Patent ID: 8684159

Claim:
A method for optimizing a usable volume of a coin receptacle associated with a coin-processing device comprising the acts of: receiving a plurality of coins in a coin input area of said coin-processing device; obtaining data for each coin from at least one sensor; associating said data for each coin with a denomination; depositing all of said received plurality of coins with an associated denomination into said coin receptacle of said coin-processing device, said coin receptacle being configured to accept, but not dispense, deposited coins until a maximum number of coins occupy said coin receptacle and to securely store the coins in the coin receptacle until removal of the coin receptacle from the coin-processing device; adjusting, responsive to said data, an upper limit of said maximum number of coins which may be deposited into said coin receptacle, and preventing input of additional coins into said coin processing machine when a total number of coins stored in said coin receptacle is substantially equivalent with or equivalent to said upper limit.