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<p>[QUOTE="Haleiwa, post: 402846, member: 15080"]Personally, a bank is a bank. If someone deposits coins that have a value higher than face value, that's your find. There's a number of scenario's that could fit this profile, but keep banking to banking and keep coin collecting to the coin collectors. It's very different from finding a gold chain in the ocean, someone knows they lost it, you find it and knowing that a person lost it and is looking for it or you know who lost it and don't say something. That's wrong. That's stealing. But someone dumps collectables at the bank and doesn't know their value . . . then good for you. At best, you might say something like "Nice coins," and see the reaction. If none? then keep 'em, set 'em on the side and buy 'em from the bank. This is NOT stealing. </p><p> </p><p>Otherwise you might use this scenario, suppose someone inherits a collection from their grandparents and there's a 1914D or 09SVDB in their collection and you know the true value of the coins but the seller doesn't. He just wants the $$$. Do you tell them that they have to raise their price or you won't buy the coins from them? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> No, you buy the collection for what he wants for it and leave. It's your good fortune that you found the buy before someone else. This too is not stealing![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Haleiwa, post: 402846, member: 15080"]Personally, a bank is a bank. If someone deposits coins that have a value higher than face value, that's your find. There's a number of scenario's that could fit this profile, but keep banking to banking and keep coin collecting to the coin collectors. It's very different from finding a gold chain in the ocean, someone knows they lost it, you find it and knowing that a person lost it and is looking for it or you know who lost it and don't say something. That's wrong. That's stealing. But someone dumps collectables at the bank and doesn't know their value . . . then good for you. At best, you might say something like "Nice coins," and see the reaction. If none? then keep 'em, set 'em on the side and buy 'em from the bank. This is NOT stealing. Otherwise you might use this scenario, suppose someone inherits a collection from their grandparents and there's a 1914D or 09SVDB in their collection and you know the true value of the coins but the seller doesn't. He just wants the $$$. Do you tell them that they have to raise their price or you won't buy the coins from them? :eek: No, you buy the collection for what he wants for it and leave. It's your good fortune that you found the buy before someone else. This too is not stealing![/QUOTE]
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