Asking Bank Tellers For Any Unusual Coins

I have accounts at 5 different banks. I've asked many times what they do with any old or odd looking change or bills. Since there is a great turnover in tellers around here I ask frequently. Over about 20 or more years I almost always hear that all such items are usually grabbed by bank personal. At one bank there is a waiting list for any large Silver Dollars. I asked what they would do with any turned in. Basically no one on the list is ever contacted due to bank personal coming first. A problem with banks around me is you never really get to know a teller due to the turnover where you have a different teller almost every few months. It's even worse in the downtown area of Chicago where I suspect there are different tellers at banks every week. Unless you already know someone at a bank prior to getting that job, your chances of aquiring any rare or unusual coins is slim. Probably the best thing to do is just marry a bank teller. Not sure if any coins could be worth that though.

Asking tellers is not the best idea because then they will start to look for themselves. Your best bet is going through rolls which most tellers don't have time for.

Oh by the way....she called me one day and said that this lady had dropped off about 300 dollars in change (mostly cents and nickels) and she wanted to know if I want them of which I said yes. I have gone over the cents and starting to work on the nickels. You should see what I found. Wheaties galore, War Nickels of which I have not looked at and in the cents line several die cracks, one bad die chip out of the side of a cent, and several mint, red, 1955 cents.

i have found that often if you ask them for something unusual they usually ask you why you want it and decide to keep it once they deduce that the coin or bill is valuable

Problem I am entertwined with......
All three of the branches to my bank in town have coin collectors WORKING AT THEM ! (now, I'm friendly with them.....but I'll never get any goodies because they take them as soon as they come in !>>>)

Yea I know, just got some red seal bills from her.

When I was a commercial teller two years ago, I would get the occasional collector searching for the silver or old coins. I started collecting when I began at the bank, simply because I know the silver was worth more than face. Some were nice and I would enjoying chatting with them about some of their finds. I had one customer who came in almost everyday for a box or two of pennies and others were always looking for halves or silver dollars. The best bet is to find younger tellers who aren't that knowledgeable and just don't care about the rarity of the coins. Most of the time when I go to banks and spark a conversation with the teller, it is usually the older ones who look for the coins for their husbands. With melt values at 11-12x face, it seems everyone is looking though!