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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8241587, member: 85693&quot;]Yeah, a half crown is big enough to do a lot of damage to an envelope.&nbsp; I&#039;m sorry for your loss!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple weeks ago I had a Marcus Aurelius sestertius get shipped the same way - $10 shipping from one state over!&nbsp; Plain white envelope, about two bucks first class postage.&nbsp; This one got mutilated in the sorting machinery at the Post Office.&nbsp; To their credit, they salvaged what they could of the mangled envelope and put it in one of their own &quot;oops&quot; envelopes and sent it on...without the coin, at that point.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Got my money back, including the outrageous $10 shipping, but it still irked me - and in general I hate the idea of an ancient just getting lost like that (unless some future archaeologists find it).&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can get by with shipping small coins in a regular envelope; a very nice lady just sent me a Trajan denarius for about a buck shipping - she had it well-secured in the envelope and it came in just fine First Class: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450712[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And really, overall, people do a pretty good job packaging stuff, even the junky stuff I get off eBay.&nbsp; So I try to stay cheerful!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking about shipping the wrong coin, I had this happen a couple years ago - the eBay seller refunded all my money and told me to keep the &quot;wrong&quot; coin, which wasn&#039;t all that bad anyway, just not the one I ordered.&nbsp; But he took care of the problem, and I appreciate that - we all make mistaks...mistakes.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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