What To Say When Asked Where Did You Get All Of Those?

I believe honesty is the best policy.

I am truly a coin collector. I'm after more than the silver coins, though I consider the silver coins special because they remind me of my grandfather and the coin collection he shared with me before he passed away.

I recently deposited about $2,500 in halves at a bank. I called ahead and confirmed the bank would accept a large amount of loose halves, as in about $2K worth. They said as long as I had an account with them, they had a coin counter, so it would not be a problem.

The next day I brought in the coins and the teller asked me where I got all of them. I gave an honest answer in that I had ordered them from a local credit union. The teller was very cordial and didn't even ask me if I had an account at her bank. She said there were other people who brought in a lot of coins from time to time, so I was not the only one. She brought out a cart on which I placed my buckets of halves, and asked me to have a seat while she ran the coins through the coin counter. When she returned she asked if I would like to deposit the coins or have cash. I asked for cash, which she politely counted out, and handed me my empty buckets.

Then I asked her is I could buy her a coffee or something as a thank you for dealing with the heavy, noisy coins. She genuinely appreciated my offer, but told me handling the coins was simply part of her job, and it was no problem, so she declined my offer. I admit she was an attractive lady, which was an additional bonus :)

Again, I believe honesty is the best policy.

Like I said in an earlier post I try to dump in out of town branches when I go, but today I dumped 300 in dimes and 100 in nickels and I walked in the door to the bank, which I had never been to this branch before she said I hope you have lots of coin in your tote that I was carrying and she said we are always in need of coin. I said really I can bring more if you want me to. She said yes definatly. She said the bank manager never orders enough coin and they are always short. I said I have plenty more where this came from and she and the other tellers said bring it on, we will take all you got. I proceededed to tell her I look through coins for my collections and she said it doesn't matter cause it all spends the same,so I told her I would be back in a few days to bring in another load. She said I will be here waiting because she said I can't stand when merchants or customers come in and ask for a few rolls and I can't provide them. So I'm going to use them as my dump bank for a while and see how it goes, luckily it's close to my house about 10 mins away.

"I plead the fifth."