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Valued Member
United States
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What do people do when they fly with more expensive coin collections? Obviously this would be stowed in my "personal item" and not in anything that left my person. What has been people's experience with transporting larger/more expensive collections. What do you tell TSA for instance?
My google searches indicate I should communicate that I am carrying to TSA but are more specific than that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You only have to declare value of more than $10000 if going overseas. If I was traveling with my collection in the U.S. I would pull a TSA agent to the side explain that you need a private screening. When in the room explain that you have a valuable collection. It's pretty common, just be upfront.
From the TSA website
" f you are travelling with valuable items such as jewelry, please keep those items with you at all times (do not put them in checked baggage). You can ask the TSA officer to screen you and your valuables in private to maintain your security"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Last thing you need is wandering eyeballs seeing what you have in your bags as you go thru screening.
When going thru the Security Check Point I ask for a private screening if they want to open up my carryon(s) for a closer look (if I am carrying coins/currency). TSA has always been cooperative and cordial and has used at least two agents when performing the inspection with several cameras recording the whole thing.
I've never had a problem.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 I used to travel with inventory, sometimes a couple double row boxes full of gold coins, silver dollars, etc. I al;ways asked for a private screening, never took that long and I always felt better, knowing nobody was watching all my coins get examined in public view. But then again this was all pre 9/11 air travel, times were very different then. Today maybe a different experience but I would still ask for a private screening, just allow some extra time in case of having to wait. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Valued Member
 United States
107 Posts |
Thanks for the info everyone! I feel a lot better.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
656 Posts |
When flying Southwest Airlines from Tucson to Atlanta, I had two change planes in San Diego (Go figure) which required me to go through security a second time. My TVA officer fingered through my coins for a longer time than he needed to as he discussed coin collecting with me.
When I arrived home and re-inventoried my coins one of my silver dollars was missing.
Watch everybody.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This "private screening" would only happen after your bag goes thru xray though, right? If they don't flag the bag, you just move on? Just curious. I've only traveled (international) with a small number of low or no value coins but nobody ever wanted to look.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You should request the screening before going through xray
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Valued Member
United States
136 Posts |
I once flew from the US to Hong Kong with a couple of kilo silver coins and a few other coins with a total worth around 3000 which is the most I have ever travelled with, at the screening they took out the kilo coins just to see and then said nothing at all and put them back in. I had temporarily forgotten that I had them as I usually travel with absolutely nothing except the very basics.
However, once I was flying to the US via London from Hong Kong and was staying overnight in the UK - there I declared the coin I had (around 1300 USD worth at the time - a single common double eagle) because they have duty there and told them I would be leaving in a day. They could have told me to pay duty and then I would get it back by flying out but the head guy there just told me to forget it but not to leave the coin in the UK.
As I never really have any very valuable coins, I don't pay too much attention and just usually go through TSA normally for domestic travel.
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Posted 10/04/2023 9:22 pm
