"Rolls of halves? Why? The tellers pick out all the silver." heh,heh

Omega · November 29, 2008 11:13PM

I have been going through straps of two dollar bills for the last few months and haven't bothered with half dollar rolls. This particular day they bank was out of twos so I turned to leave and then thought to ask if they had any rolls of halves. The message title was the teller's response. "I'll take them anyway" I replied. As the rolls were placed on the counter I noticed something right away:

I stated "I couldn't be that lucky." The teller mumbled "What?". "Nothing" I replied.

Not wanting be disappointed I headed home without peeking. When I got home I slowly undid the end of one of the marked rolls:

Whoo Hooo!!!!

Then I opened the other:

Whoo Hoo Number two!!!

The others proved to be picked over as promised. These two slipped through. A nice way to end the day!

DoubleEagle59 · November 29, 2008 11:15PM

Very nice haul!!

STONE · November 29, 2008 11:16PM

Congrats, they look like nice AU/BU coins too.

This would definitely be the time these coins would come out of the woodwork.

BTW- You Suck

Omega · November 29, 2008 11:20PM

<< <i>they look like nice AU/BU coins too. >>

There are a number of nice looking coins in the haul.

My very first "You Suck" Thanks!

PerryHall · November 29, 2008 11:21PM

You suck!

TwoSides2aCoin · November 29, 2008 11:26PM

Ten times face and gas prices are down. It was a trip worth taking.

DoUPlayOnePocket · November 30, 2008 12:37AM

Way to go!

I have had an account at the same branch of BoA for more than 25 years (it was under different names, but most of the staff remained the same), and the tellers have no problem with ordering $500 boxes of halves and/or quarters for me, and they take the re-rolled coins back with no complaints. The quarters are always in shrink-wrapped rolls, so it is easy to spot the silver coins without opening the rolls just by looking at the edges. It would take less than an hour, and then I would take them right back to the bank.

If I were to give anyone a "You Suck!", it would have to be the manager of one of our neighborhood Circle K's who banks at the same branch. About two years ago, I had ordered two boxes of halves and two boxes of quarters. I place the order on Monday and pick them up on Thursday. That particular Thursday, I could have been waiting at the bank's door when they opened at 9:00am, but I was fooling around on one of the message boards instead. I strolled in at 9:15, got the boxes and returned home. I checked the quarters, first. Shucks, no silver! I spent some time checking a few of the paper-rolled halves before I took the quarters back to the bank at about 1:00pm, and that is when Laurie, the head teller, told me what happened. The manager of the Circle K came in at 9:10 to pick up his order of two boxes of quarters. Around 11:30, he was back at the bank asking if they had another box of quarters that they could spare. Laurie had taken care of him both times, and she acted surprised that he could have used up $500 in quarters in such a short time. The manager told her that when he opened the first box, he discovered that the top row of rolls were all silver. He checked the other rolls, and it turned out that they were all silver (the second box was all clad.)

Since I have dealt with that branch for so long a time, I am familiar with their procedure when they receive orders for customers. Specific boxes are not reserved for any particular customer. Instead, all of the "special" orders are kept in a separate stack from those that the bank routinely utilizes for their day-to-day transactions. When those customers arrive to get their order, the boxes are taken from the top of the stack. So, if I hadn't been fooling around on the computer that morning...............................

Chris