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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;goldmember, post: 625425, member: 19304&quot;]IMO these are entirely different situations.&nbsp; My wife was a bank manager previously, and she agrees that a bank employees primary job is to take money at face value and either deposit it or exchange it, for face value.&nbsp; Those tellers are not trained or expected to notice a coin worth more than face value, and they are often not able to take the time to even look at them more than what denomination they are so they can be accurately counted.&nbsp; Furthermore, the opposite situation could happen.&nbsp; They could get someone excited that their coins are worth more than face value, only to have that person drive to a dealer and find that they are not.&nbsp; This would likely result in a negative comment from that customer.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Many of you are likening this situation (such as the supermarket checker) with much more straightforward possibilities, which is not the case with a bank teller.&nbsp; How about when a little old lady walks into a coin shop with $200 face value of silver coinage?&nbsp; Will the coin shop owner go through every coin to see if there is a rare coin, set that coin aside and advise the customer that it is worth more?&nbsp; (Not saying that some won&#039;t, just that they normally don&#039;t have time to look at each coin while she waits).&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you are at a coin show and see that coin you really want for $50 less than it is worth, do you offer them $50 more than what it is priced?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think the argument comes down to each person&#039;s own feelings.&nbsp; Personally, if it were only one or two coins, I wouldn&#039;t worry about telling a normal customer.&nbsp; If I were busy, I wouldn&#039;t go out of my way to look at each coin.&nbsp; If it was a large number, then I would let them know.&nbsp; And it would probably come down to how they treated me also.&nbsp; If they were pleasant, they have a better chance of me telling them (take this as you will, common courtesy has left our society).&nbsp; Bottom line, it is not a bank tellers job to spot collectable coins.&nbsp; If they take the time to know which are collectable, then it is up to them whether they alert the bank customer.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>These are just my feelings.&nbsp; Everyone is allowed to feel and act how they wish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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