I have been looking at a few items to purchase from the Mint and I just assumed that there would be no shipping charges because the government has franking privileges. Guess I was wrong.
Maybe you think the US Mint ships with the US Postal Service? Of my 3 recent orders, 2 went FedEx and 1 went UPS.
Nah, most of them will be shipped out to the embalmers and placed in their nice little plastic tombs that will slow the toning to a crawl. And while there are some very nicely toned ASE's, most of them are not.