How do you transport a dime worth $1.9 million from San Jose to Manhattan without attracting suspicion? SF Chronicle reports on John Feigenbaum’s overnight trip to safely deliver the world’s most expensive dime to its buyer.

Feigenbaum had purchased a coach ticket, to avoid suspicion, but found himself upgraded to first class. That was a worry, because people in flip-flops, T-shirts and grubby jeans do not regularly ride in first class. But it would have been more suspicious to decline a free upgrade. So Feigenbaum forced himself to sit in first class, where he found himself to be the only passenger in flip-flops.

He was too nervous to sleep, he said. He did not watch the in-flight movie, which was “Firehouse Dog.” He turned down a Reuben sandwich and sensibly declined all offers of alcoholic beverages.

That had to have been nerve-wracking.

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