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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1218416, member: 26302"]I actually had something similar happen to my sister DavidH. She is manager of a cage in a casino. A lady came in wanting to convert SL, Barbers, and WL halves into cash to play with. The lady called my sister over and my sister numerous times tried to talk the lady out of it. It turns out the lady KNEW they were worth more, but was "getting back" at her husband. After a while she had to relent and let the lady turn them in. </p><p><br /></p><p>The difference is a bank teller is not a numismatic professional. Someone is not coming to them asking them the value of coins, they are simply making a deposit. Since most tellers are not numismatic professionals, and are not being asked as to value but simply to deposit funds into an account, that is the difference. You are not "selling" coins to a teller, simply asking them to credit your account.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were a teller and someone tried to deposit silver coins, I would gently inform them that a dealer would pay them more than face value. If they insisted they wanted them deposited, I would deposit them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1218416, member: 26302"]I actually had something similar happen to my sister DavidH. She is manager of a cage in a casino. A lady came in wanting to convert SL, Barbers, and WL halves into cash to play with. The lady called my sister over and my sister numerous times tried to talk the lady out of it. It turns out the lady KNEW they were worth more, but was "getting back" at her husband. After a while she had to relent and let the lady turn them in. The difference is a bank teller is not a numismatic professional. Someone is not coming to them asking them the value of coins, they are simply making a deposit. Since most tellers are not numismatic professionals, and are not being asked as to value but simply to deposit funds into an account, that is the difference. You are not "selling" coins to a teller, simply asking them to credit your account. If I were a teller and someone tried to deposit silver coins, I would gently inform them that a dealer would pay them more than face value. If they insisted they wanted them deposited, I would deposit them.[/QUOTE]
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