Coin roll

Coin roll made of paper with 1 euro coins

Plastic coin roll with 1 euro coins

A coin roll or roll of money is a form of storage for a counted amount of coins (usually currency coins ). Coin rolls are used wherever large amounts of change are in circulation or kept. Companies with a high turnover of coins, for example banks with private customers or grocery stores, receive and give away their large amounts of change in coin rolls.

use

In general, coin rolls facilitate some coin processes, such as:

storage
count
transport
safety

Change can be exchanged in financial institutions, large amounts are usually only accepted in coin rolls or are sometimes automatically counted and packed by coin counting machines . The aid for manual packaging is the coin roller , which makes the sometimes arduous work of rolling easier.

When coin rolls are exchanged at an acceptance point, the rolls are usually checked for weight. This is done with a mechanical money roll checker or with a calibrated scale.

The increase in cashless payments has reduced the circulation of coins and, together with the introduction of coin counting machines, has led to a decline in the use of coin rolls.

Situation in Germany

Roll paper for DM coins

Checking the correct amount of coins by weighing was a problem for 2-pfennig coins in the days of the Deutsche Mark , as not all coins were made from the same alloy . In their form, money rolls are considered a means of payment. According to the Coin Act , everyone is obliged to accept up to 50 individual coins in one payment transaction, which in Germany used to be the number of DM coins in each coin roll. (The 5 DM coin was an exception: there were 40 coins in each roll.)

Since the introduction of new standards for the production of coin rolls by the Bundesbank in 2005, the banks have usually charged a processing fee when accepting coin rolls. Since 2006, the Bundesbank has only accepted coin rolls that are machine-produced by certified companies in accordance with EU standards.

For example, the German standard text on coin rolls for 1 cent coin rolls is: "0.50 euros in 50 coins at 0.01 euros". This text describes the number and face value of the coins for each type of coin.

Freshly minted coins are delivered from mints to banks in coin rolls and are sealed in ten rolls of plastic film.

Material, shape and design

The material used for the coin roll consists of paper in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In other countries, such as B. in Canada, there are also versions in plastic, where purchase in retail is common.

Coin rolls in the European currency area

Euro coin rolls in comparison

There are different forms of role. It can either be prefabricated as an open cylinder (coin tube) or created by the user himself from sheets of paper (hand roll paper). Ultimately, the finished pack has a cylindrical shape, whereby in Germany 50 (for 1 to 5 cent coins), 40 (for 10 to 50 cent coins) or 25 coins (for 1 and 2 euro coins) Coins and the 10 euro commemorative coins) can be stored in one pack.

The color of the packaging material is determined by the central banks in the European currency area in order to avoid confusion. The Deutsche Bundesbank publishes a guideline that the printing works of the credit institutions must follow when printing the roll paper.

In Germany, every bank usually provides its own customers with the packaging material free of charge. External customers, on the other hand, often have to pay a small fee. There you will find 50 (for 1 to 5 cent coins), 40 (for 10 to 50 cent coins) or 25 coins (for 1 and 2 euro coins as well as the 10 euro commemorative coins) in a pack of space.

The individual coin weights come from the European Central Bank ; The weights of the rolls (without wrapping paper) depend on the number of coins per roll.

Face value of the coin	Coin weight	Number of coins	Role value	Color paper	Roll weight
€ 2	8.50 g	25 pieces	€ 50.00	violet	212.5 g
1 €	7.50 g	25 pieces	€ 25.00	yellow	187.5 g
50 cents	7.80 g	40 pieces	€ 20.00	green	312.0 g
20 cents	5.74 g	40 pieces	€ 8.00	orange	229.6 g
10 cents	4.10 g	40 pieces	€ 4.00	blue	164.0 g
5 cents	3.92 g	50 units	€ 2.50	red	196.0 g
2 cents	3.06 g	50 units	1.00 €	Gray	153.0 g
1 cent	2.30 g	50 units	€ 0.50	White	115.0 g

Coin rolls for Swiss Francs and Rappen

The purchase of coin rolls and the exchange of currency are usually free of charge for bank customers and the post office.

Face value of the coin	Number of coins	Roll weight	Role value	Color paper	Color imprint
5 francs	50 units	663 g	250.00 CHF	Light Blue	black
5 francs short	25 pieces	332 g	125.00 CHF	Light Blue	black
2 francs	50 units	440 g	100.00 CHF	beige	black
1 franc	50 units	220 g	50.00 CHF	light green	black
50 cents	50 units	110 g	25.00 CHF	purple	black
20 cents	50 units	200 g	10.00 CHF	pink	black
10 cents	50 units	150 g	5.00 CHF	Gray	black
5 cents	50 units	90 g	2.50 CHF	red	black