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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4542989, member: 110350&quot;][USER=106364]@Libby007[/USER], according to the U.S. Post Office&#039;s own website, you can, in fact, send packages internationally <u><b>even if</b></u> you call what&#039;s inside &quot;coins.&quot; You just can&#039;t do so using Priority Mail Express International service -- you can use only regular Priority Mail International Service or Registered mail.</p><p><br /></p><p>All emphases in the quotations below are supplied.&nbsp; This does not constitute legal advice or establish an attorney-client relationship between us!</p><p><br /></p><p>See <a href="https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc1_013.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc1_013.htm" rel="nofollow">https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc1_013.htm</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>134 Valuable Articles</p><p><br /></p><p>134.1 Service Options</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The following services <u>can</u> be used to send the articles noted in 134.2:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>First-Class Mail International service with Registered Mail service or First-Class Package International Service with Registered Mail service.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Priority Mail International service.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Note: Priority Mail Express International service cannot be used to send the articles noted in 134.2.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>134.2 List of Articles</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The following valuable articles may be sent only with the services noted in 134.1</b>:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coins</b>, banknotes, and currency notes (paper money).</p><p><br /></p><p>Instruments payable to bearer. (The term “instruments payable to bearer” includes checks, drafts, or securities that can be legally cashed or easily negotiated by anyone who may come into possession of them. A check or draft payable to a specific payee is not regarded as payable to bearer unless the payee has endorsed it. If not endorsed, or if endorsed in favor of another specific payee, it is not regarded as payable to bearer.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Traveler’s checks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Manufactured and unmanufactured platinum, gold, and silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Precious stones, jewels, jewelry, watches, and other valuable articles.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: The term “jewelry” is generally understood to denote articles of more than nominal value. Inexpensive jewelry, watches, such as tie clasps and costume jewelry, containing little or no precious metal, is not considered to be jewelry within the meaning of this section and is accepted under the same conditions as other mailable merchandise to any country. Inexpensive jewelry is accepted to countries that prohibit jewelry, but only at the sender’s risk.</p><p><br /></p><p>See also the individual rules for shipping to the UK, which state in pertinent part:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/tz_018.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/tz_018.htm" rel="nofollow">https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/tz_018.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Notes:</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins; banknotes; currency notes, including paper money; securities of any kind payable to bearer; traveler’s checks; platinum, gold, and silver; precious stones; jewelry; watches; and other valuable articles <b>are prohibited in Priority Mail Express International shipments to the United Kingdom</b>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This appears to be consistent with what I previously quoted.&nbsp; Why say that if shipment of coins were entirely prohibited by any method?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also note that in the insurance section, under payable claims, the payment of insurance claims for coins of numismatic value is expressly contemplated.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://about.usps.com/publications/pub122/pub122_v07_revision_092016_013.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://about.usps.com/publications/pub122/pub122_v07_revision_092016_013.htm" rel="nofollow">https://about.usps.com/publications/pub122/pub122_v07_revision_092016_013.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Payable Claims</p><p><br /></p><p>Listed below are the payable insurance claims for lost, damaged, or missing contents of insured mail, Registered Mail, or COD mail, within the amount covered by the fee paid, or within the indemnity limits for Priority Mail Express and Priority Mail service:</p><p>. . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; g. The value of collectible items as substantiated by one of the following:</p><blockquote><ol> <li>Sales receipt.</li> <li>Paid Invoice or paid bill of sale.</li> <li>Statement of value from a reputable dealer.<br /> Note: A <i>reputable dealer </i>is defined as a licensed business owner who is qualified to estimate value or cost of repairs for the item.<br /> <br /> h. The fair market value for collectible stamps of philatelic value or for <b>coins of numismatic value</b>, determined as follows:</li> </ol><p> <ol> <li>The fair market value is determined by a recognized stamp or coin dealer or current coin and stamp collectors’ newsletters and trade papers.</li> <li>The date of the determined fair market value must be the most recent available (but before the mailing date).&nbsp; &nbsp; </li> </ol></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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