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<p>[QUOTE="wacky1980, post: 1431081, member: 32383"]i just experienced a bout of good timing. i was walking through the bank lobby and an older woman came into the bank with a bag full of coin that she wanted to cash in. she had the coin all sorted and labeled, and was getting rid of the extras she no longer needed to "fill her books" as she put it. naturally, i offered to take care of her. </p><p><br /></p><p>i was trying to kinda keep an eye on the coin as i unrolled it and dumped it into the sorter, and in one roll of nickels, i quickly spotted 4 war nickels. so i snatched them up and kept going. after breaking open a couple rolls of bicentennial quarters, i noticed a roll with a silver on one end. when i opened it, it contained 9 silvers! so i snatched them up as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>there was also a teller helping sort the coin, and i never got a look at any of the coin she unwrapped. so there may very well be a bunch more inside the counter, and i'll be sure to have a look at all of it when i wrap it up later this afternoon or tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>tally:</p><p>4 war nickels</p><p>9 silver quarters (i gave 3 of them to another teller that keeps an eye out for any interesting bills that come through her drawer)</p><p><br /></p><p>btw, i made sure before she left that the woman didn't want any of the silver back, and she did not. i also purchased the coin from the rolls, instead of just taking it. i'm not trying to rob anybody <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>to add: found 2 more silver quarters after searching the bag. still to go: dimes and nickels...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wacky1980, post: 1431081, member: 32383"]i just experienced a bout of good timing. i was walking through the bank lobby and an older woman came into the bank with a bag full of coin that she wanted to cash in. she had the coin all sorted and labeled, and was getting rid of the extras she no longer needed to "fill her books" as she put it. naturally, i offered to take care of her. i was trying to kinda keep an eye on the coin as i unrolled it and dumped it into the sorter, and in one roll of nickels, i quickly spotted 4 war nickels. so i snatched them up and kept going. after breaking open a couple rolls of bicentennial quarters, i noticed a roll with a silver on one end. when i opened it, it contained 9 silvers! so i snatched them up as well. there was also a teller helping sort the coin, and i never got a look at any of the coin she unwrapped. so there may very well be a bunch more inside the counter, and i'll be sure to have a look at all of it when i wrap it up later this afternoon or tomorrow. tally: 4 war nickels 9 silver quarters (i gave 3 of them to another teller that keeps an eye out for any interesting bills that come through her drawer) btw, i made sure before she left that the woman didn't want any of the silver back, and she did not. i also purchased the coin from the rolls, instead of just taking it. i'm not trying to rob anybody :) to add: found 2 more silver quarters after searching the bag. still to go: dimes and nickels...[/QUOTE]
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