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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 2328010, member: 13307&quot;]Here&#039;s my advice:</p><p><br /></p><p>Find a sturdy cardboard box.&nbsp; Think &quot;thicker than a cereal box, but not so thick that you could stand on it and not break it.&quot;&nbsp; This will conceal the shape of what you&#039;re shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wrap your coin in something protective inside (I use a bubble mailer due to speed/simplicity, you can use whatever is at hand.)&nbsp; This is so your coin doesn&#039;t rattle around inside.</p><p><br /></p><p>USPS Registered Mail will require paper tape around the outside edges - so I usually put a &quot;cross&quot; of tape on my Registered packages - one strip lengthwise, one strip across the width.&nbsp; You don&#039;t need to completely seal all the edges, because the USPS employee (if they are doing it correctly) should do this with the paper tape.&nbsp; If you put tape on each of the edges, it tends not to stick to it very well.</p><p><br /></p><p>USPS will stamp &amp; initial every seam of the tape.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had one lazy guy in downtown STL that didn&#039;t do that, and I had to actually ask twice.&nbsp; It&#039;s part of the process of accountability, and it&#039;s required...so don&#039;t let them skip out on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you send it on its way, it has to be kept in a locked safe and signed for at every step of the way.&nbsp; The only issues I&#039;ve ever had with Registered Mail were in Salt Lake City (by far the worst post office system I&#039;ve ever dealt with) where my lazy mail carrier LEFT REGISTERED MAIL PACKAGES FROM NGC ON TOP OF MY APARTMENT COMPLEX&#039;S MAILBOXES.&nbsp; Yep.&nbsp; Out in the open, sitting on top of the mailboxes, not even locked inside a building.&nbsp; I called the downtown office to complain and their response was, &quot;Oh, sorry about that.&quot;&nbsp; But if USPS is doing their job, it should be secure the entire trip.&nbsp; Should cost less than $25 total.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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