Need to ship a box of quarters through the mail. Looking for ideas and helpful hints of what to do and what not to do? Thanks
Your cheapest and best bet is to likely break them up and send them in two flat rate priority boxes. Probably large-size boxes but perhaps medium would do. If you need to send them together in the original box be prepared to pay a mighty large sum to do so as the weight from a box of quarters is high.
Yep, shipping costs in general go by weight, and shipping a 25+ pound package is going to cost a lot -- if you don't use flat rate shipping. Boxes of quarters are dense, and surprisingly small for their weight. Googling "bank box of quarters dimensions" leads me to figures like these: Compartment Height: 3.38" Compartment Width: 10.31" Compartment Depth: 5" Looking at the interior dimensions for a top-loading Medium Flat Rate box gives: Inside: 11″ x 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ It looks like you could ship in a Priority Mail medium flat-rate box, $16.10 postage, with enough room to spare that you'd need padding. If you've got the quarter box in-hand, take a look.
Yes, you need to insure it AND HAVE IT GO REGISTERED. Registered means it is signed for at each step it is handed off. So, it will cost more than you think, if you absolutely ensure that it gets where it needs to go. (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-do-you-ship-a-full-box-of-quarters.394103/)
You don't have to have it go registered. You can have it go registered (itll likely take forever), but priority or express is just fine.
Not Worth insuring. The cost is prohibitive and if you read the fine print coins are not covered. I have shipped many flat rate boxes and haven't ever lost one.
I think you're misreading the fine print. FedEx and UPS specifically exclude coins. I think USPS refuses to insure cash, but collectable coins are definitely eligible.
USPS wont do cash or bullion but yea they'll do numismatic items A box of quarters might fall into a grey area where they try and call it cash but theres appeals processes where if you can prove it was sold numismatically with a premium price price the claim should be honored
I recently, last Saturday to be exact, mailed 3 oversized envelopes to the same state and all went through the same distribution hubs. As an experiment, I sent one Express, one registered with signature confirmation, and the last and biggest envelope I sent snail mail and put it into the mail box in the parking lot as I was leaving. They all traveled about 900 miles and the 2 tracked envelopes went through the same final distribution hub. I was surprised (not really) that all 3 arrived on the same day within a couple of hours.
I would place some ties [we called them chicken straps at my work] around them so they will not shift during shipment with some type of foam padding. I would not use the United States., but another like Fed X or UPS. Also insure and get a signed receipt back from a delivery. Good luck
Carrier pidgen or stork cheap but slow, just kidding. Break down would be your best bet but I would check all carriers and make the best decision, good luck.
I wouldn't use Fedex ever again after my own experience with them. I am thankful I was the one who packed this lot as if I hadn't taken the precautions I did, my step son would not have received his items. It looked like it had been used as a football. Tough box, taped at edges and corners, Clearly marked as fragile and they still managed to bust it open
I'm guessing the op sold a box of new 2022 quarters I've seen some sell for around $1,000 more or less on the bay.
