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TXBullion
Penny Collector Member
374 Posts |
 Posted - 08/28/2010 : 13:15:44
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I wanted to see how you guys are getting your pennies open from rolls, I have a slightly different method for the paper and plastic. I am wondering because I was thinking about the guys who have multiple ryedales. Can you get the pennies out of the rolls substantially faster than one ryedale can go through them. I just know there has to be a really good, fast, efficient way to get them out of the rolls. I know everyone has their tricks , would anyone care to share?
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Corsair
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 08/28/2010 : 13:21:23
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Since I'm a hand sorter, I don't really have to worry about that need for speed - yet. Currently, if it's a plastic roll, I tear one of the flaps that stick out down to where the coins start, then squeeze. They fall right out. If it's paper, I find the seam and unroll it, as close to the ends as possible. That way, only one or two coins are still stuck when the rest fall out, and those are easy to poke out.
I've heard that with the paper rolls, it's easier to take a pair of needle nose pliers and grab the crimped end and pull it off. I've never tried that method, but from those on the forum, I hear good things. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 13:24:58
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The fastest method I just recently perfected requires that the penny boxes be left where it is hot (Fresno is perfect for this). If the wrappers are hot, the pennies slide right out as opposed to if they've been keep indoors with air conditioning. I use scissors to cut my plastic rolls in half (aiming between two zincs so you don't accidentally screw up a wheatie) then pick up a roll from the factory end and dangle it momentarily upright. Half the time the pennies slide right out, the other times just nudge them with your fingertip. If the wrappers are cold, on the other hand, you really have to push to get them started. Big difference, much faster when warmed up. Wouldn't recommend the microwave, though  |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 08/28/2010 : 13:32:12
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| The really good efficient way is called the Rollcracker 1000. Even I don't have one of those. I can liberate the pennies at about twice the rate 1 Ryedale can eat them. For paper I usually just crack em like eggs on the steel plate workbench and dump. For plastic I bend the end with one thumb and slide em out. |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 13:44:37
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| I pinch them bewtween my butt cheeks and then chip them off, ten at a time. |
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rosco
Penny Collector Member
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 13:46:19
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I use a small end nipper 4" HEAD ABOUT 3/8, WITH SPRING OPENING and soft grips. I grab the roll an rip the end off, then dump into cardboard sandwich tray. Also now using a 4" magnifying lamp to see dates clearly.
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rosco
Penny Collector Member
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 13:49:08
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Originally posted by thogey
I pinch them bewtween my butt cheeks and then chip them off, ten at a time.
 Do you use your Nose as chisel |
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PennyPauper
Penny Collector Member
USA
395 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 13:52:38
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Best method I've found is,if your real lucky you can talk one of your kids into it :)
If you can't I just get some stress releived by cracking them in half and shaking them,the rolls not kids. |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 14:19:44
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Originally posted by PennyPauper
Best method I've found is,if your real lucky you can talk one of your kids into it :)
If you can't I just get some stress releived by cracking them in half and shaking them,the rolls not kids.
thats the way i do it!
bust em on each other or on the table and push em out
nothin neat about it !
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TXBullion
Penny Collector Member
374 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 14:29:22
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Ok, for the guys who break em like eggs, dont the pennies go everywhere? The slide method on plastic works good but when you do bulk it really takes a toll on you. Good tip beauandros. I will keep that in mind. Im just trying to see if there is a way to open rolls 2 or 3 times as fast as ryedale processes because that would be efficient 
I do cut paper rolls in half with a box cutter them use a permanent marker to push them out.
Plastic rolls I cut in half and then throw into a bucket after the rolls are cut. Then I take the bucket and start shaking it, then stir it a little and shake some more. Most the clear plastic rolls come towards the top empty. Then you refine one more time pulling out the remainder of the plastic.
I know it sounds silly but I believe it is the fastest method and sometimes your finger tips start hurting when pushing them out so you need to find an alternative. I know they have paint mixers for 5 gallon buckets and suppose you could do that if you made the investment. I also tried bulk cutting with a machete but no luck as its tricky, plus like beauandros says, you got to try and hit the zincs so you dont scratch your coin.
Just wanted to share that as Its really kind of cool to think everyone has their own manufacturing process and there is no standard or class that teaches it so you learn on your own.
Thogey, I havent tried your method yet.... Is it fast? |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 14:37:31
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No it's not...
But you really get a feel for the heavily weighted copper rolls.
and it's harder to dump the zincs. |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 15:09:09
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| I don't know how to open rolls mine all come in $50 bags. |
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TXBullion
Penny Collector Member
374 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 15:16:12
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Originally posted by dakota1955
I don't know how to open rolls mine all come in $50 bags.
For you guys that are getting the bags, are you only able to take what they give you from the branch counting machine (limited) or order them that way?
That would also solve my issue..... |
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TheJonasCollegeFund
Penny Collector Member
USA
381 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 15:18:59
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| For paper rolls (string) I have a little knife like tool. Very small blade so it's not going to stick in me too far! Anyway, I just use it to cut near the ends of each roll to get the paper torn then just peel back the paper. Usually there will be 1 or 2 pennies left at each end. The rest will be in my hand. It's easier than your fingernails. Now for the plastic I just bend them in half until they break open. Then shake 'em out. |
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Beau
Penny Pincher Member
216 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 15:22:08
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thogey,
LOL
that depends on what your weight I guess or I got all zincs.
they sure are hard to dump. |
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PennyPauper
Penny Collector Member
USA
395 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 15:27:29
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I crack them over my sorting table so don't have to worry much.The cwr I get I just push with my thumb on one end and shake the last ones out,can sometimes go two handed.Plastic ones are tougher,that when I call for reenforcments,or just pinch one end and twist the roll and push with the thumb and shake.You can go through several boxes quickly if you open them beforehand.
Once you find a rhythem you can be looking for wheats and not focus on how many there is left to open. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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cwgii
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
924 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 16:27:35
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knife, on both plastic and paper. in the middle. seperate the halves, then shake.
though i do agree with the 'warmed up' plastic. they get so loosey -goosey that half the time they fall apart when you pick them up.
use the paper to start fires, plastic in packing things.... think recycled, think less of they damn styrofoam peanuts. |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 18:30:42
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| I just cut the top off of the coinlok bags and pour. I do have to prerun them thru a coin counter. I use 2 scancoin counters that run 2500 cpm each. When I did open rolls, I cut a slit on the sides and opened them. You don't have to cut all the way thru. Just score the paper or plastic. I set up a jig that I can lay 50 rolls in and score a whole box at one time. |
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TXBullion
Penny Collector Member
374 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 18:38:43
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| Slickeast, do you have picture of that jig? |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 19:24:21
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| no picture, I just use 2 heavy objects on a work bench. Full boxes of coins will work, fill some boxes with coppers and use those. just adjust the distance apart for the number of rolls. If you want, make 2 or more rows and score more than 1 roll with each swipe of your utility/ box cutter. Just use a new blade and don't cut so deep that you hit the coins. |
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rodebaugh
Penny Collector Member
USA
377 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 21:32:19
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Originally posted by thogey
I pinch them bewtween my butt cheeks and then chip them off, ten at a time.
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scentavoh
New Member
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Posted - 08/29/2010 : 01:45:20
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hand sorter here. i open the plastic brinks rolls pretty quickly without cutting them.
1. set the roll about 10 coins from the end on the side of your index finger and place your thumb on top of the last few coins on the end of the roll
2. bend the end of the roll downward until the coins start to go diagonal and fall out of the weapper
3. inch your hand towards the other end of the roll until all of them fall out
the plastic wrappers are intact and can be reused. i put my canadians and wheats into these and they fit nicely into their original boxes! |
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cu baker
New Member
USA
20 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2010 : 14:54:54
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| By hand,seem everything i do good is by hand! |
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2old
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 08/30/2010 : 11:08:39
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| I score the plastic or paper with a small utility knife razor blade by placing one end on the table and scoring the roll with my other hand. Simply bend it over and all coins fall out. I can keep up with the rydale using this method. |
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JobIII
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - 08/30/2010 : 11:34:22
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Hi Tx,
When i'm breaking rolls of NF string. I open about 4-8 boxes and stand the rolls on a table next to me. I have a bucket for the unsorted pennies and a bag for the paper.
with the unopened rolls on my right, bucket in front of me and bag on my left. I'll hold 4 or 5 rolls in my right hand and 1 in my left to start cracking them together. Depending on how you work you can either split the one in your left or the all the ones in your right hand. Then simply bend, and push the coins into the bucket, This doesn't make a mess for me at all, so i tend to watch tv in no or little light. Though i will note, it's a good idea to have some light and check the bucket for bits of paper that will come off the rolls as these will often jam the ryedale.
If you have a partially filled 5 gal bucket or kitty litter bucket, these work well to crack NF string rolls. Again it may take a little practice, because you're trying to split the roll not send pennies all over your house . |
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