Saw some silver going back into circulation today

[markmopar]

I was dumping a skunk box at my bank and the bag filled up quick($100 bags of halfs). When the teller took it off the machine and set it on the floor, I heard silver. Last time I asked at this bank about buying bags they refused, so I didn't ask and just said "Well, there goes some silver coins"
She said "you can tell by that?" I told her yes and pointed out several coins thru the bag. Then she tells me that if she hadn't already sealed the bag she would have let me swap out the coins I wanted!

another missed opportunity....

 

[BBcardsRI]

grrrr... another moment when silver gets away!

~Dave

 

[Narthoniel]

aww man, what a heartbreaker

 

[pegleg]

Story of my life!! This happens at the CU all the time. They refuse to sell the bags. I've even tried a bribe.

 

[packfan_1982]

I'm always amazed when I hear about people buying bags from their banks. I've asked a couple of times at all of the banks I go to and every one of them says they wish they could do it but have to surrender them to brinks.

 

[Silver_Fox]

It's a bad deal BUT. If you buy boxes, you need some of those bags to go through to get the silver into the hopper. For those who search boxes buying bags is a double edged sword.

 

[cyberdan]

I'm always amazed when I hear about people buying bags from their banks. I've asked a couple of times at all of the banks I go to and every one of them says they wish they could do it but have to surrender them to brinks.

One of my banks (credit union) will sell me as many bags as I want and they are very friendly about it too. I just email her a few days before I am in the area (saturday pickup) and I get an inventory of what is available. That part of town seems to always have a lot of coin depositors.

 

[mistergee]

went to a bank the other day and asked about halves...the clerk starts to go to the coin machine and the manager says "we cant sell those"...damn a few more seconds and i woulda had the bag before the manager came out

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Heh...manager was probably searching through them.