Some Advice When Leaving A Coin Show

I remember as a kid, the local fire station was demolished by a fully loaded petrol tanker, and burned down the remains. The gutters were running with burning fuel.
The fire station was re built on a different site.

I have never had much of a problem leaving a coin show, either using public transport or using a car.

Your idea is a solid and good one. Agreed.

Valuable coins are hard to pawn without many questions and usually for only a fraction of what they are worth.
Thieves don't want things to be difficult, they want a quick easy score. I would be more alert and leery walking across the parking lot on the way into the show with a pocket full of cash. That would be a much better score for a thief tahn a bunch of coins they don't understand.

I have never been leery of walking out of a coin show......... but then again, I am 6'2" 250 lbs

On my errands to day I ran into a New Haven, CT police officer.
I asked her about my plan. She said that it was sound.
"The fire department will contact us. A good plan of action."
I do not have a cell phone, so this is my best course of action.
Thank you for the feedback.

LoL...........at some point it does become worth the extra trouble.

If my coin cases had $200,000 worth of gold, silver and classic collectible coins in them, yes I think I would look more than twice in all directions but since [sarcasm font] the last time time I bought a $100,000 coin at a coin show, was the year before last ....[/sarcasm font] I am not too worried about my safety walking out with my new silver ATB set.

Actually - ANYBODY should use some caution. You are grading what the threat to your person is by the value that YOU place on what you are carrying.....not the value that the THIEF/MUGGER/ETC places on what you have.

Your either kidding or just not aware of what criminals do with coins. For one thing most just dump into a coin changer. Some just take to a pawn shop. Some sell at flea markets, Some just take to a bank in either rolls or bags. Most criminals are not coin aware as far as value and basically don't care. They just want whatever face value is and never worry about selling as coins.
And as to being big. It is amazing that regardless of a person's size, even a .22 cal bullet stops them. And a .38 or 9mm even faster. Even if 7foot tall and 500 pounds, many bullets will stop that person.
Robberies from and/or to coin shows are frequent. Most don't make the news media since just not important enough for our news people. Sort of like the 500 to 700 murders in Chicago every year and so few make the news until one kid lately.
Back to coin shows.
Always make sure you do not pay with a check or credit card if possible. If using those, make sure no one is leaning over your shoulder. You'ld be amazed at how many coin shows have security people watching for camera phone usage of your personal information.
1. Always try to park near the entrance if possible.
2. When leaving a coin show, check to see if anyone else is leaving at the same time. If so, go back inside to see what they do.
3. If they persist in coming in and out when you do, look for a security person. Most coin shows have one or more. If not, contact someone running the show and tell about that person.
4. When leaving a coin show, if another car leaves when you do, just drive back to where you were and pretend to go back inside to see what the other person in the other car does.
5. And as already noted prior to the coin show, try to find a police station. When leaving and suspect being followed, go there and report this.
6. A really difficult problem today is those little GPS devices that can be stuck under your fender. Crininals then track you home.
7. Smarter criminals also know they can find out a lot about where you live from your car's info. Your license plate number, stickers on the car, info on your seats, etc. Don't leave anything on your seats that may help someone know where you live.
8. Inside a coin show, always keep your money in a from pocket.

Very good advice just carl has giving you.. now, we don't have a problem leaving coin shows as we don't go to any... we buy our coins on line all the time.