someone who I implicitly trust and owe nothing to regarding the coin being mailed (as the coin is still mine, it's my risk to take).

adamlaneus

frnklnlvr

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So who gets the money? The P.O. or the recipient?

messydesk

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So who gets the money? The P.O. or the recipient? >>


Neither. The money will be cancelled and returned to sender since it is probably over one ounce. Taping on an extra quarter (or whatever it was at the time) might have worked..

StubbyMcNumbthumbs

I don't care who you are, now that's funny!

So, would these coins be "cancelled" so they couldn't be used again?