Beware Of 10 Cent Rolls.

Short rolls is a common problem at all banks.
It happens less with paper rolls, but is very common with plastic rolls.

There is a simple reason for this coin short problem.
Take nickels for example:

Pre-1982 Cdn nickels are 1.70 mm thick
Post-1981 Cdn nickels are 1.76 mm thick
That extra 0.06 mm becomes 2.4 mm after 40 nickels are stacked or takes the room away from 1.5 nickels.

This explains why some plastic holders are always short one nickel, because there is not enough room. They were designed for older nickels.

It gets worse if any US nickels are present, they are 1.95 mm thick.

Same issue exists with dimes. It is not a problem with pennies because they became thinner after 1981.

This is why I prefer the cardboard tube holders with the fold-in end.
They accomodate all thicknesses of coins.

I'm a bit surprised that those rolls actually came in a shipment from another bank. Most banks seem to pass off customer wrapped rolls to other customers without checking them, but I've never seen anything that bad. Dimes are pretty common in penny rolls though so it seems to even out in the long run.

Whenever I was roll searching I would often come up short but I would just email the Royal Bank and complain and they would always credit my account. Sure the amounts were always small but at least they took the time to fix anything whenever I was short.

They should require the depositors account number on the roll or clear.

Mr.Canada,

I am not too crazy about putting personal information like account numbers or telephone numbers on coin rolls.

My RBC branch has a good approach.
I often deposit bundles of coins and they simply attached a copy of my deposit slip onto the bundle and the teller tosses out the deposit slip when all the rolls have been withdrawn from the bundle or someone requests the entire bundle of rolls.

Whenever I go to my bank to exchange rolls, the tellers open and count everything, I thought this was standard practice at all banks. I realize this is not practical for large deposits, I always assumed there were coin counters for that.

I didn't know the trust system still existed in the banking sector... Though I don't think it is unreasonable to open and count rolls, since many people are bad with numbers.

So, what can we fill a roll of absolutely Gem, "mint rolled and end sealed " from China 1925 nickels with? just kidding , but is it possible

No banks in my small town will take rolled coins. They made me crack'em open right there. Threw'em in the counter.