Annoying Experience Traveling With Expensive Coins

Almost makes you feel safer to ship them via fedex to your location both ways.

very sad your backpack was searched. But you cannot take chances, whatever the scanner shows, the security personnel have take steps to ensure the safety of passengers. How could they know that you were only carrying coins, so they had check it once for their own safety.

warm wishes.

I work for a major airline and deal with these morons on a daily basis. They are some of the laziest, nonchalant people I have ever ran into. They think they are law enforcement but actually, are civilian Government employees wearing a tin badge so with that, comes ego, power, and a sense of authority. Sorry to hear of your experience paratrooper, I only fly to and from the Santa Clara Coin Show with a fanny pack of coins I picked up there. I have not had any bad experiences yet.

first: thank you for serving.

second: a few people commented that they are unwilling to fly nowadays bc they're not willing to give up their freedoms. however, you most certainly are giving them up if you decide to stop flying because of the incredibly onerous and burdensome restrictions and embarassments the fedgov foists upon flyers. that said, I agree with you. i'll not fly again until this is under control...ie I'm never going to fly again hah.

third: "very sad your backpack was searched. But you cannot take chances, whatever the scanner shows, the security personnel have take steps to ensure the safety of passengers. How could they know that you were only carrying coins, so they had check it once for their own safety."

to whomever said this, I have only a brief reply: necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

fourth: I tend to agree with some others here. I think her reply really revealed a tinge of resentment more than anything else.

Many dealers drive to shows to avoid airport scrutiny by driving but that is rapidly becoming an unsafe method as well. In the past few years, several dealers have been robbed leaving shows(strongarm and stealth) and a there is also the suspicion of crooks placing a GPS tracker on dealer vehicles. The highest profile dealer to have been hit so far is probably Julian Leidman, a well-known and highly respected numismatist, who got taken for about $1 million. Many of the coins have since been recovered but the crooks are still at-large.

Sorry to hear of your problems. I was down in NC for Christmas. When we went to fly out of RDU, I had a carry on luggage bag full of home made mini loafs of bread from my mom. Each one is wrapped in tin foil. I was expecting to have the bag opened. I figured they would think it was blocks of explosives or something. But they didn't seem to care to look. Yet a bottle of mouthwash got taken from my 7 year old nephews bag. He forgot to put it in the checked bag.

Paratrooper Thanks for your service and my freedom,God bless and care for you and yours.Times sure have changed and not all for the better.Stay safe gasman96