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<p>[QUOTE="wacky1980, post: 1486452, member: 32383"]the counter at my bank is also a de la rue (mach 6), and it looks similar to this, just older:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]188449.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>it rarely gives us any trouble, and it doesn't stop a transaction during bag changes. there have been a couple times where some debris will get past the teller's visual inspection and clog up the sorting wheel, and that usually results in all coins hitting the largest diameter drop (so everything counts as as $.50 piece). sometimes, quarters end up counting as dollar coins. and yes, an occasional dime with some cosmetic issue will end up in the penny bag, but that goes the other way sometimes as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>it seems with our machine, your total can be a few cents in either direction of accurate. it's never more than a few coins off though. that's not the fault of the teller or the machine, so much as it's just a side effect of automated counting with coins that can be altered or damaged to change their measured size. i see it alot where someone will grind off the edge of a penny and it will hit the dime bag (chuckle) every single time.</p><p><br /></p><p>whaddayado.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wacky1980, post: 1486452, member: 32383"]the counter at my bank is also a de la rue (mach 6), and it looks similar to this, just older: [ATTACH]188449.vB[/ATTACH] it rarely gives us any trouble, and it doesn't stop a transaction during bag changes. there have been a couple times where some debris will get past the teller's visual inspection and clog up the sorting wheel, and that usually results in all coins hitting the largest diameter drop (so everything counts as as $.50 piece). sometimes, quarters end up counting as dollar coins. and yes, an occasional dime with some cosmetic issue will end up in the penny bag, but that goes the other way sometimes as well. it seems with our machine, your total can be a few cents in either direction of accurate. it's never more than a few coins off though. that's not the fault of the teller or the machine, so much as it's just a side effect of automated counting with coins that can be altered or damaged to change their measured size. i see it alot where someone will grind off the edge of a penny and it will hit the dime bag (chuckle) every single time. whaddayado.[/QUOTE]
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