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A coin separation apparatus is positioned in a coin slot chute through which a deposited coin may fall. Electronic apparatus advantageously determines whether the falling coin is genuine or counterfeit. If the coin is determined to be genuine, the electronic apparatus activates a solenoid which unlocks a door to a coin box safe. The falling coin first strikes a vane of a hinged diverter door and the kinetic energy of the coin causes the diverter door to rotate on its hinge. The diverter door is spring-coupled to the door of the coin box safe which, if unlocked, is caused to open by the rotating diverter door, thereby permitting the coin to enter the coin box safe. If the electronic apparatus fails to detect that the falling coin is genuine, the solenoid is not activated and the coin box safe door remains locked. The falling coin strikes the vane of the diverter door causing it to rotate on its hinge and stretching the spring and allowing the coin to fall out of the chute. The kinetic energy of the falling coin is dissipated in both the inertia of the rotating diverter door and in the spring coupling, without opening the door to the coin box safe.
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