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On November 1st I posted about getting 3 silver dollars at a bank for the first time ever.

Well, today at a different bank about 4 miles away, it happened again! This time I was turning in some halves to get cash from my dump bank. While one teller was giving me cash another came in the door from his break and said, “ Steve, we’ve got 83 Ike dollars if you are interested.” I said I’d take them all.

It turns out it was another teller who had them and he “only” had 58. In going through the coins I noticed that there were TWO SILVER DOLLARS included with the Ikes. One was an 1879-O in VF-XF. The other was a 1925 plain Peace dollar in VG-Fine condition that looks like it has been cleaned.

Note that the 1879-O is the second oldest coin I’ve ever found. The oldest was an 1872 Indian cent found on 6/17/22.

I guess finding these coins today helps contribute to the theory that good coins can be found during the holiday season.

Called by your first name by the tellers and offered ike's nice. Great find on Silver. Congrats

Wow - that's awesome. I've never been able to find a Morgan or Peace at a bank, but did get a Morgan at a gas station a few years ago.

agmoose wrote:Wow - that's awesome. I've never been able to find a Morgan or Peace at a bank, but did get a Morgan at a gas station a few years ago.

How? Did you ask them if they had oddball coins? Or did they just give it to you in change?

thecrazyone wrote:

agmoose wrote:Wow - that's awesome. I've never been able to find a Morgan or Peace at a bank, but did get a Morgan at a gas station a few years ago.

How? Did you ask them if they had oddball coins? Or did they just give it to you in change?

I saw the guy in front of me give it to the teller as part of a pocket full of change to buy a pack of cigarettes. There were two 1964 Kennedy's in the handful of change too, but no other silver. He was a young guy, maybe 22ish.....and riding a bmx bicycle to the store. He prob took his grandpas coins to feed the nicotine habit.

Sweet. The last time I got a real silver dollar from a bank is when I was a kid in the early 70's. My uncle told the branch manager I collected coins and he saved it for me... a 1921 morgan, and I still have it.

That’s great!