Coin-wrapper

Application filed September 25, 1919. Serial No. 328,112.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Clement L. Downey, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Wrappers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to wrappers for coins of the type wherein there is an orifice or two orifices supplied in the wrapper through which numerals indicating the name of a coin and the total number of coins contained in the wrapper are displayed. I am aware that wrappers of this kind have been supplied in the past. The wrapper according to my present invention operates in approximately the same manner as those in the prior art, being arranged so that the size and thickness of the coin regulate the numeral on the wrapper which will appear in the orifice therein, and the total amount in dollars represented by the number of coins which can be placed side by side in the wrapper.

The difficulty with the wrappers in the prior art is that they are used in dark places very often, where it is hard to see the numerals which appear in the wrapper orifice, and my present invention is addressed to providing against this difficulty, by employing a contrasting color as a border for the two openings in the wrapper particularly the color red, which I have found serves to bring out much more distinctly the exposed numerals printed on the wrapper which appear in said openings.

My object I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the wrapper.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the wrapper in use, in the selected instance being employed for wrapping fifty cent pieces of United States coin.

The wrapper 1 is cut to a convenient width so that the operator can readily place a certain number of each coin in a stack, between the edges thereof, and readily fold them over so as to tightly hold the coin in place. In order to facilitate the disposal of the exposed end of the wrapper, it is cut at 55 a slant, as at 2.

Printed, preferably in black, so as to contrast best with the background of the uncolored or neutral colored wrapper, are the series of numerals, 3 referring to the de- 60 nomination of coins, and the series 4 referring. to the total value of coins of the denomination which are” inclosed in the wrapper. As is apparent, these numerals are spaced away from the orifices, to be noted 65 below, a sufficient depth to allow for the diameters of the coins called for thereby.

There are two orifices, the' one 5 for the numeral column 3, and the one 6 for the numeral column 4. Above the orifices there 70 may be printed the words “This package contains,” and between the two may be printed the word “In.” The value of these two notations on the face of the wrapper becomes apparent upon examination of 75 Fig. 2.

I have found that if I form a border 7 of some contrasting color to the black of . the printed numerals., and the white or neutral color of the wrapper itself, that the eye more 80 readily picks out the exposed numerals in a package made up of said wrapper, than if black were used for the border, or if the border were omitted.

The color which I prefer to employ is the 85 color red, and the border 7 is shown as red in the drawing by the conventional draftsman ruling.