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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2884687, member: 57495&quot;]Over the course of a couple hundred purchases, I&#039;ve grown used to receiving the coins I&#039;ve bought in those familiar self-adhesive cardboard mailers used by so many dealers and auction houses.&nbsp; These are usually mailed out in standard letter or padded letter envelopes, and I think these packing materials are economical, secure and totally sufficient for just about any purchase.&nbsp; I was therefore quite surprised when I opened my latest coin package - containing two coins I won in the most recent Künker auction - and beheld this...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]692017[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]692018[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Huh... I don&#039;t know if this is typical for Künker now, but wow, isn&#039;t this perhaps a little too classy for our cruddy, old ancients? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The familiar utilitarian cardboard mailer was placed inside with my coins, and while I could have done without the fancy box (in exchange for lower buyer&#039;s premiums, perhaps? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />), I appreciate the effort Künker has made to try to impress.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve only had time to process pics for one of the coins so far, a Tarentum dolphin-rider for my small collection of them... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]692029[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Nomos. 6.39g, 20.9mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 272-240 BC. Lykinos and Sy-, magistrates. Vlasto 836-841. O: Youth on horseback left, crowning horse; ΣY to right, ΛYKI/NOΣ in two lines below. R: Phalanthos astride dolphin left, hurling trident; to right, owl standing left, head facing; TAPAΣ below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, for something at the other end of the scale, here are some coins I received a few months ago from another European auction house, which shall not be named.&nbsp; I&#039;ll grant that the coins themselves were a little average, but really, did they deserve to be sent to a customer wrapped in what appeared to be thin strips of toilet paper?&nbsp; I kid you not... no flips, no attribution, just toilet paper <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]692030[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]692031[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, this is not a serious thread, but if you&#039;ve nothing better to do on your Saturday...</p><p><b>please pile with your strangest, most interesting, most laudable, or most deplorable coin purchase packing. </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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