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PCT No. PCT/GB87/00088 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 20, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 20, 1987 PCT Filed Feb. 5, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO87/04831 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 1987.Apparatus for handling coins and tokens comprises a coin validator (4) arranged to detect whether a received item is one of several different coin denominations or a data-storing token, and thereafter to direct coins and tokens to escrow gates (18,22). A token interrogator (6) has antenna coils (24) disposed adjacent one of the escrow gates in order to read data from a token located adjacent the gate. The escrow gates can selectively direct items either to a return chute (16) or a coin store (26).
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