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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3187902, member: 44316"]I bought one coin in a Swiss auction that closed June 30. It arrived yesterday after over two months in customs. July 6 Post Office tracking had:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]822353[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then nothing happened for two months. Finally I initiated a postal search here and the firm did in Switzerland. A week ago I got a form to fill out and sign confirming (to the Swiss Post) that the coin had not arrived. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then Sept. 10 the firm notified me that it had popped up on tracking (and so had five other parcels of theirs that went missing in our system for two months). It arrived the next day. </p><p><br /></p><p>I find it interesting that when I use the tracking website site begins at Sept. 8 as if it "Arrived at NY Distribution Center" Sept. 8, with no earlier record. If I hadn't taken screen shots to show the firm, I could not now document the two month delay in the US system. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin that finally arrived is a rare denarius of Aurelian:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]822352[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: It is not a radiate. It is smaller and laureate.</p><p>19 mm. 2.28 grams</p><p>RIC 67. RIC online 2639. "Very rare, only the 4th or 5th example available."</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if customs is now overwhelmed because of new import regulations or new tariffs? Does anyone know what might have caused a two month delay?</p><p><br /></p><p>Would you like to tell us another slow-mail story?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3187902, member: 44316"]I bought one coin in a Swiss auction that closed June 30. It arrived yesterday after over two months in customs. July 6 Post Office tracking had: [ATTACH=full]822353[/ATTACH] Then nothing happened for two months. Finally I initiated a postal search here and the firm did in Switzerland. A week ago I got a form to fill out and sign confirming (to the Swiss Post) that the coin had not arrived. Then Sept. 10 the firm notified me that it had popped up on tracking (and so had five other parcels of theirs that went missing in our system for two months). It arrived the next day. I find it interesting that when I use the tracking website site begins at Sept. 8 as if it "Arrived at NY Distribution Center" Sept. 8, with no earlier record. If I hadn't taken screen shots to show the firm, I could not now document the two month delay in the US system. The coin that finally arrived is a rare denarius of Aurelian: [ATTACH=full]822352[/ATTACH] Note: It is not a radiate. It is smaller and laureate. 19 mm. 2.28 grams RIC 67. RIC online 2639. "Very rare, only the 4th or 5th example available." I wonder if customs is now overwhelmed because of new import regulations or new tariffs? Does anyone know what might have caused a two month delay? Would you like to tell us another slow-mail story?[/QUOTE]
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