Best way to ship pennies?

[My2Cents]

I'm just getting into penny sorting for my own personal use. Over here in Okinawa, I can get pennys just like at home, albiet I only have a few places to get them from. That said, I can sort all I want (I'm assuming), but I have to have a means to ship them home... so that boils down to 2 ways.

Either the shipping company will move all of my household goods when it's time, and save me a lot of effort on getting these coins home.... but those shipping companies usually refuse to ship 'money'. So that might not happen.

OR the option remains that I can ship them home via the postal service. If I do that, what's the best way to ship them without having the contents revealed? Loose packed? Rolled? Double vacuum sealed bags?

Surely you pros out there have a fool-proof way to ship safely.

[highroller4321]

I would check into the cost of shipping via usps. If its under $20 than I would ship that way. Just put them loose into a bag and than into the box and tape tape tape tape!

[My2Cents]

The standard flat rate applies even to us contractors working on a military base. If it fits... it ships. Large flat rate boxes are $15.95. My worry was how best to package it as I know these military postal handlers don't really care about our parcels and they get extremely mishandled.

[mishra142]

So you fit 100 fv in a medium flat rate if packaged right for 10.95

[CU Baker]

Time to make HCBT thread on shipping a sticky.

[My2Cents]

Time to make HCBT thread on shipping a sticky.

That would probably be a good idea. Maybe have some nice pictures too.
I have bought hundreds of pounds of pennys from various people over the years... some pack loose (I don't recommend that at all), some packed in cheap ziplock bags (it's better than loose), some did a combination of ziplock bags with wadded up newspapers to buffer the corners. It was ok, but not the best. I never had someone ship a CTU in rolls, so maybe that's the way to go?

[bgretz1989]

http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=201

this one?

[My2Cents]

http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=201

this one?

This is exactly what I was looking for. Why isn't that thread a sticky? It needs to be.

[HoardCopperByTheTon]

Time to make HCBT thread on shipping a sticky.

That would probably be a good idea. Maybe have some nice pictures too.
I have bought hundreds of pounds of pennys from various people over the years... some pack loose (I don't recommend that at all), some packed in cheap ziplock bags (it's better than loose), some did a combination of ziplock bags with wadded up newspapers to buffer the corners. It was ok, but not the best. I never had someone ship a CTU in rolls, so maybe that's the way to go?

I could ship you a CTU in machine wrapped rolls. That is the way I shipped the first one.. on a challenge from a fellow member that didn't think I could ship $100 face in copper in a medium flat rate box.

[MilesFox]

In my opinion, the best way to store pennies is rolled, and boxed as they come from the bank, and therefore, is the best way to ship them. You could drop the box without all the pennies flying out.