Never did crazy packaging with coins but when I was in college I sold a Magic the Gathering Card and did not have good packaging to ship with. I put the card in a soft sleeve then into a harder holder. I then wrapped the holder in a few layers of toilet paper and then secured it all with duct tape. Hey what can I say, I was improvising. I then put that in a padded mailer. When the person left me feedback it was positive with the comment, "only the hardest of gangstas would ship a card using duct tape."
I always associate Magic the Gathering with "gangstas".
I knew nothing about them, but when my sister and her husband died, I wound up, literally, with almost 2 TONS of them.
She owned a gaming store, and was one of the Alpha and Beta testers of the game.
It took year to understand what had value, not get ripped off. I sold all but 300 pounds to the new owners of the store, and sold most of the remaining for well into the 6 figures.
Never did crazy packaging with coins but when I was in college I sold a Magic the Gathering Card and did not have good packaging to ship with. I put the card in a soft sleeve then into a harder holder. I then wrapped the holder in a few layers of toilet paper and then secured it all with duct tape. Hey what can I say, I was improvising. I then put that in a padded mailer. When the person left me feedback it was positive with the comment, "only the hardest of gangstas would ship a card using duct tape."
I always associate Magic the Gathering with "gangstas".
Ruled notebook paper with higher math scribbling all over it that looks to be at least PhD level!
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
Originally posted by: TommyType Wondering if the aluminum foil was an attempt to hide the shape/size/identity of the item from x-ray machines? People who might open a package with a coin might bypass a "blob"??
As to the question, the worst I've received was simple white envelopes with a flip inside. "Oh, white envelopes don't ever tear!"
I had a slabbed coin sent to me in a simple white envelope. It was a gold coin too! Thankfully it arrived unbroken and in good condition. Funny thinking back on it. The envelope corner was starting to tear. Just made it.
I remember it like it was yesterday. A brown cardboard box showed up with 10 (go figure) Susan B Anthony Proof dollars in a plastic capsule and a plastic box with COA directly from the mint. Still have 80% of them left, after 16 years.
First are packing peanuts. When you open a box full of these they spill all over when you have to dig in to find the coins. They take up a lot of room in the trash (and landfills). Use bubble wrap or crumbled newspaper instead.
Tape. It works. Wrapping a coin in bubble wrap and putting a piece of tape to hold it in place works fine. You don't need to wrap everything in three layers of tape.
One of the hardest packages to open come from APMEX. The glue they use basically welds the box shut. Then you find a bubble mailer glued to the inside of the box. That's some amazingly strong glue they use.
I like to try and reuse shipping boxes, not so much because I'm cheap I just don't like waste. If I can't reuse it, I recycle but with layers upon layers of tape that makes it hard to recycle.
Someone on the PM board used to deliver bulk silver dollars in self described "duct tape footballs". Seriously these things were the size of a mini-football wrapped in thick grey duct tape. I can't remember the quantities involved but they weighed several pounds each.
Sometimes this can be true. Like several have just mentioned, I've received coins wrapped in so much tape that you have to cut the coin out, and then you risk cutting the coin trying to get through the tape.
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Never did crazy packaging with coins but when I was in college I sold a Magic the Gathering Card and did not have good packaging to ship with. I put the card in a soft sleeve then into a harder holder. I then wrapped the holder in a few layers of toilet paper and then secured it all with duct tape. Hey what can I say, I was improvising. I then put that in a padded mailer. When the person left me feedback it was positive with the comment, "only the hardest of gangstas would ship a card using duct tape."
I always associate Magic the Gathering with "gangstas".
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I knew nothing about them, but when my sister and her husband died, I wound up, literally, with almost 2 TONS of them.
She owned a gaming store, and was one of the Alpha and Beta testers of the game.
It took year to understand what had value, not get ripped off. I sold all but 300 pounds to the new owners of the store, and sold most of the remaining for well into the 6 figures.
I still have her "master" set of cards.
Never did crazy packaging with coins but when I was in college I sold a Magic the Gathering Card and did not have good packaging to ship with. I put the card in a soft sleeve then into a harder holder. I then wrapped the holder in a few layers of toilet paper and then secured it all with duct tape. Hey what can I say, I was improvising. I then put that in a padded mailer. When the person left me feedback it was positive with the comment, "only the hardest of gangstas would ship a card using duct tape."
I always associate Magic the Gathering with "gangstas".
they are true playas!
I once had a coin come in a Stouffer's lasagna box. Fortunately, the coin was not lasagna toned.
that was weird
Received several rolls of 90% dimes in a Pyrex test tube.
I had 3 rolls of Mercury Dimes shipped to me loose inside a popscicle mold similar to one of these:
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Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
Wondering if the aluminum foil was an attempt to hide the shape/size/identity of the item from x-ray machines? People who might open a package with a coin might bypass a "blob"??
As to the question, the worst I've received was simple white envelopes with a flip inside. "Oh, white envelopes don't ever tear!"
I had a slabbed coin sent to me in a simple white envelope. It was a gold coin too! Thankfully it arrived unbroken and in good condition. Funny thinking back on it. The envelope corner was starting to tear. Just made it.
Still have 80% of them left, after 16 years.
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I haven't had anything too strange.
Recently a coin was shipped to me loose inside a padded mailer.
Twice. Recently. Different Sellers. Not even padded. Taped in USPS scrap cardboard.
I had 3 rolls of Mercury Dimes shipped to me loose inside a popscicle mold similar to one of these:
Delicious!
First are packing peanuts. When you open a box full of these they spill all over when you have to dig in to find the coins. They take up a lot of room in the trash (and landfills). Use bubble wrap or crumbled newspaper instead.
Tape. It works. Wrapping a coin in bubble wrap and putting a piece of tape to hold it in place works fine. You don't need to wrap everything in three layers of tape.
One of the hardest packages to open come from APMEX. The glue they use basically welds the box shut. Then you find a bubble mailer glued to the inside of the box. That's some amazingly strong glue they use.
I like to try and reuse shipping boxes, not so much because I'm cheap I just don't like waste. If I can't reuse it, I recycle but with layers upon layers of tape that makes it hard to recycle.