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I won a Roman Republican coin at the recent Noonans auction. I wonder why thy packed it as they did. Here is the packing for one denarius:

Coin heat-sealed in a large plastic flip-like holder
inside folded-over sheets of double-thick corrugated cardboard
inside a bubble wrap envelope inside
inside a slightly larger bubblewrap envelope
inside a larger heavy-duty bubblewrap envelope
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Why do you suppose they packed it with so many layers? 

By the way, here is the coin:
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Q. Fabius Maximus (restored under Sulla), Denarius, c. 82-80, laureate head of Apollo right, ROMA behind, lyre before, Q MAX below truncation, rev. cornucopia over thunderbolt within wreath, 3.90g. Craw. 371/1; RSC Fabia 6.

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49 minutes ago, Valentinian said:

I won a Roman Republican coin at the recent Noonans auction. I wonder why thy packed it as they did. Here is the packing for one denarius:

Coin heat-sealed in a large plastic flip-like holder
inside folded-over sheets of double-thick corrugated cardboard
inside a bubble wrap envelope inside
inside a slightly larger bubblewrap envelope
inside a larger heavy-duty bubblewrap envelope
NoonansPacking.jpg.e367138efdf25f38bd411cfa7eb5960a.jpg

Why do you suppose they packed it with so many layers? 

By the way, here is the coin:
CrTBD.jpg.a2a726fbdc880bf6e31cf502a75ed34e.jpg

Q. Fabius Maximus (restored under Sulla), Denarius, c. 82-80, laureate head of Apollo right, Roma behind, lyre before, q max below truncation, rev. cornucopia over thunderbolt within wreath, 3.90g. Craw. 371/1; RSC Fabia 6.

I'll second @John Conduitt in saying that all my coins from Noonans -- including, most recently, the Henry VII groat and the Hadrian Oceanus, Nilus, and Italia denarii -- have been individually packed (together with any accompanying old coin envelopes and/or coin tags) in heat-sealed plastic wallets within corrugated cardboard and multiple envelopes. I don't mind the secure packing, but I can't say I'm a fan of the sealed plastic wallets, because the first thing I always do is take a pair of scissors to them to extract the coins. I do save the wallets, and staple them to my printed-out copies of the invoices and lot descriptions, because Noonans glues its descriptive labels to them. But they're kind of a waste of space, I think.

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8 minutes ago, David Atherton said:

That does seem like a bit of overkill!

It makes me wonder what awaits me when I unbox (literally!) this coin.

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Are you suggesting that there's really supposed to be exactly 1 (one) coin in there? Is it this one?

One Tonne gold Coin at  The Perth Mint.

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