How do I ship 60 coins?

[ginfol_6050]

I'm new to Ebay and was wondering what is the best way to ship coins

[mg152]

60 coins together? That’s gonna be heavy. You need a box, a heavy duty freezer bag or something to put the coins in so they don’t get lost. Tape, lots of tape in the box especially if you don’t use a bag cause coins can slip out of any open space. Probably have to ship by priority mail.

[glyph01]

Yeah in one or multiple heavy duty plastic bag(s) -- 10 coins in each bag and vacuum pack each so coins make no noise and toss in box with foam peanuts as suggested above.

[jeannicho22]

You might be able to do so with a flat rate envelope or a flat rate padded envelope.  As others have suggested, put them into a zip lock bag or a seal a meal bag.  You might even want to fortify the inside of the envelope with lots and lots of packing tape.  Then once the item is sealed inside the envelope use lots of packing tape to completely cover the package.  You can put as much tape as you want on a FRE provided you do not alter the shape of the envelope.

BTW, I did order a bunch of international coins and I'm pretty sure there were at least 60 of them.... They arrived in a fortified FRE and they arrived just fine.  It does work.

[mg152]

Exactly. I wouldn’t put something that heavy in any envelope.

[jeannicho22]

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@mg152 wrote:
Exactly. I wouldn’t put something that heavy in any envelope.

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Worked great for me on the buyer side.  Shrugs.  

[anthology-of-treasures]

It worked great because your package was lucky. The padded envelope provides no actual protection. Put a egg inside one and drop it on the floor. It should donly be used when an item can be placed inside of a box and then that box can placed inside of the padded envelope to save money. Your package will travel down conveyer belts, fall into sorting bins, have other packages fall onto i int he sorting bins, be tossed, dropped and may suffer other abuse. Just watch one of more crews at a terminal manually unload trucks as fast as they can to see what I mean - they fall off the rollers, are dropped, fall over in the truck, etc...

[anthology-of-treasures]

Here is a lot of 180 coins + some related items I sold. Most of its estimated weight of 21 pounds was in the coins.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/180-200-Franklin-Mint-History-U-S-24KT-Silver-Charter-Member-Medal-/1429679...

34 of the main coins were already in bags or small bags were added while 146 were carded in groups of two. Soft shopping bags and 3/16" bubblewrap were layered between each coin or card. Groups of single coins and cards were entombed in 3/16" bubblewrap to form different bundles. These items were placed in smaller boxes. The small boxes were placed inside a larger box with padding. Layers of tape on the entire outside surface of the exterior box - cheapest insurance you can buy. Some padding was placed inside the small small of equipment to prevent and sliding of the contents as this can cause damage. Any paperwork that might get bent goes in a plastic sleeve. Paper work that will not fit into one of the smaller boxes gets placed inside a cardboard "brick" made of several layers of cardboard taped together to prevent and bending. The brick saves room verses another internal box. After several decades of shipping the above is essentially a reflex.

[green-night]

The OP sold a lot of 60 pennies.  That isn't that heavy - probably under 8 ounces.  I would probably ship in a box because it would probably still be under a pound an able to go first class mail.   I wouldn't hesitate to put in a zip lock bag and ship in a bubble mailer though.  

[jeannicho22]

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@anthology-of-treasures wrote:

It worked great because your package was lucky. The padded envelope provides no actual protection. Put a egg inside one and drop it on the floor. It should donly be used when an item can be placed inside of a box and then that box can placed inside of the padded envelope to save money. Your package will travel down conveyer belts, fall into sorting bins, have other packages fall onto i int he sorting bins, be tossed, dropped and may suffer other abuse. Just watch one of more crews at a terminal manually unload trucks as fast as they can to see what I mean - they fall off the rollers, are dropped, fall over in the truck, etc...

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I don't really think it was luck.  Mine was not a padded flat rate envelope, it was the cardboard one.  The seller had completely taped around one direction and then again in the other using a packing tape with nylon material in it.  The envelope held up like a trooper.

[anthology-of-treasures]

If that is the case then each penny should go in individual small protective poly bag or sleeve to prevent the coins from scratching each other. I like to use 1.5" x 2" ziplocks for such small items. Then use soft free shopping bags or purchased 3/16" bubblewrap to pad the coins inside a free small box you get from a store or boxes you buy in bulk. A 6" x 6" x 4" box (about $.25 new) works great as it still provides enough room for a label and weighs 3+/- ounces empty. Send the small box 1st Class and purchase insurance or self-insure the items at your own risk. Alternatively place the small box inside a flat rate bubble mailer and get free insurance and a lower Priority rate than a box.

[anthology-of-treasures]

I forgot to add that if you are not a Top Rated seller eBay is only going to give you $50 insurance so you might want to consider using pirateship to get $100 free insurance.

[orangehound]

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@mg152 wrote:
Exactly. I wouldn’t put something that heavy in any envelope.

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I've shipped a 10-pound barbell weight in a Flat Rate envelope before ... wrapped it in small bubble wrap, and reinforced it with tape.  🙂

But, if I were shipping 60 coins, I would use a USPS Small Flat Rate box.

[creekcoyote]

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@ginfol_6050 wrote:

I'm new to Ebay and was wondering what is the best way to ship coins

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Plastic tubes from a coin supply shop can be very useful in shipping coins.  Put the coins in an appropriate sized tube, stuff any extra space with cotton and wrap the whole tube in plastic wrap.  Mail in a padded envelope.  For extra protection a couple of pieces of cardboard can be added to the envelope after the tube is in it.  Or you can put the tube between two pieces of cardboard and tape them together before putting in envelope.  Whichever feels most secure to you.  I usually tape these envelopes with a bit more tape to ensure that no part of the envelope can get caught in the postal machines.  The tubes are relatively inexpensive and can keep the coins together without making any noise.

Good luck with selling.

[johnrj1226]

 them in some coin  wrappers - you can  get them from any local bank for free, put them in a small flat  rate box with any packing materials you  have to keep them from rattling around - bubble wrap, air pillows,  foam, heavy  craft paper, etc and ship them off.

Now if these  coin are  of significant  value you may  want to protect  each one from  rubbing against each other so not to  diminish the value.  Not a coin guy  but they  must  have something to ship them in.