Thumbs up for TSA
Coinosaurus
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TSA x-ray guy at O'Hare looks at image, discretely asks if I am carrying coins and waves me through. Good job.
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Coinosaurus
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Yay, glad there were no hassles !!!
A thankless job. You only hear about them when they mess up or slow someone up. Glad to see the thumbs up, they deserve it.
Had three black circles appear on the X-ray when I went though Vegas a couple weeks ago. Bags searched. Out comes the gold. The TSA agent laughed and put them back. I wanted to ask “what you laughing at? 🤑”
He who knows he has enough is rich.
Not in the US, but in Schiphol airport in Amsterdam I had gold bars in my bag, idiot security couldn't just look at them, they had to take them out and hold them up for the whole crowd to see.
I ALWAYS ask for private screening for many of the reasons mentioned here.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
One out odfevery 10 times I fly I get the "treatment". I have NO issues with it and am glad they are doing it.
ICTA is working with TSA to train staff to recognize that people transport coins in their carry-on. I attribute your experience with this extra training. But in general I always ask for a private screening - it usually just takes a couple more minutes and the staff have always been nice and professional, often striking a small conversation about coins in general.
The only issue I have had with coins at the TSA screening, is when too much change accumulates in my carry-on....then they ask me to remove it so the x-ray can see if it was concealing anything... I try not to let that happen anymore... just so convenient to throw my change in there when going through screening...then forget it. And when traveling a lot, it builds up fast. Cheers, RickO
Taking
Stuff
Away
Just one of the acronyms we came up with airport management class for the TSA.
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I ALWAYS ask for private screening for many of the reasons mentioned here.
I always carry a business card that has written on the back my request for a private screening. That way, if they ask "What's this?", I just pull out the card without ever having to say a word in public.
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