The Coin Collection Dump That Got Away

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NorthShoreMA Valued Member United States 168 Posts	Posted 04/17/2025 5:55 pm One of my best results when I started CRH 18 months ago was the time I acquired three rolls of silver dimes from a teller at the branch of a major bank located in an adjacent town. Since then, I've continued to visit that branch now and then (even though I haven't found any good coins there) because I also visit several other nearby banks where I've had better luck. Two days ago, I walked in and asked the teller who I usually see if she had any half dollars. "No" she apologized. But then she added "About three weeks ago, a customer cashed his father's coin collection that he had inherited!" "Do you still have any of those coins?" I asked. "No -- I gave them away to other customers." Of course, she was under no obligation to save any of those coins for me. But a few tellers at other banks have done that as a favor when a customer cashes coins they think will interest me. In fact, later they typically ask if I found anything interesting. I gave the teller my business card, and I asked her to please call me if anyone cashes coins that might interest me. However, I suppose that opportunities like this don't come along very often. Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24878 Posts	Posted 04/17/2025 6:10 pm Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
pound_foolish Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 04/17/2025 7:25 pm One of my favorite tellers almost cried a few months ago when she told me she had taken in a roll of silver quarters and forgot to hold onto them for me. Then I almost cried too! Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73579 Posts	Posted 04/17/2025 8:56 pm That's a bummer. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19108 Posts	Posted 04/17/2025 9:04 pm Best experience I had along these lines was 11 or 12 years ago. Picked up 10 rolls of customer-wrapped cents--various wrappers. Six of the rolls were solid wheats--common 1930s -1950s, all lightly circulated, nothing remotely close to a cull. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 04/18/2025 09:30 am Ouch. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
cabowabo Pillar of the Community United States 1064 Posts	Posted 04/24/2025 10:49 pm I just noticed this thread and had to talk about something that happened a couple of days ago. I go to my local bank and ask for halves and some penny and nickle rolls. I get a few nothing special. The teller says someone brought in a large amount of coins the other day. Teller notices one of the dime rolls looks a little shorter. than the rest. I cringed we know whats coming here. She opens roll all silver. The person brought in $ 1200 in coins. The teller said they were all silver and she bought them all. Seems a bit far fetched but she had no reason to lie to me. Wow if this did in fact happen what a score. Moral of the story is still plenty out there to be hunted down. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 04/25/2025 09:56 am The advantage of position. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
NorthShoreMA Valued Member United States 168 Posts	Posted 04/25/2025 10:52 am Cabowabo: The teller's story seems implausible as you described it. For example, if the face values of dimes, quarters, and half dollars in that coin collection were equal, the customer would have cashed in 80 rolls of silver dimes, 40 rolls of silver quarters, and 40 rolls of silver half dollars. That large a volume of customer-wrapped coin rolls would have drawn the attention of a bank official because they would occupy several boxes. It seems more likely that the customer cashed ~$50 face value of 90% silver coins that contained $1,200 in silver: e.g., two rolls each of silver dimes (100 coins), quarters (80 coins), and half dollars (40 coins). Report this Post to the Staff
John77 Pillar of the Community United States 2910 Posts	Posted 04/29/2025 9:00 pm Quote: I just noticed this thread and had to talk about something that happened a couple of days ago. I go to my local bank and ask for halves and some penny and nickle rolls. I get a few nothing special. The teller says someone brought in a large amount of coins the other day. Teller notices one of the dime rolls looks a little shorter. than the rest. I cringed we know whats coming here. She opens roll all silver. The person brought in $ 1200 in coins. The teller said they were all silver and she bought them all. Seems a bit far fetched but she had no reason to lie to me. Wow if this did in fact happen what a score. Moral of the story is still plenty out there to be hunted down. Something like this happened to me at one of my banks too -except it involved half dollars and it was a customer that bought them instead of a teller... they came back to the bank a few days later and told the tellers... this kind of thing happens more often than you think... there are smart tellers and customers out there - the entire key is timing and persistence (that's how I got the 9 rolls of silver dimes four years ago. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets! Report this Post to the Staff
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