The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-31
INSIDE OF A BANK.
Interesting Talk With a Handler
of Cash.
transferring Thousands of Dollars In Coin
in a Single Handful-Bank Robber-
les, East and West - Bret
Harte's Tale-SiIver In

An Altc reporter dropped into lead
ing bank day or two since. 1t was
near the close of busy day, and the
tired teller was skimming through
few hundred pounds of double eagles
With lightning-like rapidity. When he
ii length came to the reporter the lat
ter remarked on hisexpertness, and re-
ceiYed a modest disclaimer of any
unusal merit. 'sAnybody ought to
handle double eagles easily" he said,
'for they are the most convenient sized
coin that is made. When the Govern
ment stops coming them and ten-dollar
pieces take their places, as has been
ordered to certain extent, the average
bank teller's heart viii be broke"
sWhy? Because there will be more
pieces to handle
No, not for that reason, but on ac-
count OF their being so much nicer to
handle in every way. Sea- roll of
twenties just fits the hand and the
space between the first and fourth
fingers. Another thing, twenties are
tho only coins thatyou can risk count
on by sizing one stack up with an
other. We never count but one stack
here. Then all the balance are sized
up, with the exception of the last stack,
which is counted, as a check on the
6rst count
"Why can't that be done with other
coins?'
They get too badly worn to make
them come out evenly. In stack of
lives you will often find the difference
o. an entire piece, and even tens are so
uneven as to make stacking them unre-
Table, $ > 80. 4
The nimble-fing ngered young man then
proceeded to illustrate his meaning
with, two trays of coins. One tray con-
iained S20, 600 in twenties, 800 to the
stack, had the tops of the stacks as
level as billiard-table, and no one
stack was higher or lower than its fell
lows to more than the thickness of a
pleee Of cardboard. The other tray,
hiled with tens and fives, was so uneven
rs to bear the resemblance in places of
com having been removed. This was
sot Que to the minting, he explained,
uut 70 the wear of the coin in
clfcuiatlon. Twenties wear, too, of
course, but the average man does
aet have his pocket full of twenties,
ana they get less wear than their kim
ufed OF smaller denomination Eyes.
sWerties are the boss coin if you have
macn OF it to handle,n he concluded;
saa the reporter thought so, too, as a
aeposltor dumped 50, 400 on the coun-
g ana the teller picked up 81 500 in
une hand and $500 in the other, to con-
Wy m I 70 the trays four feet behind him.
mats pretty good load, isn't itp''
no. replied the teller, cheer
any ~, 600 is what we consider a
talr handful"
Seeing the reporters look of doubt,
= gave another illustration in proof
sa s ais assertion -Four stacks of 500
sssa AL were aid on the palm of his left
ssa 's,l'.; !. tnree others went on top of them,
au me remaining three necessary to
osapiefe the $4,000 were lifted with
as Gasp OF his right. II could take
rsms raSsnef $1,000 by laying a couple of
:ons 9n my wristn he went ON. .sbut it
sms'.,a ss.aen necessary. If deposit
s,n',.a ,,'Oeli!s 70 more than 5000, I set an
issss isss gay over on the counter and
MAI, should think it would be easier to
So $50 sWo trips of it, where it is but a
eerfs;r'n .9m your counter to the trays. 1t
i as.saaiy ,say would take no more time than
On ,Vala Sa1s g stack it up the way you do
~on 1ay Iiend, / don't want to make
q - ~ aesl nad, but / never turn nv back
lsssr - counter for single second when
psra ss !. & COIN on it. No matter if Won
wsss ss,s me only person in sight and Won Or,
= ~ sather. it would be Just the