Gold Coins Sold At A Bank.

A teller does not have to know how valuable a coin is to accept it as a legitimate coin.

Let's say someone brings in some coins to a young teller, and mixed in the middle of it is a few Mercury dimes they've never seen before...they ask another employee (or manager) if they are real. "Yep, those are old dimes." Puts them in the till. Then thinks, hmmmm, those are cool, wonder what they are worth. Buys them, takes them to a coin dealer (because they *don't* know what they are worth, not because they *do*), and lo and behold, that 1916-D is quite valuable.

This scenario is not far fetched, we hear stories all the time of members getting silver from tellers at banks, and seeing silver and having the teller saying they are buying those pieces from the bank.

It's hard for me to throw stones at the teller, when I don't know the teller from the man on the moon. We do know the bank manager *does* know now how much they are worth, and is treating them like common cents (I'm so punny) in the video.

By the way, if I was the teller, I would have advised the customer that what she had was valuable and that she shouldn't cash them in. But I know what those are worth.

Will be interesting to see if a lawsuit arises out of this.

Sorry, not buying it one iota. You can spin stories all day long but the only story that matters is the one in front of us. The teller is a bold face liar for saying he didn't know what they were. Took those puppies straight out of the till and straight to a coin shop. Don't be so naive. You don't have to know someone to see an obvious lie.

Someone at the bank either A. Had a conscience. B. Got nervous about the cover up and told, or C. Got greedy and wanted some of the redemption money and it didn't play out well or we'd have never heard about this at all.

The teller is now playing the dumb act because he got exposed and the manager is trying to save face.

I haven't seen any quotes or interviews directly from the teller, so I don't have any idea what act he's playing. If the bank manager is indeed trying to "save face", then why would you trust what he says about the teller?

I'm not saying your wrong, just that you *may* be wrong. We'll never know the whole story.

I used to dream of finding a double eagle stuck in the coin machine when I worked for a bank, I never imagined it would be possible though. Just goes to show you that anything can be found in circulation.

Who knows maybe she stole them form an Elder Realative that had them stashed away. Just a thought. You woudl think that the coins being stolen woudl of made the news by now.

Latest news on this case. The coins WERE stolen. The woman stole them from the family of a friend she was staying with. A few days later she accompanied her on an errand and they went back to the same bank branch where she had cashed in the coins and the tellers recognized her.

Man!! I think I would gladly trade that cruddy bank job for 14 of these incredible double eagles! EASILY!