Shipping Coins via FEDEX - which is the best way to describe them?

Hello everybody,
I will probably need to ship a few coins international via FEDEX. Which is the best way to describe a collector coin in the documentation? I can think of 'Collectable Coin' or just 'Collectible'.

What is appropriate (to minimise the chance of loss/theft), and at the same time compliant with customs regulations?

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

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Collectable medal / token. Have not been a problem at all.

 

Numismatic item. Really the minimizing theft/loss is just making sure it has tracking. If the coin is an ancient there are A LOT more regulations about what is legal to ship out of a country

 

Thank you very much, guys. This is very useful to me!

 

Frank Robinson, a pretty legendary dealer to many in the ancient and world coin sections, used to label his shipments "metal stampings". Its true, and who wants to steal those?

 

I used to get them from a dealer who marked the package "oval and round metal discs" Always made me smile.

 

I dealt with a company years ago that sent coins as "machine parts" by registered mail.

 

Some dealers I regularly buy from try to avoid terms such as “coin” or “medal”. Usually they list a “numismatic item” or “token” on the CN22 form.

 

I think the bigger worry for any of his shipments would be if he's breaking any export laws if he's shipping ancient coins since his profile says he's in Europe