Wrapped Coins In Boxes, How Do You Open The Rolls?

I just open with my fingers, not to hard to open.

I asking about the fed wrapped rolls. The customer wrapped rolls generally are easy unless they have three miles of tape on them.

When roll searching JFKs I insert a knife blade (making sure that it is not a good looking half on the end) between the top helf and the upper edge of the paper on the end. I push the knife through then lift up. This makes a rough "pull tab" that I pull down the side. The roll is then loosened enough around the halbves that I can easily push the rest of them out through the other end of the roll. It sounds like a lot, but it takes just a second to do.

Also, it is actually rare I end up touching the half with the knife - there is enough room between the actual end of the paper and the half that you need not touch it.

fingers easier to open without damaging anything

Since I just look for silver, with bank rolled coins I use my seam ripper or some small scissors to gently pick/unravel the rolled ends until they are in the shape of the rest of the tube. Holding the roll in the palm of my hand I unroll the wrapper just enough to see the coins, and look at the edges for silver. Then I roll them back up, fold the ends down, and apply a bit of tape if needed. That way I don't need to have a supply of coin holders, and the whole time the dimes stay lined up in row--unless I accidently drop them!

After I load all the searched rolls back into the box they came in, I take a wide marker and draw a thick line down each long row, end to end, to quickly mark each roll.

On the machine wrapped paper rolls, I use my fingernail to pull up each end of the roll where the seam is. This makes 2 little flaps of paper that stick out. I grasp one of these with my thumb and pointer finger, and the other with the palm of my hand and ring finger then just unwrap it by pulling. This allows all the coins to stay in the shape of the roll for easier viewing. This is especially useful if I am just edge searching for silver. If I dont see any right away, I pour the coins from hand to hand a few times listening for silver.

I sprinkle a lil tobacco on them and smoke them till all of the coins drop it like its hot. lol

interesting, grime.

I just bend the fed rolls in the middle until the coins come out easily.