Transparent coin wrapper

Claim 1

A transparent wrapper for a roll of coins, comprising a generally rectangular sheet of transparent polyethylene plastic having strips of aluminum foil affixed to opposite side edges thereof, said strips of foil being spaced apart so that their inner edges are substantially the same distance apart as the length of said roll of coins, and the width of said strips being such that they extend beyond the ends of the roll sufficiently to provide portions that can be folded down and pressed flat against the ends of the roll, the edges of said coins being visible through the transparent sheet of plastic for substantially the full length of the roll to provide a visual check on the contents of said roll; said wrapper comprising one of a plurality of individual wrappers joined together in single thickness and end-to-end along lines of weakness to form a continuous strip from which individual wrappers can be torn as needed; said wrapper having a line of weakness down the middle of said sheet of transparent polyethylene plastic, whereby the roll can be broken at that point to empty coins from said wrapper; the transparent polyethylene sheet portion of the wrapper having a plurality of coin denomination and roll value indicia printed thereon, and having a pair of surrounds printed on its end adjacent the end of the wrapper that is on the outside of the roll, said surrounds being spaced from each of said coin denomination and roll value indicia by a distance equal to the circumference of a coin of that denomination, whereby one complete wrap of the wrapper causes said surrounds to enclose and frame the correct coin denomination and corresponding roll value indicia; and said wrapper having an opaque, light-colored area at the end thereof which is on the outside of the roll, upon which identifying information can be written.