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New Member
United States
33 Posts |
just wondering if anyone actually worked at a bank, how fun that must be, lol. I always thougth i'd like to work at a bank, hours aren't bad, dont' get dirty, then low and behold I discover this coin collecting hobby, now I think it would be really cool, and what a way to grow your collection
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New Member
United States
34 Posts |
I do, it sucks  Really it's just glorified fast food job. Everyonce in a while you'll have some items come in that I have to grab. Say...12 pounds of silver halves  |
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
LOL at "don't get dirty". Money, both coin and currency, is some of the filthiest stuff around. It's no wonder I see banks with hand sanitizer on the counter these days.
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Valued Member
United States
285 Posts |
I think working at a bank would be fun for a while, but I don't think I would want to do it the rest of my life.
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New Member
 United States
33 Posts |
i was thinking of doing it when I retired from the air force to give me a little extra income and maybe find me a few goodies in the process
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New Member
United States
34 Posts |
I've worked in a bank that had 10,000+ transactions a month and I currently work for a bank that if we have 5 people walk in the door all day we're lucky.
The more busy branches will be high stress and the very slow branches will cause you to try things like sticking a pen in your ear just to see how far it will go in.
My advice would be to find a bank somewhere in the middle - something that will keep you busy for most of the day but will allow a couple hours of down time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2661 Posts |
There is no way I would work at a bank. The crap you have to deal with all day long is not worth the pittance of a wage that you would receive.
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Valued Member
United States
102 Posts |
If I worked at a bank I would choose one without a coin counter machine so I didn't get stuck with roll hunters bringing in hoards of coins I'd get stuck with putting it all into the machine.  Though if it was in the lobby that'd be ok though.  Though if it was just someone dumping their change they collected for the past 60+ years I wouldn't mind helping with that.  But... I work in IT so even if I worked for a bank, I wouldn't be playing with the money... |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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An interesting thing about working in a bank is out of all the banks I've ever been in, I can't remember a teller lasting for more than a year or so. Officers at a desk a little longer but still does not appear to be a life time job.
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New Member
United States
17 Posts |
My gal works at a bank and she is too darn busy to look for nice coins and silver that comes thru for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2130 Posts |
I worked at a bank as a teller during college for business/finance work experience. Tellers get treated bad by customers for just following the rules. They do not get the respect or pay they should. Also after handling money all day tellers have a very small window of error they can make without getting into trouble. IMO it was a very stressful job for no more money than they make. The little time I worked at a bank taught me enough to realize that it wasn't cut out for me. I have the highest amount of respect for a bank tellers.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
A relative of mine some years ago cashed in 20 gold bullion coins at their face value, because she correctly assessed their potential NUMISMATIC investment value as very poor. They were $200 face value, and at the time, had about $185 worth of gold in them. She did not reckon on the potential BULLION investment value.
Today, those coins have a bullion value just shy of $400 each.
Interestingly, she was working as a bank teller at the time she cashed her coins in and she was advising other customers to do the same.
Edited by sel_69l
09/16/2010 02:06 am
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2448 Posts |
Most don't understand how demanding a career in Finance and Banking can be. I have some old high school buddies that went into banking and they now look 10 years older that I do. Of course they argue that I just pickled myself with all that single malt.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1801 Posts |
I have worked in a bank for the last 20 years and enjoyed my job immensely. I made it known to the entire staff that I was an avid numismatist and would happily answer any questions about coins that customers had, the resulting referrals have yielded everything from "I have really rare/valuable old coins, what are they worth" (usually a SDB full of circulated common morgans) to "I have some coins I inherited, can you tell me what they are? (one time they were the nicest golden toned commemorative halves from the 30's and 40's I have ever seen, all in the original mailers from when they were issued.) Anytime an "interesting" coin comes in over the counter I get to see it and often get to buy it at the end of the day (if the teller that took it doesn't want it). Banking can be a great career but you have to advance past the teller position to be more than just a job. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't think I could do it. I see people give the tellers a hard time because their statement says they have 10 cents less than what they show in their check book, literally. Or the one time a lady came in and demanded her bounced check charges be dropped because it was not her fault that her husband forgot to make the deposit. And then there was the guy who came in and wanted to know why they would not cash his farm hands checks that he paid them with even though the checks were drawn on a different bank and the guys did not have accounts at that one. But it is closer to the farm and this guy banks there also. That is the kind of nonsense that would drive me insane, make me freak out on someone and get fired.
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Valued Member
United States
364 Posts |
I used to work at a bank in college. Worst job I ever had, bar none.
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Posted 09/15/2010 2:58 pm
