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<p>[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1480554, member: 38849"]You don't need flips at all if you're mailing one or two coins; lay the coin on an index card, fold over, fold over again, fold one more time. Now tape the open ends down on another index card; same for the other coin. In the U.S., one ounce non-machinable is 65 cents. The envelope needs to fit the template (the clerk will give you one), and <u>not be more than 1/4 inch thick</u>, or it goes as a non-machinable package at a substantially higher rate. (Another USPS racket). Also, in my opinion, bubble wrap is worthless; anything the least bit sharp can pierce it, and it makes your envelope too thick to send as a letter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, index cards can be pierced too, but which would you rather have, two tiny films of plastic with, umm, AIR in-between, or two or three layers of card stock?</p><p><br /></p><p>I would not try to mail any coin larger than a quarter in the way I have described above. I use heavy-duty 5x8 cardboard mailers for larger coins or currency. I mail about 10 items a week, so I also buy discount postage at around 65% to 75% of face, plus I have a 5# capacity scale, so I don't create a 3.1 ounce letter instead of a 2.9 ounce; those extra ounces add up, and in most cases, they are absolutely preventable. Sometimes I nip the end off a 5x8 mailer to prevent going over the next ounce; for non-machinable packages, </p><p>it's expensive![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1480554, member: 38849"]You don't need flips at all if you're mailing one or two coins; lay the coin on an index card, fold over, fold over again, fold one more time. Now tape the open ends down on another index card; same for the other coin. In the U.S., one ounce non-machinable is 65 cents. The envelope needs to fit the template (the clerk will give you one), and [U]not be more than 1/4 inch thick[/U], or it goes as a non-machinable package at a substantially higher rate. (Another USPS racket). Also, in my opinion, bubble wrap is worthless; anything the least bit sharp can pierce it, and it makes your envelope too thick to send as a letter. Yes, index cards can be pierced too, but which would you rather have, two tiny films of plastic with, umm, AIR in-between, or two or three layers of card stock? I would not try to mail any coin larger than a quarter in the way I have described above. I use heavy-duty 5x8 cardboard mailers for larger coins or currency. I mail about 10 items a week, so I also buy discount postage at around 65% to 75% of face, plus I have a 5# capacity scale, so I don't create a 3.1 ounce letter instead of a 2.9 ounce; those extra ounces add up, and in most cases, they are absolutely preventable. Sometimes I nip the end off a 5x8 mailer to prevent going over the next ounce; for non-machinable packages, it's expensive![/QUOTE]
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