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1891 EF coin; Old lady; Bank One Dollar Question

SoldiSoldi Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 31, 2021 6:38AM in U.S. Coin Forum

If you're a bank teller and an elderly customer comes in and asks to exchange an 1891 Silver dollar for a paper fiat and you do, then bring it home as your mini lottery. Then you text your friend with pic"s of the coin and he gets the ubiquitous question "Hey what's this worth?" What's wrong with this picture? I know what I think. What do you think?

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think the same as you @Soldi.... :'( Cheers, RickO

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree with ricko.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,498 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 31, 2021 7:37AM

    what perry hall said ( the teller should have said something to her, jmo )

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    MWallaceMWallace Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭✭✭

    what johnny9434 said

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    SoldiSoldi Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Soldi ! The profound pontificate of like minds at work.

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If I were the teller I would have just bought it from her. She would have been thrilled to get a $20 for it. Also, I would have asked her if she had any other old coins for sale.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

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    CommemDudeCommemDude Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think the bank should have a policy that prohibits its employees from acting as self-declared pawn brokers while at work.
    Occurrences like this should be directed to the bank manager who should have enough knowledge to educate this customer regarding the value of her coins.

    Dr Mikey
    Commems and Early Type

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