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OK, to our professional shippers here! What's your best total pennies stuffed into the small flat rate box. What's the limit? Thanks guys! (and gals)

We just filled a box to count when we are doing Black Friday coinstar.
We will post at lunch time west coast time what the count is.

Most I could really get was 10 lbs of copper in a ziploc. So If you figure $1.46 x 10 Lb = $14.60. Most I could see fitting is $16.00 loose just in the box.

henrysmedford wrote:We just filled a box to count when we are doing Black Friday coinstar.
We will post at lunch time west coast time what the count is.

And the first hand research is what is great about this site, no hocus pocus theories here,

**edited for grammer

Sounds like a contest to me!

17.25

15.00.

BTW henrysmedford,

If you ever dream about mailing a FRB full of coins lookin like that.....

You'd better wake up a apologize.

15 .03

16.99

hobo finds wrote:15 .03

WTF? A fellow Arizonian does a Price is Right slide job on me

17.50

Ahh just for Eric 15.05

16.30

And the total is-----------



Please note the coinstar counted three of the cents as dimes and there was were no dimes in the box!

Thanks for the 3 dimes coinstar!

ohhh i think i win? You can send them to me and I will think good things about you!

Oooh but was there any coins in the return slot? Da Da duuummm.

exbingoaddict wrote:Oooh but was there any coins in the return slot? Da Da duuummm.

One cull! BTW we sent all of are culls to the mint to see what will happen. From the Treasury website--

I have some coins that were damaged and the bank will not redeem them. What can I do with them?

The Treasury Department has prescribed regulations regarding uncurrent and mutilated coins. Let us explain the difference. Uncurrent coins are whole, but are worn or reduced in weight by natural abrasion. They are easily recognizable as to genuineness and denomination, and they are such that coin sorting and counting machines will accept them. Merchants and commercial banks will generally accept or refuse these coins at their discretion. However, Federal Reserve Banks and branches handle the redemption of uncurrent coins.

Mutilated coins, on the other hand, are coins that are bent, broken, not whole, or fused or melted together. The United States Mint is the only place that handles redemption of mutilated coins, and they should be sent to the Mint at Post Office Box 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Very nice! Im surprised, I feel like any time I am looking at a coinstar it says "my you have a lot of coins, please wait while we catch up" Forgot it actually finishes!

henrysmedford wrote:And the total is-----------



Please note the coinstar counted three of the cents as dimes and there was were no dimes in the box!

But did the box actually close in such a way that you could ship them?

Yes-- God bless tape. Last year I shipped over 200 Flat Rate boxes http://myworld.ebay.com/henrysmedford
and this one would have made it.

To fit more pennies in a Small flat rate, You can actually fit the "Priority Mail Large Video Box (O-1096L) " perfectly into a Flate Rate Envelope. Its size is 9.25" X 6.25" X 2" wich is much bigger than the normal Small Flate rate box at 5 3/8 x 8 5/8 x1 5/8. . I have been doing it for years now, and it's great to get free shipping supplies from the PO.

abc wrote:To fit more pennies in a Small flat rate, You can actually fit the "Priority Mail Large Video Box (O-1096L) " perfectly into a Flate Rate Envelope. Its size is 9.25" X 6.25" X 2" wich is much bigger than the normal Small Flate rate box at 5 3/8 x 8 5/8 x1 5/8. . I have been doing it for years now, and it's great to get free shipping supplies from the PO.

Also if use Medium Flat Rate Box https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10052&productId=10000275&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10000002&top_category=10000002&categoryId=10000033&top=&currentPage=0&sort=&viewAll=Y&rn=CategoriesDisplay&WT.ac=10000275 and put inside a https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10052&productId=10000250&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10000002&top_category=10000002&categoryId=10000033&top=&currentPage=0&sort=&viewAll=Y&rn=CategoriesDisplay&WT.ac=10000250 It will handle the full 75 pounds and it makes for a lot stronger box. Both boxes are free and they will ship them to you for free at https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10052&parent_category_rn=10000002&categoryId=10000033&top_category=10000002&langId=-1&catalogId=10001