Coin validation apparatus

A coin validation apparatus comprising:

• a conveyor configured to convey a coin;
• and
• a discriminator, provided above the conveyor, configured to discriminate an authenticity and a denomination of the coin conveyed by the conveyor, wherein
• the conveyor includes:
• a pair of front and rear conveyor pulleys provided on front and rear sides of the coin validation apparatus,
• a pair of left and right conveyor belts each endlessly stretched between the pair of front and rear conveyor pulleys,
• a plurality of conveying members, each having a pair of left and right end portions attached to outer surfaces, facing upward, of the pair of left and right conveyor belts, respectively, configured to convey the coin rearwards in a manner laid flat and convey a coin, which has been discriminated by the discriminator as a counterfeit coin, frontwards in a manner laid flat as the conveyor belts are moved;
• and
• the coin validation apparatus further comprises:
• a passage detector configured to detect a passage of the coin and each of the conveying members passing an area where the discriminator discriminates;
• and
• a controller configured to, upon receiving a command for stopping the conveyor belts, stop displacing the conveyor belts after the passage detector detects any of the conveying members.