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I'm dumping pennies at the bank and I noticed a few coins in the adjacent garbage can. So I shake it slightly and it sounds like more like a dozen or so. Fortunately this bank has a separate room for coin sorting and I'm pretty much unobserved save a window in the door. The next thing I know I'm breaking several rules of human etiquette in the course of retreiving said coins. However, my shame was partially mitigated by the take:

1 Cayman Island penny
6 Canadian quarters (5 of them NI)
2 Canadian dimes (both NI)
1 1991 1 Franc coin (NI)
1 British Pound coin (my second from this bank)
1 1943 Steel Wheat penny

Its hard to believe people throw these away!

That's the East coast for you. We in the west Lack the bank coin counters or I would also Dive

Rosco wrote:That's the East coast for you. We in the west Lack the bank coin counters or I would also Dive

I hear that if you head far enough south you just might find a West coast bank with a coin counter. San Diego is nice this time of year.

San Diego is nice this time of year. [/quote]

Yes it is. This is the first time in my life that i have ever been sweating in the month of January..... not that it has anything to do with the original topic

Have any of you ever been caught looking under the counting machine for extra coins to throw in? That's a killer. I always get the "what are you doing on the floor?" question from some random customer.

Have any of you ever dumpster dived in a coin shop's dumpster?

You guys teach me so much.

njoElec wrote:"what are you doing on the floor?"

To which you should reply, "I dropped a quarter! Mind your own business!"

njoElec wrote:Have any of you ever been caught looking under the counting machine for extra coins to throw in? That's a killer. I always get the "what are you doing on the floor?" question from some random customer.

Have any of you ever dumpster dived in a coin shop's dumpster?

To do list for next week:
1) Head to the coin shop and look for some bargains.
2) Walk out of the coin shop, go into the alley (dumpster) looking for bargains.

I like the way you guys think.

Make sure you wear gloves when you're dumpster diving

uth - My simple reply is this "I have misplaced my coins, do you have any I can have?"

Of course the mind your own business would work great too hehe.

very solid strategy here

This cannot be! I have it on good word (the tellers who refuse to let me keep the foreigns because they have to ship them out.)

On the other hand, I have managed to get about 50 pounds of foreigns and what can I do with them anyway?

fb101 wrote:On the other hand, I have managed to get about 50 pounds of foreigns and what can I do with them anyway?

Oh my goodness! You send them to me!!!!