Coin sorters

A coin sorter comprising a ramp (1) which is adapted to be inclined in use and to be fed at its upper end with coins (10) of mixed types such that the coins proceed on edge down a coin edge support surface (2) of the ramp, in which the ramp is provided with a coin face support surface (3) for supporting one face of the coins as the coins proceed down the ramp, the coin face support surface being provided with aperture means comprising aperture portions (6, 7, 8, 9) of different widths in the direction normal to the direction of the coin edge support surface, the widths increasing towards the lower end of the ramp whereby some coins, depending on their diameters in relation to the transverse dimensions of the aperture portions, will fall through corresponding aperture portions, characterised in that the ramp (1) also comprises a plurality of coin deflecting members (14, 15, 16, 17) spaced apart along the ramp and located at different distances from the coin edge support surface (2), the distances decreasing in the direction from the upper end of the ramp to the lower end of the ramp, the coin deflecting members being so arranged that some coins, in dependence on their diameter, engage with a corresponding deflecting member and are deflected away from the coin face support surface to fall from the ramp.