Teller sells me Silver Dollars at Face Value (total lie alert)

[coolpix9]

I was cruising around this morning and ran across a First Federal Wells National Bank and Credit Union. I went in and started scoping out the tellers' trays. One matronly miss had some large coins sitting awkwardly in her tray. I asked her what they were and whether they were for sale or not. She handed them over and told me she had been waiting for some coin collector to come back and make her an offer. I guess I sniped these out from under some poor CRHer who didn't make it back in time. I offered her a buck apiece for them and she gladly accepted my generous offer. When I got home, I threw them on the scanner to see what I had gotten. Nothing spectacular but I guess for ten bucks, I shouldn't complain. I came up a dollar short at the In-N-Out Burger joint and I came really close to using one of these coins. I hope June is good to all of you. Jim

 

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[Chimacum87]

I was cruising around this morning and ran across a First Federal Wells National Bank and Credit Union. I went in and started scoping out the tellers' trays. One matronly miss had some large coins sitting awkwardly in her tray. I asked her what they were and whether they were for sale or not. She handed them over and told me she had been waiting for some coin collector to come back and make her an offer. I guess I sniped these out from under some poor CRHer who didn't make it back in time. I offered her a buck apiece for them and she gladly accepted my generous offer. When I got home, I threw them on the scanner to see what I had gotten. Nothing spectacular but I guess for ten bucks, I shouldn't complain. I came up a dollar short at the In-N-Out Burger joint and I came really close to using one of these coins. I hope June is good to all of you. Jim<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=641067"/>

Wow nice find !

 

[Chimacum87]

Wow nice find!

 

[BuffaloBoy]

I would have offered $0.95 a piece for them

 

[usernameerror]

I know I probably say this a lot on here but...my head would have exploded if I came across these.

 

[stefen]

As I understand banking law, the bank must sell the coins at face value...

And besides the teller is not making a profit...and if she is playing games, the Bank Manager is within shouting distance...

 

[Diver_Down]

Jim due to the incredibly small scan or my crappy eyesight, could you list the dates and mintmarks? Sweet score by the way. Congrats.

 

[The Jersey DEvil]

That teller deserves a box of chocolates & pastries. You made a killing with those coins as they are the most highly sought after.

 

[tallguybry]

YIKES!

YAHTZEEE!!!

H$H!!
TGB

 

[coolpix9]

Was I the only one who read the post knowing full well I was lying about the whole transaction. I clearly wrote in the title that this was a lie. My sick sense of humor thought it might be fun to see if anyone would notice. I apologize to anyone who was misled into thinking this really happened. The name of the bank was a dead giveaway I thought. Sorry for the confusion, Jim

 

[truckinbutch]

Was I the only one who read the post knowing full well I was lying about the whole transaction. I clearly wrote in the title that this was a lie. My sick sense of humor thought it might be fun to see if anyone would notice. I apologize to anyone who was misled into thinking this really happened. The name of the bank was a dead giveaway I thought. Sorry for the confusion, Jim

I got your drift and LMAO realizing that you had posted this in Comedy Central with a full disclosure that it was a lie .
I decided to post rather than just punch the LIKE button .

 

[Bum Luck]

I don't believe you're lyin'!

 

[TreasureWriter]

Jim,

I don't know if you made this up or not but I bank at CNB in Pennsylvania. I always ask the tellers there to call me if someone has coins to sell. On several occasions people have brought silver into the bank and exchanged it for paper without regard to its value even after being told. Once a family later (2 hours) came to retrieve the silver exchanged by their son...the bank obliged them and traded it back; they understood it was a mistake. This generally occurs when kids are snooping around in Grandma's attic and find old coins. It's nice to have an honest small hometown bank and not to have to deal with the predators. My bank has a policy to tell individual's that these coins are worth more money before they accept them.

Someone on this thread was correct...a bank can only offer face value and can only accept face value for silver or rare coins.