1916 SLQ, Maybe?

true...his actions should be the same regardless of what her bank account read. I took it to mean that the OP didnt feel that she was unintentionally giving up her family fortune or something. I'm not a banker nor due I deposit rolls of change into a bank, but is it normal to take apart rolls in front of a client when they turn them in? If not, then the OP was likely left with a bunch of change rolls when she left. My problem is that forum members feel that he is ethically bound to track her down after receiving a few rolls of silver. Now maybe if she had put in a 1792 Half Disme, or something that was worth 6 figures....I would argue that he really should find this lady and at least offer to share the profits....but for a few rolls of silver? My wife's mom works at rite aid and was paid with a roll of walking lib halves several years ago. After I informed her of the value, given that she might have remembered who the buyer was, was she ethically obligated to track down the person who bought with it to give them their halves back?

She went in there to deposit coins. She wasnt in there excpecting $4000 in coins . It isn't like you break those rolls as soon as you receive them. He just got lucky with them being full rolls. What if the had only been a silver coin on one end or two?