Patent ID: 7845488

Claim:
A coin holder comprising: a plurality of coin accommodation openings, each opening defined by a clamp spring pair formed by two opposing clamp springs, each clamp spring pair comprising a plurality of separate regions including a coin insertion region and at least two clamp regions, each clamp spring pair including a first transition between the coin insertion region and the clamp regions and a second transition between the two clamp regions, the coin insertion region and the clamp regions being formed with stepped surfaces of the clamp spring pair, each region including differently spaced surfaces with the clamp regions having differently spaced clamp surfaces adapted to clamp coins having different thicknesses between the two opposing clamp springs by a first of the opposing clamp springs adapted to press against a face of a coin and a second of the opposing clamp springs adapted to press against an opposite face of the coin, the clamp surfaces of a clamp region being spaced apart a distance less than a corresponding thickness of the coin to be clamped between the clamp surfaces of the clamp region, the clamp surfaces of the clamp region adapted to hold the coin across the thickness of the coin, wherein a through opening is formed at a lower clamp region opposite the coin insertion region.