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Valued Member
Canada
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So as I have mentioned before, in the past weeks I've started roll hunting. I was at the bank today getting a box of pennies when the teller finally became curious enough and asked: "What are you doing with all these coins?"
I remembered what I read in the "Roll hunting guidelines" topic and I politely replied that I searched through them for fun/interesting coins as a hobby.
Having fessed up as a coin collector I went on to ask her if they ever got any 50 cent coins or old dollars in, because I'd be interested in taking them. This got the conversation rolling, and she started telling me about the crazy things people bring in.
Apparently one fellow at her old branch brought in a bunch of 10$ silver coins from the 1976 Olympics! Now these may not be a rarity but they are certainly worth well over 10$ in silver content! I was shocked.
As the story went on she told me that tellers usually take home any interesting coins, but that she'd be sure to save some for me if she was the one serving the customer who brought something interesting in!
So have any of you heard stories like this? People cashing in coins for face value that are actually worth more? I'd love to hear interesting stories. :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Last week I picked up a box of half dollars (all hand rolled). I end up w/ 1-90%er & 30-40%ers
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I posted a story quite a while back.(It's still in the forum somewhere,I think)Anyway,here it is again.One teller gave me a 1966 half-dollar.(Cost was fifty cents,of course.)Later on that year she gave me a bank envelope with 6 nickle-dollars AND 2 mint rolls of 2006 & 2007 half-dollars,someone turned in.(after doing a search before spending the halves,4 of them had mint errors(2 of which were traded to a fellow CC member)It was amazing,seeing that one pays a premium for mint rolls and then turning them into the bank for face value.(I guess they needed the money.)Since then a couple of the tellers at this bank are now COIN COLLECTORS.
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01/26/2011 3:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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A few months ago a teller told me that someone had just dropped of a big pile of rolled old quarters. Turned out that they were mixed in with all the rolls the bank was getting ready to ship out that day, $2000.00 worth of quarters. I was able to get my hands on $500.00 dollars right then so I was only able to buy one full box. It contained 10 full rolls of mixed quarters some as old as 1888 and up to 1968. alot were scrap but some of the newer ones ms60+ ( I'd like to post some pic's for grading in the future if I can figure out how) anyway it was a great find. I been wondering ever since what might have been in the other 3 boxes.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Well suffice to say I look forward to what the teller decides to keep for me!  North of 49, it's too bad about the other three boxes but hey, at least you got your hands on one of the boxes. What luck! I'd probably ask the teller if she could empty my bank account and give me that value in quarters!  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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North, that is so exciting! For the poor collector like myself it seems the only way I'll get my hands on some older rare coins.
Those other three boxes are the stuff dreams are made of.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes I should be gratful for what I got.
But there is more to the story, a few days later I went back to the same teller who told me that the same person was in earlier that day with a bunch of old bills. "I don't supose you still have them" , I asked. " yes I do would you like them "
and so I ended up spending another $500.00... on bills
1954 and up
some devil face, some replacements, and one -- get this --- million dollar note.
so I guess I cant complain.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Million dollar note!? I'm assuming you didn't pay face value for it! I can't imagine the bank even accepting that as legal tender. What could they possibly pay you for it?
Congrats on your finds anyway. :)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Million dollar note refers to the serial number, at least that's what they call it in the Charlton book on paper money. The serial number is ABV2000000.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Haha, that makes much more sense. you'll have to forgive me; I know very little when it comes to banknotes and serial numbers. All I know is that when the serial number can be read the same left to right and right to left the banknote is worth more than face.
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