Conveyor belt coin counter

n8dagr8345 · Nov 5, 2011

Has anyone experienced a conveyor belt coin counter? You drop your coins on a small belt which feeds them into the machine. My Capital One bank has one and it is terribly slow. Is that normal for these machines(when it comes to 50 cent pieces) or is mine just slow?

N8

Scott (Mich) · Nov 5, 2011

My credit union has that type of machine and that is all I had ever used as no other institution within an hours drive of me has a public accessible coin counter.

Anyways when I used to dump my two weekly boxes of halves ($1,000 worth) it would take maybe five to ten minutes total. I thought it was pretty fast. If I remember correctly it would count about one hundred to three hundred dollars worth of random change a minute, depending if there was a lot of pennies and smaller coins.

I would still be doing two boxes a week but the credit union changed their hours so that they match my work hours so I can no longer go unless I take time off work. So now if I know I have vacation time coming up then I will try to get a bunch of coins to search.

n8dagr8345 · Nov 5, 2011

Scott (Mich) said:
My credit union has that type of machine and that is all I had ever used as no other institution within an hours drive of me has a public accessible coin counter.

Anyways when I used to dump my two weekly boxes of halves ($1,000 worth) it would take maybe five to ten minutes total. I thought it was pretty fast. If I remember correctly it would count about one hundred to three hundred dollars worth of random change a minute, depending if there was a lot of pennies and smaller coins.

I would still be doing two boxes a week but the credit union changed their hours so that they match my work hours so I can no longer go unless I take time off work. So now if I know I have vacation time coming up then I will try to get a bunch of coins to search.

The machine I was using- Would do about 1 coin every 5 seconds... It was very slow- I guess this machine may need to be serviced? Maybe I should try another branch!?

Zephr · Nov 5, 2011

The Capital One I go to has the exact same machine. The first time I went in with halves, the teller stopped me and told me that it doesn't like them very much. They said it really likes to give an inaccurate count and likes to get jammed when people put half dollars in it.

Since then I've been rolling my halves $:-\$

CardsNCoins · Nov 5, 2011

My Capital One banks have conveyor belt counters that look like this, and they're very fast and reliable. The best part is that almost all the branches have them set to accept $1,000 in halves before the bag needs changing. They are made me DeLarue/Talaris

Zephr · Nov 5, 2011

The Capital Ones I go to don't look anything like that.

This isn't the exact machine, but it is the closest picture I could find.

ArkieBassMan · Nov 5, 2011

n8dagr8345 said:
Has anyone experienced a conveyor belt coin counter? You drop your coins on a small belt which feeds them into the machine. My Capital One bank has one and it is terribly slow. Is that normal for these machines(when it comes to 50 cent pieces) or is mine just slow?

N8

I think its a Coinstream...or made by Coinstream. They are HORRIBLY slow.

byzanthia · Nov 5, 2011

The capital one banks here have counting machines. There's only 1 of those big De La Rue machines posted above unfortunately. It's awesome though... goes through $500 in halves in a just about a minute. The other branches have various smaller models such as the one above. Most of those are OK, they are slower, but they still work fine. Takes ~3 minutes for $250 in halves. One of the branches has a model that looks slightly different and I kid you not when it took FORTY MINUTES to do $250 in halves... needless to say, I never went to that branch again.

n8dagr8345 · Nov 6, 2011

byzanthia said:
The capital one banks here have counting machines. There's only 1 of those big De La Rue machines posted above unfortunately. It's awesome though... goes through $500 in halves in a just about a minute. The other branches have various smaller models such as the one above. Most of those are OK, they are slower, but they still work fine. Takes ~3 minutes for $250 in halves. One of the branches has a model that looks slightly different and I kid you not when it took FORTY MINUTES to do $250 in halves... needless to say, I never went to that branch again.

MAYBE I am at that one branch in my area that has the reject machine... I will try a few others this coming week-
Not giving up hope
N8

BuffaloBoy · Nov 6, 2011

Zephr said:
The Capital Ones I go to don't look anything like that.

This isn't the exact machine, but it is the closest picture I could find.

looks like a modified washing machine.

If it works though, i don't see a problem with it!

n8dagr8345 · Nov 6, 2011

BuffaloBoy said:
Zephr said:

The Capital Ones I go to don't look anything like that.

This isn't the exact machine, but it is the closest picture I could find.

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looks like a modified washing machine.

If it works though, i don't see a problem with it!

Thats what the one I used looks like. ITs BEYOND slow- I counted 130 dollars of half(accurately. which was a plus) but it took a solid 5-10 minutes.

Goldmanford · Nov 6, 2011

CardsNCoins said:
My Capital One banks have conveyor belt counters that look like this, and they're very fast and reliable. The best part is that almost all the branches have them set to accept $1,000 in halves before the bag needs changing. They are made me DeLarue/Talaris

That is exactly the same machine my CU has and it's called a Fat Cat machine. Works pretty fast for me but the thing that slows me down is when the bag fills and you have to wait for a teller to notice you and come change the bag. Overall, this machine is nice to dump in.

fistfulladirt · Nov 6, 2011

my itsy bittsy cu uses the conveyor counter and it's quick! Rarely off count.

$nack-Money · Nov 7, 2011

my primary dump bank has a quick change machine (like the one above originally posted by cards). It will absolutely eat 10K coins in about 3-4 minutes. The problem, as mentioned above though, is when you have to wait for a teller to change bags... but thats also a good time to check progress on the bag of halves :wink:

(they only have one bag designated for halves on this machine). I'm also still trying to figure out the light system on the machine (it has two lights on either side of it that show the tellers when its getting close to needing a bag change). The issue I have yet to figure out still is which denomination each light pertains to... and how much coin can still be taken when each light turns on. I have dumped a grand with several of the lights on in the past without filling the machine up. But on the same note I have started dumping with no lights on only to have the machine fill up moments later- go figure :icon_scratch:

$nack-Money · Nov 7, 2011

CardsNCoins, if you are reading this thread still, can you elaborate perhaps on my post above? I believe we would still be on topic (so as not to hijack the original question). Thanks- $nack

triplejway · Nov 7, 2011

$nack-Money said:
my primary dump bank has a quick change machine (like the one above originally posted by cards). It will absolutely eat 10K coins in about 3-4 minutes. The problem, as mentioned above though, is when you have to wait for a teller to change bags... but thats also a good time to check progress on the bag of halves (they only have one bag designated for halves on this machine). I'm also still trying to figure out the light system on the machine (it has two lights on either side of it that show the tellers when its getting close to needing a bag change). The issue I have yet to figure out still is which denomination each light pertains to... and how much coin can still be taken when each light turns on. I have dumped a grand with several of the lights on in the past without filling the machine up. But on the same note I have started dumping with no lights on only to have the machine fill up moments later- go figure

There is a blue light and yellow light. I could have my colors backwards, but I believe the yellow light comes on when a bag is full, but that denomination has multiple bags and another is ready to fill (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters...these have 2-4 bags each). The blue light comes on when all bags are full. In the case of halves, there is only one bag, so you will see no warning before it fills up. Hope this helps.

47thelement · Nov 7, 2011

My Cap1 bank has one of those machines. It was fantastic when it first went in. Then some dweeb started abusing the machine. Literally kicking it. He started dumping over 10k in pennies on a Saturday morning at 11:30am (closing time is Noon). Totally took advantage of the manager. Machine has been very slow since. You can hear the halves
spinning around inside on he sorting wheel.

n8dagr8345 · Nov 7, 2011

47thelement said:
My Cap1 bank has one of those machines. It was fantastic when it first went in. Then some dweeb started abusing the machine. Literally kicking it. He started dumping over 10k in pennies on a Saturday morning at 11:30am (closing time is Noon). Totally took advantage of the manager. Machine has been very slow since. You can hear the halves
spinning around inside on he sorting wheel.

That is exactly what the slow conveyor that started this thread does. You can hear the half just kicking around in the machine... Thus taking for ever!