I have normally written "Numismatic Collectables" on the CD - this is to throw off the normal, thick natured thieves who might just let it pass by as too complicated to understand...lately I have taken to writing 'hobby supplies'...writing 'coins' sounds like asking people to advertise their packages as eminently thievable.
I am also annoyed about Royal Mail's dastardly rules about having to send coins in a box?? In my opinion, it should not make a difference as it is always RM's responsibility to get your mail to a destination and to pay the price whenever they fail to do so safely!
Now I note that both 'numismatic' and 'collectables' are eminently thievable terms and I will try and write something else every time!
Thing is, it does not seem ostensibly like such of a problem if something is made of 'copper' or 'bronze' as you can just write 'old copper' or 'old bronze' and no SILVER, GOLD etc...
Now here's the rub, the thieves in the postal system can pick up on anything that we tend to write often, so if we choose anything that could only mean one thing they will always learn what it is i.e. 'old copper' or 'old metal' would normally be coins would it not?!
Seems like we have been lumbered with a dilemma.
Now the thing I like most about 'hobby supplies' is that not only is it vague, but it could easily be something else? Is it technically a lie? - no, so it would stand the test if it came down to it.
So I really don't see a need to alter this as it is adequately uncertain with regards to what is inside and truthful. Anything that could be something else would seem to be the right way to throw thieves off the track as they will always come to learn which definitions on packages should lead to a prize of coins and for that reason if we have to write anything consistently, it should have to be by necessity vague and I don't see any way we can be blamed for thefts from our packages if we are forced into indicating COINSSSSS - PLEASE THIEVE! on our packages hahahaha......
