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I agree. If a teller is informed enough to pick out the good stuff, why stir up trouble? You'll only eliminate that bank as a supply, drop, or service bank by complaining. Of course, having been a cashier/bank teller/cashier supervisor...one must be smart about where one keeps one's finds...out of sight. And you better bet that on the slow days (which was most at the bank where I worked) I went through the coin counter bags.

 

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Bony, I had a similar situation happen to me a few weeks back. I went to a Wells Fargo, asked for halves, they had none. I could see a lone coin sitting by itself in the teller's tray, by the edge I could tell it was silver (ended up being a '64 Washington quarter). I asked to purchase it, the teller in front of me checked with the other teller there (I spotted it in teller #2's tray.) and I heard her say under her breath "I have to sell it to him, I have no choice.". It could be just Wells Fargo, or just this teller that follows policy, but she was smart enough to recognize silver coinage, but also smart enough to follow policy. Infact, I am very, very certain that it is all bank's policy to not withhold coins from customers if they ask for them, it just all depends on WHO is inforcing the policy. Since you ran into the manager, it went no where.

Think of it like working at Burger King. You know that a Whopper is to come with 1 patty, 2 cheese slices, etc etc. But if you could make your own, you would throw a couple patties on there, 2 or 3 different types of cheese, extra onions, no pickles, and maybe even get some onion rings in there too. All for the same price, essentially getting a triple Whopper + O-rings for the cost of a lone Whopper. The teller gets to see all the coins before ALL of us. He/she has an advantage, and knows it. He/She just made her own whopper.

 

Went through two boxes of dimes:
1st got 3 roosies
2nd skunk

 

Nice finds, I can't wait for summer, and warmer weather so I can do some better searching. I haven't made it to my Wacho....er....Wells Fargo in a while.

If I was a bank teller, I wouldn't be dumb enough to leave silver out in my tray, I would try to buy it out as soon as possible, you know? Like don't leave it out for show, its like parking your car on the street in any major city and leaving it unlocked with the keys in the center console or the ignition....it may just walk away...er...drive away

 

Moonshine....GREAT find on those dimes!!!!

My weekend was slow, but not a skunk. Two boxes of halves and a couple of banks asking for halves netted me a total of 2 40%ers and 2 1964s.

 

I guess I just dont really know how banks work!?! Each teller has his or her own tray? The coins in these trays dont change everyday?

 

Yea, each teller has a change tray with room for 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents and $1 coins I think, maybe even room for the Ikes. Not sure if it changes every day, but it probably depends on how much is left in their "care" at the end of their shift, and the amount that they start their shift with.

 

So in bigger banks with 12 fulltime tellers, same 4 tellers M,W,TH,SAT 4 different tellers T,F with other part timers........They dont share a tray? 1 tray for each teller?

 

Not sure there...I would assume that maybe they have their own tray, or if they do not, then they keep a certain amount of change in it and record it at shift switches. I mean if a lot of tellers keep their silver in there, then I would assume that they each have their own...

 

Their plan is just to buy it out at the end of their shift. I'm sure they empty and inventory their trays and drawers at the end of the day.

 

But wouldn't you want to buy it as soon as you had a free second or as soon as the customer who sold it to you left? I would at least...

 

Could be against policy, ya know. As to prevent theft.

 

True Merc, I wasn't thinking of that and almost rebutted with, well what if it is a situation where numbers are the only thing that matters as in they start with $100 and have to end with $100 and then I realized that then the tellers would have to account for every transaction made throughout their shift, and i'm not sure if they do that. Wonder what the policy actually is...

 

I did a box of Pennies & box Quarters on Friday.

Got 11 Wheats, nothing for my folder & 8 Canadians
Out of the Quarters nothing of note, except a Canadian.

Also got some bad news from my bank. The teller said I can no longer get boxes from them of anything. If I do request a box he said they would charge me 10% of said box. Whatever. I'm going to stop by there again in a week or so and see if they will let me buy bags then instead from their coin counting machine.

I think this rule is only at this branch. I'll have to check the other branch and see. I use Fifth Third Bank.

If they won't let me buy the bags from their coin counter, and want to charge me for boxes, then I will just close my checking account and go elsewhere. This is currently my primary checking account.

In the day and age where customer service does not matter to banks, nor does consumer loyalty matter to me. There are so many banks to choose from in my area so I'm sure one will work out. I'm in Palatine, IL.

 

Yeah, Chester, you have the right idea. It's their job to cater to your needs in a service industry, not the other way around.

If they don't want to help you out, then they don't deserve your business.

 

It's policy at most banks that if you are a "customer" of the bank they have to sell you the coins that you request. If you don't have an account with that bank your SOL.

Also, it's been my experience that tellers aren't allowed to purchase coins out of their own trays. They would have to sell the coins to another teller and then purchase the coins as a customer.

 

That sheds some better light on it AgentX, and makes sense to me know that I think about it

 

1943 S nickel circulated
a few 1938 -1946 nickels

 

Nice finds everyone, especially Moonshine!

 

I picked up 1938-S Jefferson nickle in change yesterday. not to bad here the photo