Token repository apparatus with attribute capture and methods therfor

A method for accepting gaming tokens, the method comprising:

• receiving a gaming token into a token entry opening of a token repository apparatus;
• directing the gaming token to an imaging position;
• stopping the gaming token at the imaging position;
• capturing an image of at least a portion of the gaming token while the gaming token is stopped at the imaging position;
• and
• releasing the gaming token from the imaging position after the image of the at least a portion of the gaming token has been captured.

A computer readable medium including at least computer program code stored therein for processing gaming tokens for a token management apparatus including an evaluation portion and a repository portion, the computer readable medium comprising:

• computer program code for detecting a gaming token at the evaluation portion internal to the token management apparatus;
• computer program code for initiating illumination of a light source at least for a period of time while the gaming token is at the evaluation portion;
• computer program code for initiating capturing an image of at least a portion of the gaming token;
• computer program code for ceasing the illumination of the light source after the image of the at least a portion of the gaming token has been captured;
• and
• computer program code for permitting the gaming token to be received in the repository portion.