Just Received 2021-O & 2021-CC Morgans from the Mint!

I've been working tons of overtime due to staffing shortages, so I'm just now getting around to presenting this. So, on November 3rd of THIS year, I opened my mailbox to find a slim, brown US Mint like package. I was surprised and confused since I haven't ordered anything from the Mint in over a year (wait for it....). To my amazement, I open the box and what do I find? A pair of 2021 Morgan dollars with O and CC privy marks. I check the packing slip, and it is dated 10/25/2021. When I check the tracking number, the package did not get accepted until 11/01/2022 in Coppell, TX. I have a feeling this package was "lost" at this distribution center for over a year. Anyone have any other ideas? When I checked my order history I find that, indeed, there was an order that I had not accounted for, probably because I traded two 2021 Peace dollars for an O and CC Morgan. What in the world?



Here is the tracking history for this package:

 

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Better late than never, I suppose.

 

I think that's eligible for a TPG "last strike" label.

 

Cool that you received it. Could have been lost forever since you didn't even realize it was MIA.

I'd like to hear @Collecting Nut chime in on this one. Maybe he can shed some light.

 

The first scan shows the date it was accepted at Coppell Texas Distribution Center. It was scanned an hour later at the same facility as it was prepared for shipment. Almost 6 1/2 hours later it left Coppell Texas and was in transit until it was scanned as arrived at Memphis Tennessee at 3:18 pm.
It sat there for a little over 7 hours and was received at Jackson Tennessee’s post office at 7:00 am. It was scanned a short time later as put for delivery and it was as delivered shortly after 2:30 pm that day.
Looking at this tracking I believe the post office handled this very well and had nothing to do with it being delayed a full year. It is much more likely that the item was packaged by the Mint and lost at the mint. A year later it was found and shipped out by the mint. Looks like it was a small flat package and could have been kicked or fallen into an area that it was hidden from view. Someone may have moved a rack or cabinet and it popped up. At that point the mint just placed it with outgoing mail for that day and it was delivered quickly.
That’s what I see by the information given.

 

Government efficiency at its best! Congrats on receiving your order.

 

And?

You expect better from our USPS?

A few years ago I had sent a package of book to Ken Bressett for his signature.

Three months later, he hadn't received it.
I was especially sad because, for the first time, I hadn't made a list of the contents.

About a year and a half later, I have the notes somewhere, Ken sent me an e-mail saying that he had signed my books and sent them back.

I was very confused and knew that I hadn't sent anything.

Long story short [yeah, I know -- too late] it was my original package that was "lost".

18+ months there, 6 days back.

 

The problem I see with that theory is that Coppell, TX surely cannot be the first USPS place it would show up from the US mint, can it? Seems like it would start at an acceptance facility closer to the mint. Or do they package this stuff in TX?

 

The mint outsources so it’s very possible.

 

Yes I guess they wouldn't be packaging it at the mint itself. Perhaps someone has the tracking history on a recent purchase to see where they originate.

 

Wow….. It was just a few weeks back that I got a rubber banded stack of mail at my office. Mostly Christmas cards and I was thinking it was mighty early to get them…. Then I looked and they were postmarked December 2021.

 

I got a Christmas card in June once from a family member I never thought would send me one. Postmarked early December. Received in June. But the odds of you forgetting you ordered one and that package getting lost a year has to be astronomical odds. Most people order, when it doesn't come they start calling about it.

 

I live in Southwestern Pennsylvania and my orders have always originated from Memphis, Tennessee. Without looking at a map, Coppell seems about the same distance. So to me, that is odd being the initial ship scan. Then again, having other shipping facilities at their disposal, this a government run entity we're discussing.