Coin wrapper

A roll of 25 U.S. dollars

A coin wrapper, sometimes known as a bank roll or roll is a paper or plastic container for a number of coins.

In the United States, empty rolls are available free at most banks in every denomination (though it is becoming increasingly difficult for half dollar and dollar to be readily made available). The rolls come flat and one side will have to be folded to allow for coins to be placed inside. When the roll is full, the top side will need to be folded. Typically, the full rolls are brought back to the banks in exchange for currency or to be deposited.

In the Eurozone, empty plastic rolls are used at banks in every denomination, with five-coin staggered rows. Their main advantages are:

Reliability

Their five-coin staggered rows and transparency make quick verification of contents possible.

Certainty

They provide a high degree of certainty (transparency, reliable and legible contents).

Cost effective 

The high certainty means less time spent processing coins, while the solidity and two-way closure system increase the number of times the coin roll can be used, effectively reducing its overall cost.

In Japan, machine-wrapped coin rolls with plastic container are circulated exclusively, handmade coin rolls are rare. All rolls contains 50 coins. Customers can change bills into coin rolls easily by automatic money changer at Japanese banks.

Searching rolls

Often, coin collectors will ask for full rolls from the bank to search the contents in hopes of finding an interesting piece. Some collectors also save coins of bullion value, such as copper cents and silver half-dollars. This practice is called coin roll hunting. Full rolls are also requested by vendors to make change.

Fraud

Bank rolls are vulnerable to a variety of scams, such as rolling slugs of no value or coins of a lesser value.^[1] See also coin rolling scams.

Amount in a roll in Australia

Australian coins used to have different ink colors, but now they all have black ink.

Amount in a roll in the Bahamas

The Bahamas have two different kinds of rolls with the same number of coins. They are either rolls distinguished by color or rolls with a light blue background with the Flag of the Bahamas. The rolls here are the ones by color.

Amount in a roll in Canada

Canadian coin rolls are very similar to American coin rolls, but Canadian rolls don't have rolls for the half dollar, but has a roll for the toonie.

Amount in a roll in Denmark

Amount in a roll in the Eurozone

Coin rolls in Spain

3 rolls differ in Spain

Amount in a roll in Honduras

Amount in a roll in Indonesia

Amount in a roll in Israel

Amount in a roll in Japan

Coin rolls in Japan

Japanese coin rolls are made by plastics, without denomination color-code.

Amount in a roll in Romania

Amount in a roll in Serbia

Amount in a roll in Singapore

Amount in a roll in South Korea

Amount in a roll in Sweden

Amount in a roll in Switzerland

Amount in a roll in Taiwan

Amount in a roll in Ukraine

Amount in a roll in the United States

A roll of 40 nickels worth $2

A pile of coin wrappers

Each denomination has a different amount found in a roll and are color-coded by denomination. See below:

Coin bags

In the United Kingdom, coin rolls are not used, instead small plastic bags are provided free of charge at banks which are filled by the customer with the appropriate number of the same value coin as printed on the bag. When depositing or changing, the bags are weighed at the bank to check they contain the right number.

See also

• Automatic coin wrapper
• Coin rolling scams
• Currency packaging
• Euro starter kits

References

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