Patent ID: 6851551

Claim:
A coin container for receiving coins or tokens therein, comprising: a receptacle having a longitudinal wall along a longitudinal axis and end faces at opposed ends of the longitudinal wall, the longitudinal wall having an inner surface defining a cavity portion with said end faces, the cavity portion adapted to partially receive therein a predetermined number of coins, and at least one coin offsetting means in said inner surface of said longitudinal wall, said at least one coin offsetting means adapted to offset at least one coin of the predetermined number of coins thereby separating other ones of the predetermined number of coins in at least two groups of the predetermined number of coins centered on the longitudinal axis, such that the at least one coin against the coin off setting means is offset radially from said at least two groups such that the at least one coin is off-centered with respect to the longitudinal axis; and closing means for forming a tubular container with the cavity portion of the receptacle to hold the coins captive in the tubular container.