Tipping Idea

I certainly wouldn't want someone leaving a Pokemon card or a Magic the Gathering card at my table for a tip. I don't care how much someone likes collecting those types of game cards, I don't want anything to do with it. Even if they are worth 5 bucks or more it is easier to toss them out and not worry about it.

Ask me how I know that.

I will stick to $2 bills, Presidential dollars and Kennedy half dollars.

I would throw in the "valuable" coin along WITH the appropriate tip.

There was a younger teller at one of my dump banks a year or so ago who asked me about coins one time while I was dumping halves. I give him a quick history about silver coins and told him about the Red Book if he was interested in collecting.

Whenever I stopped at that branch again I tried to bring with me a roll find like a Wheat cent or Buffalo nickel or V nickel or Indian Head cent to pass along in the advancement of the hobby to give to him as well as the history of that specific design / coin.

He must have transferred to a different branch or found a different career as he only worked there for 4 months or so.

Hopefully I made a positive influence on him and maybe made him a future collector.

All of the older tellers seem to know what they are looking for as I have spied steel pennies and a few nickels that they have sitting in the half and dollar spots in their trays.

If I see them I make mention of them and of course they say they are keeping them but I try to pass a little knowledge along about their finds when I can.

I often leave nickel composition 50 cent pieces and nickel dollars to make up a tip. They cost me only face value and the server can spend them, yet it may spark an interest.

The server gets the same tip as if it were in bills so nobody is at a loss with this method.

A dateless buffalo might be a tad confusing to a someone outside of coin collecting if they look for the date.