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Message:: [QUOTE="Drusus, post: 403020, member: 6370"]hmmm...I have given this a bit more thought and I have to say if I were to hand over a coin worth more money than face to a teller because I didnt know it was more valuable....I would blame myself if I knew I did it. I think blaming the teller who may have known what it was is displacing blame....if a teller knows his American coins real well and is checking every coin that is passed to him and he recognizes some penny that is worth a lot of money (that I didnt see because I am not familiar with what pennies people will plunk 100 bucks down for) then I figure thats his reward for those nights bent over a pile of pennies, books, etc...  I might have done this many many times as I do not examine my US change all that closely save for the obviously different ones like a buffalo nickel, indian head penny, merc, etc...I always pull these types and have a big jar still unchecked for years so there might be a real valuable coin there. Its just not how I collect coins and my interest isnt in checking every penny I have in 5 gallon milk jugs...I pull them, wrap them, as I wrap them I simply pull silver and any non current types...so I might have given away hundreds of coins that are worth more than face value. I dont blame a collector for making a great find I missed when I discarded my change, so maybe that is why I dont see a person who might cull coins in such a way as ethically challenged.[/QUOTE]