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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 2005207, member: 37498&quot;]My $0.02 about the bank vs. pawn shop examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>A bank deals in money, not bullion or collectibles.&nbsp; If I bring a silver eagle to a bank to exchange it for currency, I would expect nothing more than $1.&nbsp; The same thing goes for silver halves, but even more so since they were actually intended for circulation.&nbsp; If the teller was knowledgeable, I would consider it a kindness if they advised against such exchanges, but I wouldn&#039;t fault them if they didn&#039;t.&nbsp; Furthermore, a bank will take those silver coins and pass them on at face value.&nbsp; (Unless of course an employee spots them and pulls them out, depending of course on bank policy.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Pawn shops are not banks.&nbsp; I fully expect them to buy at a discount and sell for profit.&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect that a pawn shop would ever buy a silver coin at face value, and then turn around and let it go at face value.&nbsp; When they realize a customer does not know the full value of their coins (or other goods) and they knowingly make a lowball offer, they lose my respect and my business.&nbsp; Not that I do any business with any of the pawn shops around here anyway, I&#039;m just sayin...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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