Patent ID: 7699155

Claim:
An apparatus for processing coins comprising: a first planar member having an opening therein, wherein the opening is configured to accept at least one coin; a second planar member having an opening therein, wherein the opening is configured to accept at least one coin; and a plurality of coin storage units, each coin storage unit being for storing a single denomination of coin; wherein the first and second planar members are each moveable between at least a first and a second position, wherein in the first position the second planar member forms a floor for the opening in the first planar member and wherein in the second position the opening in the first planar member and the opening in the second planar member are aligned to form a passage for allowing a coin in the opening in the first planar member to travel through the opening in the second planar member into a respective one of the plurality of coin storage units, the second position is one of a plurality of discharge positions in which the first and second planar members are aligned respectively forming a passage to one coin storage unit of the plurality of coin storage units, the first planar member and the second planar member are moveable between the first position and the plurality of discharge positions.