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<p>[QUOTE="afm1982, post: 8283307, member: 15483"]Was at a bank branch that I've never frequented before. Although I've had an account for years, I've just never been to the branch. This branch had a coin sorting/counting machine behind the counter. Playing dumb, I asked if it takes halfs. "Yeah," says the teller, "there is a bag for each type of coin." I ask if I can buy the whole bag. He responds that no known has ever asked, and no one really puts halfs into the machine. He checked with the head teller, who came up with a plan to account for it. They ran the machine report and said there was $674.</p><p><br /></p><p>Done!</p><p><br /></p><p>Got some weird looks walking out the store with the machine back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Came away with 42 x 40%, 18 x 90% (including a 1900 Barber), 1 x 1990-s, a 1966 Canadian 50c piece, 1922 British Penny, a handful of other random foreign coins. Slight overcount from the machine (so I got charged more), but the silver more than made up for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afm1982, post: 8283307, member: 15483"]Was at a bank branch that I've never frequented before. Although I've had an account for years, I've just never been to the branch. This branch had a coin sorting/counting machine behind the counter. Playing dumb, I asked if it takes halfs. "Yeah," says the teller, "there is a bag for each type of coin." I ask if I can buy the whole bag. He responds that no known has ever asked, and no one really puts halfs into the machine. He checked with the head teller, who came up with a plan to account for it. They ran the machine report and said there was $674. Done! Got some weird looks walking out the store with the machine back. Came away with 42 x 40%, 18 x 90% (including a 1900 Barber), 1 x 1990-s, a 1966 Canadian 50c piece, 1922 British Penny, a handful of other random foreign coins. Slight overcount from the machine (so I got charged more), but the silver more than made up for it.[/QUOTE]
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