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You must add eBay Standard Envelope when you create the listing. Both coin auctions currently have bids, so I'm not sure if you can successfully add that feature at this point. It might still be possible. eBay Standard Envelope can only be used if your auction does not exceed $20. Since the current value of an ounce of silver is over that, this may be a moot point for your two silver coin listings, but you could use it for lesser coins.
To ship a coin:
After placing your coin in a flexible sleeve, tape it to the middle of the soft and flexible card stock, as shown below. Multiple coins are spaced out to allow flexibility.
Notice that the file folder material I have chosen is cut to the full size of the envelope. This provides the coins with a shoehorn leading edge to enter the sorting equipment, and the gentle bulge in the middle will easily glide through the equipment.
Test your envelope for flexibility because it must negotiate the USPS automated sorting machinery. See all the spindles, belts and corners (below)? The white blur at the lower left is an envelope shooting around the reader/printer bend, while there are other flippers to route envelopes onto different tracks within the sorting machine. Anything that can't handle the pathways or corners will be kicked out as non-machinable.
