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Message:: [QUOTE="Kanderus, post: 1152048, member: 28447"]Bony, I had a similar situation happen to me a few weeks back. I went to a Wells Fargo, asked for halves, they had none. I could see a lone coin sitting by itself in the teller's tray, by the edge I could tell it was silver (ended up being a '64 Washington quarter). I asked to purchase it, the teller in front of me checked with the other teller there (I spotted it in teller #2's tray.) and I heard her say under her breath "I have to sell it to him, I have no choice.". It could be just Wells Fargo, or just this teller that follows policy, but she was smart enough to recognize silver coinage, but also smart enough to follow policy.  Infact, I am very, very certain that it is all bank's policy to not withhold coins from customers if they ask for them, it just all depends on WHO is inforcing the policy. Since you ran into the manager, it went no where.  Think of it like working at Burger King. You know that a Whopper is to come with 1 patty, 2 cheese slices, etc etc. But if you could make your own, you would throw a couple patties on there, 2 or 3 different types of cheese, extra onions, no pickles, and maybe even get some onion rings in there too. All for the same price, essentially getting a triple Whopper + O-rings for the cost of a lone Whopper. The teller gets to see all the coins before ALL of us. He/she has an advantage, and knows it. He/She just made her own whopper.[/QUOTE]