Coin wrapper

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

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".

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

• Automatic coin wrapper
• Coin roll hunting, the practice of searching coin rolls for unusual, rare or valuable coins
• Coin rolling scams
• Currency packaging
• Euro starter kits

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.