Nice Bank Find

Discussion in 'Coin Roll Hunting' started by vintagemintage, May 3, 2016.

  1. vintagemintage

    vintagemintage Well-Known Member

    Saw my favorite Bank Teller again today and she told me she had some old coins that I might want to look at. Apparently an older man had come in a few weeks ago with his Granddaughter and a jar of coins to exchange. The Teller saw what they had and suggested that they might be worth more at a coin shop but they didn't want to be bothered with that, just wanted to exchange them, so she saved them for me. I picked these out of the pile!
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    Sometimes it helps to have friends at the bank;)
     
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  3. onecenter

    onecenter Member

    Now, that is treasure!
     
  4. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Not the first time I've come across the response "I don't want to bother with a coin shop" or "I don't trust the coin shop". Seems there's room for a bit of public-relations improvement in the industry...

    Hope you're keeping that teller well-supplied with treats!
     
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  5. Lon Chaney

    Lon Chaney Well-Known Member

    Insane find, congrats. Runs the whole spectrum.
     
  6. Lon Chaney

    Lon Chaney Well-Known Member

    Other than quarters, I guess. Maybe those went into the parking meter out front.
     
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  7. Bman33

    Bman33 Well-Known Member

    Awesome find! Makes me want to schmooze the tellers at my bank some more and ask them to save any old coins for me. Got them chocolates a few weeks ago. Gotta think of something a little more.
     
  8. vintagemintage

    vintagemintage Well-Known Member

    Absolutely! Went to a nicer bakery and bought treats for the whole staff.
     
  9. vintagemintage

    vintagemintage Well-Known Member

    Absolutely
    Actually there were 2 quarters in there but I can only see the silver Canadian in the photo, I'll have to check the pile again when I get home. I only had time to snap a few photos before I had to run, haven't even checked the dates yet.
     
  10. silentnviolent

    silentnviolent accumulator--selling--make an offer I can't refuse

    I'm watching for updates to this
     
  11. Paul M.

    Paul M. Well-Known Member

    My guess is that they get tarred with the same brush as pawn shops by non-coin people. I still don't understand why would one cash in silver for face value though.
     
  12. vintagemintage

    vintagemintage Well-Known Member

    Or wheats, or buffalos, or any obsolete coins... I often wonder why too but gladly accept that it happens, probably more often than we know. Maybe they just don't know where to go or how much more than face value it's worth. A bigger question to me is why do tellers tell me that they know it's worth more, then exchange it to me at face? Not all do, I've had a few tell me they buy it themselves, and why not?
     
  13. Paul M.

    Paul M. Well-Known Member

    I understand why people might not bother with Buffalo nickels and Wheaties. Plenty of 'em aren't worth more than face value. But silver?? Any 90% silver coin is currently worth well over 12x face just for the metal value alone!
     
  14. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

  15. Bucephalus

    Bucephalus Active Member

    Ya, nice find.

    My cousin works at a bank and grabbed this for me Tuesday.
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    Not from San Fransisco though :(
     
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  16. chascat

    chascat Well-Known Member

    I would guess that about 99% of the population does not know one coin from another.
     
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  17. HOWARD GOTKIN

    HOWARD GOTKIN Member

    It does pay to have a friend at the bank. Best find I've seen in a few years. Good job!!
     
  18. BATTERup646

    BATTERup646 Active Member

    My uncle works at a bank. In January, he gave me lots of silver halves (oldest was 1906D) And an 1899O Morgan. It was a G-5 though. He keeps telling me to take more, and I have to decline because there's like $150 in silver in there.
     
  19. chascat

    chascat Well-Known Member

    Why not ask your Uncle for a loan?
     
  20. BATTERup646

    BATTERup646 Active Member

    :shame:
    I don't know, but he'll be the first one I will ask.
     
  21. tj carr

    tj carr New Member

    true story bank employees see a lot of interesting stuff. some days opening coin rolls looks like the foreign exchange. when was the last time you saw a ''trolley car penny''. when you work near mbta boston quite frequently. got one as a gift. looked at it recently, put the magnifier to it, this one never met the mbta ..... mint issue (mint mangled) planchet 50% streached 50 % offset with date. whats this gem worth?
     
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