I open up all of my boxes and dump them in separate buckets... thats the long part. I open the box up and then take a shear scissors and snip the roll. It makes it easier to rip open. Then I fill up the buckets. Then I let the machine do the rest. 200 coins a minute (for halfs)... non stop :-) every once and a while a worn out silver might slip (the reason I watch the coins)by but I test my machine and I am catching all the silver that I go thru. Pennies (sorts at 700 coins a minute), dimes(sorts at 800 coins a minute) and occasionally nickels are all done the same way. I've been working on a roll cracker with my brother... it might be a while :-(