I have been seeing alot of threads lately about thefts and general security precautions. I was reading my latest issue of
Numismatic News last night and came across an article about Col. Steve Ellsworth ranking the safest shows of 2008. For those of you not familiar with the Colonel, he is the owner of the
Butternut Company and a retired military security expert and current security consultant to Blackwater. Some of his suggestions are a bit hardcore but then again, I would wager that he has forgotten more about security that the collective knowledge of this forum has ever learned. The first link is the safest coin shows article and the following five are safety articles from his own website. They are lengthy reads and some info only applies to dealers and not the average collector but I bet everyone would learn at least one new security precaution they could utilize in the future
http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis...ticleId=6239Coins and Home SecurityDriving with CoinsFlying Wise: Security in the SkiesSecurity at Coin ShowsHotel and Motel Security