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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 334214, member: 11521&quot;]For my upcoming tour of the Denver Mint with the ANA this summer I had to provide personal information so &quot;they&quot; (whoever &quot;they&quot; are) can do a background check on me. I can&#039;t recall if I had to submit to a background check when I had a personal tour of the Denver Mint about 15 years ago. (Security was tight at the Mint pre-9/11 but nothing like today.) On these tours down on the floor with the presses you are not allowed to carry any type of recording devices (e.g., cameras), cell phones or coins. If I remember correctly from my earlier tour we will have to pass through metal detectors much more sensitive than those at airports. (Now I am wondering if the plate and screws in my ankle may set it off. I didn&#039;t have that hardware in my last time.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If the government were efficient (HA!) they could save themselves some time and trouble. Only a couple of months ago I had an FBI background check done on me because I work as an independent contractor with FEMA after disasters. It would seem if I passed an FBI background check that another lesser background check would not be required to enter the Mint. But, as usual, the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have toured Cheyenne Mountain Complex twice. It was the home of NORAD deep inside a mountain here in Colorado Springs. (An exaggerated version was depicted in the movie <i>War Games</i>.) I had to submit to a background check both times (or maybe it was only once) before entering the Mountain. Public tours ended with 9/11 and now NORAD has moved out of the mountain. I am glad that I got to see that engineering marvel - twice - before it was closed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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