When Your Bank's Teller Calls - Do Answer

SaorAlba

A teller at one of my bank's branches called me yesterday afternoon and said she had completed a $50 bag of cents that had been bagged from merchants deposits. But the best part at that point was she said she had an envelope of coins that had been rejected by their counting machine and she would give them to me because otherwise they would throw them out. I bought the $50 bag of cents, which turned out to be one of the best cent searches in quite some time - the most wheats ever in a search and necessitates a thread by itself. But here are all the foreign coins, definitely not a disappointment:



And a listing of them:

Argentina 1 Centavo 1987
5 Centavos 1995

Australia 2 Cents 1976
5 Cents 1987

Bahamas 5 Cents 1966
25 Cents 1998
25 Cents 2000

Belgium 1 Franc 1952

Bermuda 10 Cents 1987

Canada 5 Cents 1945
2002

Cayman Islands 10 Cents 1992
25 Cents 1987
25 Cents 2005

East Carib States 25 Cents 1996
25 Cents 1996

Ecuador 25 Centavos 2000

Egypt 5 Piastres 1972

France 1 Franc 1974
1 Franc 1978
1 Franc 1978

2 Eurocent 1999

Germany 5 RPF 1935 Munich
1 Pf 1991 Stuttgart
50 Pf 1974 Munich

Great Britain 1 Penny 1976
1978
1979
1981
1982
1984
1987
1997
2003

5 Pence 1980
1990
1999
2000
2003

10 Pence 1992
1992

20 Pence 1988
2005

50 Pence 1969

Honduras 20 Centavos 1996

Hungary 10 Forint 1993

Israel 1 Shekel ?

Italy 50 Lire 1955
50 Lire 1976

100 Lire 1977

Japan 10 Yen 1958

S. Korea 100 Won 2001
100 Won 2001
100 Won 2006

Kuwait 50 Fils 2005

Mexico 5 Centavos 1960

10 Centavos 2003

50 Centavos 1980
50 Centavos 1980

1 Peso 1986

5 Pesos 1981

20 Pesos 1980

50 Pesos 1988

Netherlands 25 Cents 1983

1 Eurocent 2001

20 Eurocent 2003

New Zealand 1 Cent 1967

2 Cents 1967

Nicaragua 1 Cordoba 2000

Poland 10 Zlotych 1987

Somalia 5 Shilling 2000

Spain 5 Eurocent 2004

Switzerland 10 Rappen 1989

20 Rappen 1975

Thailand 5 Baht ?

JCMhouston

That's quite a haul, congrats.

ProofArtworkonCircs

The last time a teller called me was about 1947 when I was 12 years old. They had a $5 gold piece for $5. They considered I was a collector and could legally hold it.

I have often wondered how legal this was on their end. At that time any member bank of the Federal Reserve System had to turn in any gold received to the Fed. (This was relaxed a few years later.) But this was the local savings bank I was dealing with. I rushed to the bank with my bank book to buy it. They sent me home again to get my father's signature.

The coin was minted 1906 and was 41 years old and thus minted long before I was born. I thought I had a piece of ancient history in my hand. Now I have owned it 63 years. It was only 14 years after it freely circulated that I picked it up. Now it feels more like current events than ancient history.

OzzyAndy

I think that's one of the most rewarding parts of coin collecting, finding little gems in bags of 'junk'.

Andrew

zeebob

Very neat! You have a nice and thoughful teller. Congrats!

Weiss

<< <i>The last time a teller called me was about 1947 when I was 12 years old. They had a $5 gold piece for $5. They considered I was a collector and could legally hold it.

I have often wondered how legal this was on their end. At that time any member bank of the Federal Reserve System had to turn in any gold received to the Fed. (This was relaxed a few years later.) But this was the local savings bank I was dealing with. I rushed to the bank with my bank book to buy it. They sent me home again to get my father's signature.

The coin was minted 1906 and was 41 years old and thus minted long before I was born. I thought I had a piece of ancient history in my hand. Now I have owned it 63 years. It was only 14 years after it freely circulated that I picked it up. Now it feels more like current events than ancient history. >>



The story is very cool, and the fact that you held on to it during the peaks and valleys shows it meant something to you. Kudos!