Cassida C300

This coin counter is awesome. It blasts through sorting coins perfectly. I had numerous jars of coins saved up for 15 or so years. I had mixed in Euro coins and other non-us coins as well. I needed to sort through everything then roll and take to the bank. One of the things that really sets this unit apart is the drop in coin trays. The machine blasts through sorting and dropping the right coin in the right bucket. It is very easy to visually inspect to confirm sorting is accurate and let me pull non-us coins out of the mix. I then rolled them coin type at a time (e.g. Quarters first, then dimes, etc). It was a lot more efficient rolling the same type of coin vs trying to have the machine sort through different ones and dropping them into the sleeves. I think this may be why people have issues. If they have anything mixed in with their coins it can screw up counting and sorting.Presorting takes the guesswork out. Sort everything into types, visually look at the coins to make sure all sorted ok, then blast away rolling one coin type at a time. When following this procedure the machine ran perfectly. It counted 100% accurately and made it very easy to pull out full sleeves and reload. The machine is super fast when counting the same coin type. By the time I folded the top of the coin sleeve the next one was full. It isn't the fastest machine in the world, but it much faster and more accurate than I could ever be.I also found that the counter was exactly right. I'm not sure why people are having problems with it. My guess is their machines may be dirty or they have non-standard coins. I tried to keep my machine clean as I ran through buckets of coins. I'd wipe it down between each batch. I had zero issues.Another thing that is very important is to use good quality coin sleeves that are preformed round. Do not use the flat coin wrappers. They will cause the machine to jam. I believe a lot of people are having problems because they are not using the right sleeves. Buy ones that are designed for automatic machines and read the reviews. The good coin sleeves that work well in automatic machines have good reviews and people comment on how well they work in coin counters. I used Royal Sovereign Coin Wrappers. They were perfect. They are boxed well and hold their shape. Drop them into the tube and in 15-20 seconds the wrapper is full. Occasionally the first coin may be slightly slanted (not flat on the bottom), but the length of the Royal Sovereign wrappers is long enough to hold the full coin count even if they are somewhat out of alignment. Pull it out, tap the bottom a bit and they fall perfectly straight. Fold the top over and repeat.Outside of having the bank do this for you, this is the best system I have found to efficiently and accurately wrap coins. It is much better than the automatic machines at grocery stores. Not only do they keep a percentage of the money, I would not be surprised if they miscount in their favor. You can't see what is going on inside of the machine. Wrap your own coins. It is as easy as pie with the Cassida C200.

We have a conference in which we sell books and have registers. We usually have about 7 registers open at one time and at the end of every night we need to count the tills and sales and pull the money from the registers. We used to count the till change by hand, which took us over an hour to count all 7 registers when all you want to do is go home. We have a 3 point check so the change gets counted 3 times so counting change by hand was a slow, tedious process that sometimes was made longer by human error and the need to count more than than the 3 times.Once we got this machine it cut our counting time in half if not more. We spend only 30 minutes counting all 7 tills. The change machine is fast, effective and accurate.Now to the machine itself. The rotating blade where the change is placed and turned to be sorted is somewhat slow as it rotates at a rate which may seem slow at first, but it can sort a whole tray of coins in less than a minute. It sounds slow, but it's actually a fast process. You can also push the coins a little over the rotating tumbler if you feel its rotating slowly. This does not affect the sorting process, only pushes the coins down the sorting hole faster.This machine is equipped with a printing function which is a GODSEND. We love this printout. We have multiple people using this one counting machine so for them to be able to printout a report of the change makes going between groups that much quicker. No one has to sit there and write down the change numbers. They simply attach a coin counting printer and with a press of the button the report will print. It's fantastic. This is by far the best feature of the machine.The machine sorts by size so the trays do not sit in numerical order, e.g. $1, .25, .10, .05, .01; but rather it goes by size so the 1 cent comes before the 5 cents which is just something we had to get used to when dumping the coins back into our till trays. It's a slight annoyance but not enough to not want to use the machine.Another thing to note, the machine does not discriminate between foreign currency and US currency. So if you have a foreign currency that is the same size as a penny, it will be sorted with the pennies. I tried this machine with some foreign currency that we had and for the most part anything that was odd sized or shaped ended up in the $1 tray, but if there was a coin that was the same size and shape as the other US coins, it sorted into those trays.We have only used the tray functionality, and not the coin wrappers; however, the idea that we could roll coins easily is fantastic. I cannot attest to the ease of this feature however.You can set the machine's functionality to sort the different denominations to a certain dollar amount; meaning you can set pennies to only sort up to $0.50 which is the amount of a penny roll. The machine will stop sorting the pennies until you stop and reset the sorter. This goes for all the other denominations. This makes rolling the coins very easy. Again, we haven't used the rolling feature, but it is nice to be able to have in case we do use it in the future.The carrying handle is convenient if you ever need to move it; it is heavy but not too heavy to carry. Definitely recommend this if you are counting a lot of change.