An Improved Sooop. Money Holder, or Apparatus for the Counting or Storing of Coins, and Bags or Receptacles for Use therewith.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 17th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
An Improved Sooop. Money Holder, or Apparatus for the Counting
or Storing of Coins, and Bags or Receptacles for Use therewith.
1 GEORGE HENRY JULIUS GILLARD of 75 Junction Road, Upper Holloway in the
County of London, Confectioner do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention has for its object an improved scoop, money holder, or apparatus for
the counting or storing coins prior to their insertion in paper or other suitable bags,
whereby great saving of time to those in the habit of counting money or rolling up
coins in paper, and the absolute correctness in the counting of desired amounts is
ensured, and at the same time it is simple in its use and construction, and is inexpensive
to manufacture.
The invention relates to and consists of the employment of a semi-cylindrical scoop
or scoops constructed or made of tin or other metal or alloy or composition holding
a given amount or number of coins cach of the same value for insertion into a bag
made to receive said given amount or number of coins. Upon the insertion of said
given amount or number of coins into the bags the scoop employed is withdrawn.
The scoops can be made in any desired length and can be used for the counting or
storing of gold silver or bronze coins as may be desired, and by the line or lines drawn
thereon the approximate or exact value or number of coins placed therein, can at a
glance, be ascertained.
By this feature of my invention the exact longth of five shillingsworth of 1896
pennies, half-a-crown's worth of half-pennies, or one shillingsworth of farthings or any
amount of the same kind of coins of equal value placed together is easily discovered.
Coins of other dates or values may also be placed in scoops of similar construction,
and the average or approximate value thereby ascertained.
According to my invention I cause the said scoop to be filled with the desired
quantity or number of coins and when so filled insort it into cylindrical bags made
preferably of paper, the bottoms of which can either be circular or square as may
be found best.
The square bottomed bags are capable of being converted, when necessary, into
circular bottomed receptacles for coins by folding the square ends of the bottom of
the bag underneath.
Each bag is made to hold a certain quantity or number of coins, the amount and
description thereof being printed impressed or woven thereon.
When the bags are manufactured of greater length than necessary for the purpose
of containing a certain number of coins with a view to securing or packing the coins
and indicating the numbers, a ring or circle is marked printed or impressed on the
upper part of the bag to indicate where the last coin has been placed.
Dated this 20th Anet 1806
G. H. J. GILLARD.

page_text: An Improved Scoop, Money Holder, or Apparatus for the Counting
or Storing of Coins, and Bags or Receptacles for Use therewith.
I GEORGE HENRY JULIUS GILLARD of 75 Junction Road, Upper Holloway, in the
County of London, Confectioner do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention lus for its object an improved scoop, money holder or apparatus for
the counting or storing of coins prior to their insertion in paper or other suitable baga
whereby great saving of time to those in the habit of counting money and rolling up
coins in paper and the absoluto correctness in the counting of a given amount is
ensured at the same time is simple in its use, and inexpensive to manufacture.
The invention consists in the employment of a semi-cylindrical scoop constructed of
tin or other desired metal and of such size to hold a given amount or number of coins
each of the same value for insertion into a bag or receptacle constructed to receive
such given amount or number of coins.
The scoops may be made of any desired length, and by means of a line or lines
drawn thereon the approximate or exact value or number of coins placed therein can
at a glance bo ascertained.
By this feature of my invention the exact length and value of say, five shillings
worth of 1896 pennies or any amount of the same kind of coins of equal value placed
together in the scoop is easily ascertained.
I use cylindrical bags or receptacles, to take the coins, on the outside of which is
conspicuously marked the amount such bags will contain. If desired theso bags may
be marked with lines corresponding to the lines on the scoop, but I prefer only one
line at the upper part thereof.
In order that my invention may be properly understood, and readily carried into
effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a plan, Figure 2 is a side view and Figure 3 is an end view of a scoop
constructed according to my invention and intended for coins of the size of a penny.
According to this invention a semi-cylindrical scoop "A" is constructed of tin or
other suitable metal and is provided with the usual handle b. Along the lower part
of the inner side c of the scoop "A" lines d are formed corresponding to the length of
a given number of known coins.
In Figure 1 of the drawing the lines are formed to take twelve pennies in each
section, thus if the scoop were filled to the end it would contain six shillings worth
of pennies.
It will thus be seen that the scoops may be constructed of any size and length to
take different sized coins, and the lines or marks formed thereon placed at intervals
according to the thickness of such coins.
When the scoop is filled to the mark indicating the amount desired it is inserted
into a cylindrical bag or receptacle marked as hereinbefore described and the scoop
withdrawn.
Other shaped. bags or receptacles may be employed if desired but I prefer the
cylindrical shaped bags as the mark to indicate where the last coin is to be placed
can be more accurately formed thereon.
It is to be distinctly understood that the marking of the bags or receptacles as
heretofore described, is not an absolute essential particular, and only an additional
convenience to those using such bags or receptacles.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. A scoop or money holder formed semi-circular in shape having marks or lines
formed thereon corresponding to the height or length of a given number of known
coins substantially as herein described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
2. A scoop or money holder formed semi-circular in shape to facilitate the wrapping
and storage of coins in cylindrical shaped bags or receptacles, such bags being marked
on the outside with the amount of number of coins they will contain, and where the
last coin is to be placed substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated thie 17th dow of November 1896
G. H. J. GILLARD.