So today I found out that Australia Post will not ship coins and notes out of Australia ... I mean a quick look around that auction site says every man and his dog does it anyway ... but has anyone ever been hit with this nonsense? Either turned away at the post office, had a coin RTS, or had a claim rejected for a parcel that went missing?
Smells like anti-competitive behaviour, I bet the buggers ship their PNCs abroad.
You also can't get postal insurance for "money" in the mail either but you'll see dealers try to add insurance charges to a purchased coin or banknote.
I ship my coins overseas as "Hobby Supplies" and never had a problem.
I don't insure them though. Only once did I get asked to be more specific,
so I added "Metal discs".
Any coins I have sent overseas I have called them Monetary Disks and have all delivered safely.
Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='122716' dateline='1593523009'Any coins I have sent overseas I have called them Monetary Disks and have all delivered safely.
Yes, i never had a problem,for the most part AP does not want to know the exact details of what's enclosed.
A lady i met in the early days of Ebay,she ran a Antique/2nd hand store in California,sent me any Aust. coins that came her way and in return i sent her some Oz. coins such as the 2001 State Coins.
On the Custom Form i just said 'Tokens' and all were delivered.
I can see a problem with high end Coins but there is a steady flow from & back to PCGS every week.
Seems rules are made to be broken.
Can see why they don't want to get stuck in the middle of a grading/damaged in transit dispute, or paying out missing letters which may or may not have contained valuable coins.
How does the RAM ship their coins overseas? Perhaps they use a different service.
Eric
Quote from: 'drakesterling' pid='122726' dateline='1593607425'How does the RAM ship their coins overseas? Perhaps they use a different service.
Eric
I know Fedex will ship high value coins into Australia as I've done that. Presumably Fedex and other international shippers also send coins out.
Yeah they use couriers for bullion (which Auspost doesn't allow under any circumstance, even locally) so probably same story
the problem mostly is the receiving country and if they allow money to go through the post....then with Australia there is austrac laws. I send a lot o/s and never had anything stopped
I have done heaps of coin swaps on Numista and as long as you carefully pack them they can just go in a letter. I wrap alfoil around each coin, then stick them between cardboard cut from a cornflakes packet. Keeps it nice and slim but secure. Then place in an envelope. You can get up to 20 or 25 coins in depending on size. Don't go over 250gram and its just normal letter rate.
Or buy one of the prepaid international mail envelopes at around $17 and you can do the same thing with tracking.
Mike
Quote from: 'brismike' pid='124122' dateline='1609911167'I have done heaps of coin swaps on Numista and as long as you carefully pack them they can just go in a letter. I wrap alfoil around each coin, then stick them between cardboard cut from a cornflakes packet. Keeps it nice and slim but secure. Then place in an envelope. You can get up to 20 or 25 coins in depending on size. Don't go over 250gram and its just normal letter rate.
Or buy one of the prepaid international mail envelopes at around $17 and you can do the same thing with tracking.
Mike
Sounds pretty much how I do it too, except I put the coins in littles baggies or wrap in cling wrap.
Then stick them between cardboard.
Steve :)