How much can a slab withstand?

relayer · November 19, 2003 10:40AM

I sold a PCGS 25c on eBay and the buyer tells me it's been damaged (it was marked "Received In Damaged Condition" by the post office, and the enveloped was ripped). I told him to return it and I've give him his money back (plus shipping both ways).

It was wrapped in bubble wrap and inside a bubble mailer (for double bubble protection) but it sure got smashed.

Placid · November 19, 2003 10:44AM

Strange

kieferscoins · November 19, 2003 10:45AM

I have only had one problem with a single mailer and it was a large one that a box sat on and snapped a few slabs on the corners. The small ones there has never been a problem, and a double mailer with that kind of damage looks wierd. Like a hammer head hit it right in the middle.

Cameron Kiefer

jpumper · November 19, 2003 10:47AM

hope it was insured, the Post Office won't help you otherwise.

lordmarcovan · November 19, 2003 11:03AM

I had an Ike dollar arrive once in a PCGS slab that was broken in half.

Looks like they had a guy with a ballpeen hammer postmarking stuff when you shipped that one!

(Seriously, I wonder if the hit with the postmark stamp is what did that?)

sinin1 · November 19, 2003 11:10AM

how thick was envelope with bubble and wrap?

if thin and regular sized - may go through the autosorter and corner may have gotten it

BigE · November 19, 2003 11:17AM

If it was "double bubbled

" I find it hard to believe that a rubber stamp would do that kind of damage, probably got stuck under the wheel of a heavy steel mail cart, either that or the buyer took advantage of the envelope being torn and damaged it himself to further his stroy about the coin being damaged at all-----------------------BigE

Bubblehead · November 19, 2003 11:20AM

Well, I can't say I've had experience with steel wheels, stamping machines, etc., but I dropped one recently, from normal heighth, opening the envelope it came in. It hit the cement garage floor, and broke in half. I was stunned!

Skipper53 · November 19, 2003 12:12PM

Plastic is still the best material for protecting a coin while still allowing
excellent visibility. ( except the edge )
when technology gives us a material that is bullet-proof and still affordable,
cracking out a coin will be a REAL challenge !

In the meantime, mail your slabs in a box instead of an envelope.

Skipper

XpipedreamR · November 19, 2003 12:24PM

Just out of curiosity, was it an expensive coin, and is the coin OK?

relayer · November 19, 2003 12:53PM

It was a 1976 Clad 25c PR69DC so it wasn't expensive. But it could have been

Instead it was just a hassel. The coin is probably OK but I can't see thru the chards to see.

Some machine grabbed hold of it and womped on it.

elwood · November 19, 2003 1:23PM

That's one reason I like Registered. It doesn't do through a sorting machine.

ARCO · November 19, 2003 2:54PM

If it is a SEGS slab...A direct nuclear blast. Not even a disgruntled Postal worker could put a scratch on one of those babies! I think it is the same stuff that they put on the outside of the space shuttle.

Tyler

Merc · November 20, 2003 5:26AM

Wow, I've never seen so much damage to a package. Mine usually arrive looking new except for the stamps on the outside.

mercurynut · November 20, 2003 5:38AM

I had it happen once a couple of years back and since then all coins go out in USPS Prioiry mail boxes.

How much can a slab withstand?

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