Packaging [solved]

I'd like to start using the swaps feature, but I don't really know how to properly package coins, could anyone give me some advice? ty 🫃

https://en.numista.com/forum/recherche.php?t=how+to+package+coins&n=&f=13&s=&e= 

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6327.html 

 and others … 

In a nutshell there are two things to watch out for:

1) Make sure that the coins can't move against each other and are individually packed. Things I have used/seen:

flip holders, in (part of) one of those plastic holder pages or taped to a piece of cardboard

wrapping each coin in a small piece of aluminium foil or paper and taping it to cardboard

an ingenious way I encountered was vacuum packing in a single sheet that kept all coins separate

Whatever you do, don't put tape or glue directly on the coins or I will give you a zero star rating 😉

2) Next step is to pack the coins securely for transport. Usually between two pieces of cardboard in a bubble envelope or a small box, but anything goes. Make sure that you can't detect from the outside that you are sending coins (sending money is forbidden by quite a number of couriers, and you don't want to tempt people handling your package), and that for instance banknotes can't be crumpled. 

Then it depends on your agreement with your swap partner on what kind of courier you use: standard mail with or without tracking or some courier service. In Belgium I tend to use Mondial Relay (cheapest), DPD, or the local mail (most expensive if tracking required).

Hope that helps.

 First priority, make sure the coins can not escape from the packaging. 

A few times eBay sellers think it is enough to put a coin in an envelope - 

then the postal machinery squeezes the envelope and the coin gets 

pushed out of a lower corner. But that is eBay, not a swap - still annoying though. 

 As it happens I received an overseas delivery yesterday, and opened it 

just now. Very well packaged - a strong outer card envelope, with this inside 

with individually wrapped coins, taped inside a card board, with then another 

board over the top. The second priority - make sure no rattling sounds when 

the packaging is shaken. The coins can be wrapped in foil or paper and so on - 

but as already mentioned, never put tape directly on the coins. 

For swapping I use different materials depending on the amount, value or if it’s a combination of coins and banknotes.

I either put the coins in 2x2 holders or little bags in between two pieces or cardboard or bubblewrap. If there’s banknotes involved they go into plastic sleeve then into a paper bag then taped between cardboard in either in a padded envelop or card one written with “Do not bend”.