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A roll of 25 U.S. dollars in 1 dollar coins.
Stack of coin wrappers for US Quarters
Two coin rolls from APMEX, each composed of twenty 35% silver "War Nickels".

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. The Royal Canadian Mint uses check weighers to verify the number of coins per roll.[1]

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).
Efficiency
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, plastic coin rolls are circulated almost exclusively, as handmade coin rolls are rare. Each roll holds 50 coins. Customers can change bills into coin rolls easily using automatic money changers at Japanese banks.

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.

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. It is also known as cherry picking. 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.[2] See also coin rolling scams.

Amount in a roll in each country

Afghanistan

Currency: Afghan afghani

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Red 1 afghani 50 50 afghanis 162.5
  Blue 2 afghanis 40 80 afghanis 164
Purple 5 afghanis 40 200 afghanis 203.2

Albania

Currency: Albanian lek

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Gray 1 lek 50 50 lekë 150
Red 5 lekë 50 250 lekë 156
Purple 10 lekë 50 500 lekë 180
Orange 20 lekë 25 500 lekë ≥115

Argentina

Currency: Argentine peso

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Black 5 centavos 50 2.5 pesos 100
  Orange 2 pesos 25 50 pesos 360 Old Bi-metallic coin

Australia

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

Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
1c 50 $0.50 130 obsolete, (in the past, found in red rolls)
2c 50 $1 260 obsolete, (in the past, found in red rolls)
5c 40 $2 113 (in the past, found in blue rolls)
10c 40 $4 226 (in the past, found in purple rolls)
20c 20 $4 226 (in the past, found in green rolls)
50c 20 $10 311 (in the past, found in orange rolls)
$1 25 $25 225 (in the past, sometimes found in 20 coin, $20, rolls)
$2 25 $50 165

Bahamas

Currency: Bahamian dollar
The Bahamas has two different kinds of rolls with the same number of coins. One kind is distinguished by color, while the other is adorned with a light blue background with the Flag of the Bahamas. The rolls here are the ones distinguished by color.

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Blue 1 Cent 50 $0.50 87.5
Purple 5 Cents 40 $2 140
Orange 10 Cents 40 $4 208
Green 25 cents 40 $10 200

Bahrain

Currency: Bahraini dinar

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Green 5 fils 50 250 fils 125
  Yellow 10 fils 50 500 fils 167.5
  Purple 25 fils 50 1.25 Bahraini dinar 175
  Pink 50 fils 50 2.50 Bahraini dinars 225
  Blue 100 fils 50 5 Bahraini dinars 300

Bulgaria

Currency: Bulgarian lev

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Black 1 stotinka 50 50 stotinki 245

Canada

Currency: Canadian dollar
Canadian coin rolls are very similar to American coin rolls, with the exception being that rolls for the half dollar do not exist while rolls for the toonie do.

Color Name Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
Blue Nickel 5¢ 40 $2.00 ≥158
Green Dime 10¢ 50 $5.00 ≥87.5
Orange Quarter 25¢ 40 $10.00 ≥176
Black Loonie $1.00 25 $25.00 ≥156.75
Purple Toonie $2.00 25 $50.00 ≥173

China, People's Republic

Currency: Chinese yuan (Renminbi)

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
Brown 1 fen 50 ¥0.50 35
Brown 5 fen 50 ¥2.50 80
Blue 1 jiao 50 ¥5.00 ≥56
Yellow 5 jiao 50 ¥25.00 190
Red 1 yuan 50 ¥50.00 305

Comoros

Currency: Comorian franc

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Green 250 francs 40 10,000 francs 340

Denmark

Currency: Danish krone

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Black 1 øre 50 50 øre ≥80 obsolete
  Red 50 øre 40 20 Kroner 172
Purple 1 krone 50 50 Kroner 180
Green 2 kroner 25 50 Kroner 147.5
Black 5 kroner 40 200 Kroner 368
Blue 10 kroner 20 200 Kroner 140
Yellow 20 kroner 20 400 Kroner 186

Ecuador

Currency: Ecuadorian sucre

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Black 100 sucres 20 2,000 sucres 71 obsolete
  Green 1,000 sucres 20 20,000 sucres 134 obsolete

Egypt

Currency: Egyptian pound

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Green 25 piastres 40 10 Egyptian pounds 180
  Purple 50 piastres 40 20 Egyptian pounds 260
  Black 1 Egyptian pound 25 25 Egyptian pounds 212.5

Eurozone

Currency: Euro

Coin rolls in Spain in all eight denominations of the euro.
Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
White 1c 50 €0.50 120
Gray 2c 50 €1.00 155
Red 5c 50 €2.50 195
Blue 10c 40 €4.00 164
Orange 20c 40 €8.00 233.2
Green 50c 40 €20.00 313.2
Yellow €1 25 €25.00 189.3
Purple €2 25 €50.00 207.5

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Spain

Three of the rolls used in Spain are different from the ones used in the rest of the eurozone.

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
Blue 10c 50 €5.00 205
Orange 20c 25 €5.00 143.5
Green 50c 25 €12.50 195

Italy

Until 2009, two of the rolls used in Italy were different from the ones used in the rest of the eurozone.

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
Yellow €1 40 €40.00 300
Purple €2 40 €80.00 340

Federal Republic of Germany

Currency: German (Deutsche) Mark

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Black 1 pfennig 50 50 pfenning 100 obsolete
  Red 2 pfennig 50 1 German (Deutsche) Mark ≥145 obsolete
  Pink 5 pfennig 50 2.5 German (Deutsche) Mark 150 obsolete
  Purple 10 pfennig 50 5 German (Deutsche) Mark 200 obsolete

Fiji

Currency: Fijian dollar

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
Green 5 cents 40 $2 ≥96

Finland

Currency: Finnish markka

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
Black 1 penni 50 50 pennia ≥22.5 obsolete
Pink 5 pennia 50 2.5 markka 40 obsolete
Green 10 pennia 50 5 markka ≥50 obsolete

France

Currency: French franc

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
Red 1 centime 50 50 centimes 82.5 obsolete

Honduras

Currency: Honduran lempira

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Blue 5 Centavos 40 L2 128
Green 10 Centavos 50 L5 300
Black 20 Centavos 50 L10 100
Red 50 Centavos 25 L12.50 125

Hungary

Currency: Hungarian forint

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Black 20 fillér 50 10 forint obsolete
  Red 10 forint 50 500 forint
  Black 20 forint 50 1,000 forint
  Red 50 forint 50 2,500 forint

Indonesia

Currency: Indonesian rupiah

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
Orange Rp 50 25 Rp 1,250
  Red Rp 100 25 Rp 2,500 44.75
Purple Rp 200 25 Rp 5,000 59.5
Green Rp 500 25 Rp 12,500 77.5
Blue Rp 1,000 40 Rp 40,000 180

Israel

Currency: Israeli new shekel

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Yellow 10 agorot 50 ₪5.00 200
Green ₪½ (50 agorot) 50 ₪25.00 325
Blue ₪1 50 ₪50.00 175
Purple ₪2 25 ₪50.00 142.5
Pink ₪5 25 ₪125.00 205
Red ₪10 25 ₪250.00 175

Japan

Currency: Japanese yen

Coin rolls in Japan

Japanese coin rolls are made of plastic and are not color-differentiated. Each roll holds 50 coins. Older coin rolls were made out of paper.

Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Method of differentiation
¥1 50 ¥50 50 silver color (aluminum) with smooth edge
¥5 50 ¥250 187.5 brass color with smooth edge, holed coin
¥10 50 ¥500 225 bronze color with smooth edge; coins minted between 1951-1958 have reeded edge
¥50 50 ¥2,500 200 silver color (cupronickel) with reeded edge, holed coin
¥100 50 ¥5,000 240 silver color (cupronickel) with reeded edge
¥500 50 ¥25,000 350 brass color (nickel-brass) with helically reeded edge

Malawi

Currency: Malawian kwacha

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
Black 2 tambala 50 1 kwacha

Moldova

Currency: Moldovan leu

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
White 1 leu 50 50 lei
Yellow 2 lei 25 50 lei

Morocco

Currency: Moroccan dirham

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Red 5 dirhams 40 200 dirhams Bi-metallic coin

New Zealand

Currency: New Zealand dollar

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Pink 10 cents 50 5 dollars
  Black 20 cents 25 5 dollars
  Yellow 50 cents 20 10 dollars
  Blue 1 dollar 25 25 dollars
  Orange 2 dollars 25 50 dollars

Norway

Currency: Norwegian krone

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
Blue 1 øre 50 50 øre obsolete
Red 2 øre 50 1 krone obsolete
Brown 5 øre 50 2.5 kroner obsolete
Purple 10 øre 50 5 kroner obsolete
Red 25 øre 50 10 kroner obsolete
Green 50 øre 50 25 kroner obsolete
Orange 1 krone 50 50 kroner
Turquoise 5 kroner 50 250 kroner
Yellow 10 kroner 50 500 kroner
Brown 20 kroner 25 500 kroner

Oman

Currency: Omani rial

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Green 5 baisa 50 2.5 Omani rials

Panama

Currency: Panamanian balboa

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Red 1 centesimo 50 50 centesimos
  Red 1/4 balboa 40 10 balboas

Papua New Guinea

Currency: Papua New Guinean kina

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Red 1 toea 50 50 toea
  Red 10 toea 50 5 kina

Peru

Currency: Peruvian sol

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Black 1 sol 20 20 soles

Philippines

Currency: Philippine peso

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Brown 5 sentimo 40 2 piso
  Blue 10 sentimo 50 5 piso

Portugal

Currency: Portuguese escudo

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
Red 50 centavos 50 25 escudos obsolete
Yellow 1 escudo 25 25 escudos obsolete
Brown 5 escudos 40 200 escudos obsolete
Brown 25 escudos 20 500 escudos obsolete

Romania

Currency: Romanian leu

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Red 1 Ban 50 50 Bani 120
Yellow 5 Bani 50 2.50 Lei 140.5
Pink 10 Bani 50 5 Lei 200
White 50 Bani 50 25 Lei 305

San Marino

Currency: Sammarinese lira

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Gray 10 50 500 lire obsolete

Saudi Arabia

Currency: Saudi riyal

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Yellow 1 halala 50 50 halalas

Serbia

Currency: Serbian dinar

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Green 1 dinar 50 50 dinara 210
Orange 2 dinara 50 100 dinara 252.5
Blue 5 dinara 50 250 dinara 289

Seychelles

Currency: Seychellois rupee

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Yellow 10 rupees 25 250 rupees

Singapore

Currency: Singaporean dollar

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Yellow 5 Cents 40 $2 68
Green 10 Cents 50 $5 118
Blue 20 Cents 50 $10 192.5
Red 50 Cents 40 $20 262.4
Beige $1 40 $40 304.8

South Korea

Currency: South Korean won

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Yellow ₩10 50 ₩500 61
Pink ₩50 50 ₩2,500 208
Blue ₩100 50 ₩5,000 271
Beige ₩500 50 ₩25,000 385

Soviet Union

Currency: Soviet ruble

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Brown 1 ruble 20 20 Soviet rubles obsolete

Sweden

Currency: Swedish krona

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Yellow 10 öre 50 5 kronor obsolete
  Blue 50 öre 50 25 kronor obsolete
  Green 1 krona 50 50 kronor 180
Red 2 kronor 50 100 kronor 240
Orange 5 kronor 40 200 kronor 244
Purple 10 kronor 25 250 kronor 165

Switzerland

Currency: Swiss franc

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Yellow 1 Rappen 50 Fr. ½ ≤75 obsolete
  White 2 Rappen 50 Fr. 1 ≤150 obsolete
  Red 5 Rappen 50 Fr. 2.50 90
Gray 10 Rappen 50 Fr. 5 150
Pink 20 Rappen 50 Fr. 10 200
Purple Fr. ½ (50 Rappen) 50 Fr. 25 110
Green Fr. 1 50 Fr. 50 220
Beige Fr. 2 50 Fr. 100 440
Blue Fr. 5 50 Fr. 250 663 (in the past, sometimes found in 25 coin, Fr. 125, half-rolls)

Taiwan

Currency: New Taiwan dollar

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
Yellow NT$10 50 NT$500 375
Purple NT$20 50 NT$1,000 425
NT$50 40 NT$2,000

Thailand

Currency: Thai baht

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
Pink 50 satang 50 ฿25
Blue 1 baht 50 ฿50
Purple 2 baht 50 ฿100
Green 5 baht 40 ฿200
Orange 10 baht 40 ฿400

Trinidad and Tobago

Currency: Trinidad and Tobago dollar

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Blue 1 cent 50 50 cents obsolete

Turkmenistan

Currency: Turkmenistan manat

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Red 2 tenge 50 1 manat
  Blue 5 tenge 50 2.5 manat
  Yellow 10 tenge 50 5 manat
  Blue 2 manat 40 80 manat

Uganda

Currency: Ugandan shilling

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Orange 5 shillings 40 200 shillings
  Black 100 shillings 20 2,000 shillings
  Blue 200 shillings 20 4,000 shillings
  Green 500 shillings 20 10,000 shillings
  Purple 1,000 shillings 20 20,000 shillings Non-circulating commemorative coin

Ukraine

Currency: Ukrainian hryvnia

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
  Pink 1 Kopiyka 50 0.5₴ 75
Yellow 2 Kopiyki 50 1₴ 90
Green 5 Kopiyok 50 2.5₴ 215
Brown 10 Kopiyok 50 5₴ 85
Black 25 Kopiyok 50 12.5₴ 145
Blue 50 Kopiyok 50 25₴ 212.5
Red 1₴ 50 50₴ 340
Pink 2₴ 50 100₴

United Arab Emirates

Currency: United Arab Emirates dirham

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g)
Orange 1 fils 50 50 fils
Black 5 fils 40 200 fils
Yellow 10 fils 50 500 fils

United States

Currency: United States dollar

A roll of 40 nickels worth $2
A pile of coin wrappers, one for quarters with a total face value of 10 U.S. dollars.

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

Color Name Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Red Cent 1¢ 50 $0.50 ≥125
Blue Nickel 5¢ 40 $2.00 200 (in the past, sometimes found in 20 coin, $1.00, half-rolls)
Green Dime 10¢ 50 $5.00 ≥113.4 (in the past, sometimes found in 30 coin, $3.00 rolls)
Orange Quarter 25¢ 40 $10.00 ≥226.8 (in the past, sometimes found in 20 coin, $5.00, half-rolls)
Tan Half Dollar 50¢ 20 $10.00 ≥226.8 (sometimes found in 40 coin, $20.00, full-rolls that are closer in size to other denominations rolls)
Grey Small Dollar $1.00 25 $25.00 ≥202.5
White Large Dollar $1.00 20 $20.00 453.6 obsolete (in the past, sometimes found in 10 coin, $10.00, half-rolls)
N/A Quarter Eagle $2.50 40 $100.00 - obsolete
N/A Half Eagle $5.00 40 $200.00 - obsolete
N/A Eagle $10.00 50 $500.00 - obsolete
N/A Double Eagle $20.00 25 $500.00 - obsolete

In the United States, it is also common for coin dealers and online bullion shops to produce their own rolls of pre-1964 silver coinage for the purpose of selling them to customers; these rolls may be the same size and face value as those produced by banks, or may exist in half, full and double sizes.[4]

Vietnam

Currency: Vietnamese đồng

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Gray 200 đồng 50 10,000 đồng

Yemen

Currency: Yemeni rial

Color Denomination Count Total Value Weight (g) Notes
  Black 1 rial 50 50 Yemeni rials

See also

References

  1. ^ Kuhm, David (2011), Final Design Report: Design of a Coin Roll Check Weighing System (PDF), Winnipeg, Manitoba: Royal Canadian Mint, retrieved 7 April 2019
  2. ^ Medenbach, Deborah (July 22, 2009). "Penny Scam Yields Dime Profits in New Paltz". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  3. ^ https://www.countermatic.com/en-IE/100-euro-coin-rolls-for-50-cent-eurozone-
  4. ^ "90% Silver - Rolls and Bags". APMEX.com. American Precious Metals Exchange. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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