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Posted 01/18/2009 4:47 pm
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But Carl is right -- it's more of a hassle for the teller to get them for you than it's worth to her. Don't forget -- banks are not in the business to cater to the needs/wants of numismatists. Most tellers know nothing about coin collecting except for vague familiarities with the idea that people do it. They like to go in, do their job, and go home without any unusual hassles. Bank tellering is not rocket science, and one can imagine that most of them look it as routine and boring after awhile, but it's something that lets them keep a roof over their head and food on the table, that's all.
But Carl is right -- it's more of a hassle for the teller to get them for you than it's worth to her. Don't forget -- banks are not in the business to cater to the needs/wants of numismatists. Most tellers know nothing about coin collecting except for vague familiarities with the idea that people do it. They like to go in, do their job, and go home without any unusual hassles. Bank tellering is not rocket science, and one can imagine that most of them look it as routine and boring after awhile, but it's something that lets them keep a roof over their head and food on the table, that's all.
Being a teller is akin to having a customer servise job and customer servise jobs are never hassle-free. To ask for coins is not a hassle, we are taking something off their hands. 95% of the tellers I deal with are always willing to help (the other 5% is that mean old hag in the drive-thru window, of a branch which has become my dumping grounds). The ones who see me on a regular basis always are curious if I have nickel slot machines at home because I get so many boxes of nickels.
(/soapbox)
Rip, as for the 82 and 83 issues, no mint sets were made during those two years, so they carry a small premium in circulated and bigger premiums in uncirculated. The 83-P is the "key" (using that term loosely!) out of the the four, then, the 83-D, 82-P and 82-D (IMO). The 1983-P quarter is one of my favorite coins.
