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<p>[QUOTE="Emoticon, post: 1511397, member: 38428"]What kind of collecting stories have you guys had? Here's two I've had in the past few months.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other day I stopped at the bank on the way to work and didn't get a chance to take a close look at what I had until later. Then when I was headed to lunch I noticed the nice crisp $50 I got earlier was a 1988 star...needless to say...no lunch or dinner that day until I got home lol!</p><p><br /></p><p>Another day headed to lunch I stopped at a random bank on my way to ask if any customers brought in halves or anything special. The teller lays out 3 nice proofs (one of them turned out to be a silver proof) that I can tell from where I'm standing and then I proceeded to watch the teller run the coins face down on the rough counter to slide them into an envelope...(while making a noise like nails on a chalkboard to me) **cringe** </p><p><br /></p><p>So what stories do you have? Ever had a teller fold that nice new red seal or blue seal, or scratch up that nice peace dollar some kid brought in front of you?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Emoticon, post: 1511397, member: 38428"]What kind of collecting stories have you guys had? Here's two I've had in the past few months. The other day I stopped at the bank on the way to work and didn't get a chance to take a close look at what I had until later. Then when I was headed to lunch I noticed the nice crisp $50 I got earlier was a 1988 star...needless to say...no lunch or dinner that day until I got home lol! Another day headed to lunch I stopped at a random bank on my way to ask if any customers brought in halves or anything special. The teller lays out 3 nice proofs (one of them turned out to be a silver proof) that I can tell from where I'm standing and then I proceeded to watch the teller run the coins face down on the rough counter to slide them into an envelope...(while making a noise like nails on a chalkboard to me) **cringe** So what stories do you have? Ever had a teller fold that nice new red seal or blue seal, or scratch up that nice peace dollar some kid brought in front of you?[/QUOTE]
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