Patent ID: 6125987
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
An electronic coin selector having a housing defining a closed path for an inserted coin and means for directing a genuine coin along one path and a non-genuine coin along another path comprising:a data processor;a memory structure including data relating to at least one distinguishing characteristic of a genuine coin and data relating to at least one distinguishing characteristic of a key coin;means for detecting the distinguishing characteristic of each of said coins inserted into said housing and generating data signals in response thereto to said processor, said processor comparing said data signals to the data contained in the memory structure to determine whether the coin is genuine or is a key coin; andsaid processor is pre-programmed to, in response to detecting a key coin, receive said data signals relating to a distinguishing characteristic of another coin subsequently inserted into the housing and to store said data relating to said another coin in said memory structure to thereafter determine whether later inserted coins are genuine another coins.