I had a bit of a OMG! OMG! moment yesterday. I went into a bank I regularly visit to see if they had any round 50's or old paper notes they hadn't cleared yet. The lovely lady who served me said she would go have a look and brought out a folder. She placed it on the counter and opened it up, it had two envelopes in that I could see and got me a little excited that I may find some nice old notes. Anyway as she picked up the envelopes something else in the folder immediately caught my eye and I instantly knew what it was. It was a little blue RAM flip, the kind that hold $200 gold coins I took my time and went through the two envelopes which had nothing of interest to me then ask the question " what is that in the little blue case?". The lady got it out and handed it to me, I opened it and hoped to god it was what I thought it was. "YES!" I said to myself as I opened it up, an UNC 1983 $200 koala I fondled and looked at it for a minute then asked if I could buy it, the lady behind the counter gave me a look as if she was thinking " WTF do you want that for". She said sure if you want to pay $200 for it as it is legal tender. I couldn't hand over my $200 fast enough lol. It's a great feeling to actually rip off the bank for a change So does anyone else have any similar stories they would like to share?
So how exactly do you go about asking for stuff like this ? I'm sure if I walked up to the general enquiries counter and asked if they had any old coins or notes I'd get a bizarre look
Exactly that, just walk up and ask. They are not going to advertise what they have so just ask them. It is time consuming because 9 out of 10 banks won't have a thing or if they have old notes they are in poor condition. No harm in asking though and what ever you decide to buy you pay face value for it
congrats. I am up to around $120 face on round fifty's, $30 on florins and don't even ask about copper! but a $200 coin for face, if only I was that lucky, nice score
10 gram 22 k gold Koala? Sold in one of these, I presume... Mintage: 88,000 (http://www.peterstrich.com.au/oz_coins/200gold/two_hundred_dollar.htm) Price: could go above 1,000 USD (no way under 700 USD) This is bliss you had there, man!
That's the one I will try and get a pic up later, It looks like its never been touched. Whoever own it has stapled the clear sleeve the coin sit in and then used sticky tape over the staples to try and seal it. It has enough age to it that the sticky tape has gone a yellow/brown colour.
same here.went thru some banks and nothing but strange look and even if they had any they took it home...
become a regular, buy a box of roses when they have something. spend a day driving round from bank to bank. and if there is a long line, don't bother, your will just annoy them asking when they are busy
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I got $200 in old $20 Dollar paper notes in about VF to EF condition had 5 x Coombs and Randall notes and 3 consecutive. Paid face value for each at the bank and sold 4 of them for about $5000. Happy days
