What do you use to load quarters into hopper ?

[mjwalsh]

Originally Posted by EJ333

When I collect quarters from the machines, I refill my hoppers manually by just cupping my hands together. In the past, my wife bought me a big metal scooper, but I found it too unwieldy. Okay, no jokes from you card guys.

EJ & other coin operators,

No problem for us using large cloth bank bags pouring into the Standard ChangeMakers Hoppers.

The bank gives the cloth bags to us for free as needed. We dyed the bags different colors & numbered them for the specific hopper or purpose. By that ... it could be for full audit amounts or mid week temporary quantities. Also it gives a way to differentiate to the designated specific hopper since we have 8 hoppers.

The Cummins coin sorter counter (for over 9 years) stop at the amount we enter on it based on our changer audit for the full fill & for the temporary mid week set amount fills. Very efficient, thorough, & trouble free process since both the 2 changers & the Cummins sorter counter communicate via serial port. Some scales have serial communication also ... so it is do-able via a weighing coins processing. By thorough ... it gathers & keeps an ongoing log for the info specific to a group of machines etc & to the specific ChangeMaker. Reports can then be instantly generated at will from the computer & printer used in the process.

The ability to use higher denomination coins is definitely more practical for the Canadians, Aussies, & Euro countries among others. Not to mention ... Switzerland with their over $5 value Franc coin.

mike walsh king koin of bismarck

[Adamski]

Originally Posted by rjwarner

Larry, for those that weigh their coins, what is the formula for dollar coins per pound?

Richard,

I have never calculated the number of dollar coins per pound so I cannot answer your question. I figure I would save about 5 minutes by weighing my dollar coins instead of counting them so that isn't much incentive to switch to weighing. I'll continue to use my simple Klopp coin counter.

[BMWHD3060]

Canvas Bags

[surfflite]

I've heard it takes 56 $1 coins to equal 1 pound (lb).

[mjwalsh]

Originally Posted by surfflite

I've heard it takes 56 $1 coins to equal 1 pound (lb).

Kerry,

Your post is relevant to hopper filling because the 56 vs 224 for quarters needed for the same "value" is an ongoing extra hassle. Also, for those of us & our customers who have had a very recent surgery the 2-3 pounds extra weight is creeping up to the often specified 5 pound limit.

Just think ... EJ's cupping of hand preference ... means that people with small hands have one more option taken away from them with just usage of quarters! Of course, they can use their hand many multiples times over repetitively but ... doesn't that have something to do with potential carpal tunnel?

mike

[MrMachine]

Originally Posted by surfflite

I've heard it takes 56 $1 coins to equal 1 pound (lb).

Hmmm....close to my estimate. I figured 55 $1.00 coins per lb.
I wonder what the official number is. If there is such a thing.

[KJ]

Originally Posted by MrMachine

Hmmm....close to my estimate. I figured 55 $1.00 coins per lb.
I wonder what the official number is. If there is such a thing.

453.59237 grams in a pound
A gold dollar per the US Mint 8.1 grams

So I guess the official answer would be 55.99905802

I guess surfflite wins the prize with 56

[soapopera]

I collect in quart size plastic bowls.
8 oz equals $10.00 in quarters. So a pound is $20.
I weigh 48 oz ( $60 ) into small square plastic containers and continue until done. The containers stack nicely. They also pour into the hoppers without making a mess.
I use a small digital postal scale rated for 3lb. Takes about 5 min to weigh 3 or 4 hundred dollars worth of quarters.

I sell the extra quarters to my vending division and that excess is bagged and taken to the bank once or twice a month. With having the vending biz, I never roll anything.
On any given day I have $20 - $40 in extra quarters.

[spieldog]

I cut the top off of some old bleach bottles. They are stong enough to hold about $300 in quarters yet you can bend them when you pour into the hopper.

Donny

[MrMachine]

Originally Posted by BMWHD3060

Canvas Bags

Me too Mike, canvas bags.