Review on Coin Counters & Coin Sorters Tubes Bundle Of 4 Color-Coded Coin Tubes And Assorted Coin Wrappers by Steve Lawrence

I am revising my review after more carefully studying how they work. This product is actually a great idea. Unfortunately, one of the difficulties with making it work correctly is that not all coins of the same denomination are exactly the same thickness. Maybe it’s because older coins get worn and thus, thinner. It may also be that if little bits of whatever gets stuck to a coin you could be a little thicker in the stack. Whatever the case, you have to be careful and not assume that the count is correct just because the top coin stays in the plastic tube. The concept is that once the plastic tube is filled to the point where any additional coin will spill out of the opening in the side, you have the correct number of coins for the paper roll without having to count them. But because some coins of the same value are slightly thicker or thinner than others, you have to look carefully to see if the top coin in the filled is exactly at the bottom of the opening, or as is often the case, just over or just under the lip of the opening. If the top of the coin is exactly at the bottom of the opening, you probably have an accurate count for putting the coins into the paper sleeve. But if the top coin is below or partially above the bottom of the opening, you might be off by one coin plus or minus. One too few and you will short whomever you give or sell the coin roll to, while if it’s one too many coins you will be giving away money. Granted, it’s not much, and certainly not as bad as the "Coinstar” machines in some supermarkets, which steal about 10% of your money as the price for not having to count the coins yourself, but who wants to give away any money for free?In addition, it is not terribly easy to transfer the coins from the plastic tube to the paper sleeve. It takes some finesse to get the paper sleeve inside the plastic tube but outside the stack of coins without crumpling the edge of the paper and making the sleeve impossible to use, and equally hard to wiggle the paper sleeve down far enough so that the coins slide into the sleeve when you turn the whole thing upside down.By contrast, the same company’s stacked coin sorting trays work well and are worth getting. If you have jars, bags or boxes of coins that amount to a lot of sorting, the trays are a huge help. But I recommend then counting your coins into the paper sleeves yourself.