Patent ID: 8042732

Claim:
A method of transferring funds to a personalized portable storage medium using a kiosk, comprising the acts of: receiving funds comprising a batch of loose mixed coins in a coin receiving area of the kiosk; processing the coins in a coin processing module; determining a total value of the funds using a controller; displaying the total value of the funds to a user of the kiosk; permitting the user to select a desired merchant from amongst a plurality of available merchant selections using via a user input device, each merchant being associated with a pre-determined graphic selection; receiving a selection of a merchant via a user input device; printing, using a printing device, only a graphic associated with the selected merchant on a portable storage medium print area of a portable storage medium, the portable storage medium comprising a storage medium bearing data to which a value relating to the total value is associated; and dispensing the portable storage medium bearing only the graphic associated with the selected merchant, the portable storage medium having a first value relating to the total value.