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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ARguy, post: 544304, member: 16047&quot;]Not really weird packaging, but...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A few years ago I had a dealer FedEx a 1792 Getz &quot;half dollar&quot; to me to look at.&nbsp; (At the time it was a $4200 coin. Much more than that now - wish I had bought it.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I knew I wouldn&#039;t be at home to sign for it so I had him ship it to my work address.&nbsp; But, my employer is an information management company, so all inbound FedEx shipments go through &quot;data control&quot; for logging.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The coin was in a flip, LOOSE in the FedEx envelope.&nbsp; Data control peaked into the envelope, didn&#039;t see any tape cartridges, or anything else, and chunked it into the dumpster.&nbsp; After many phone calls and a prolonged dumpster-diving session I found it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Never told the dealer and I&#039;ll never make that mistake again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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