Device for sorting coins

A device for sorting coins, comprising:

• a separating unit (14) for separating the coins (31),
• a checking unit (16) for determining denominations of the separated coins (31),
• a first and at least a second receiving container (20) for receiving the coins (31) that have passed the checking unit,
• a transport unit (18) for transporting the coins (31) from the separating unit (14) to the first receiving container (20) arranged downstream of the separating unit (14) and the second receiving container (20) arranged downstream of the first receiving container (20), wherein the transport unit (18) has a first transport section (52) between the separating unit (14) and the first transport container (20) and along which both the coins to be fed to the first receiving container (20) and to the second receiving container (20) are transported, and a second transport section (54) between the first transport container (20) and the second transport container (20) and along which only the coins not fed to the first transport container (20) are transported,
• a first sensor (62) in the first transport section (52) for detecting coins (31) transported along the first transport section (52),
• a second sensor (64) in the second transport section (54) for detecting coins (31) transported along the second transport section (54), and
• a control unit (24) that determines on the basis of the denominations determined by the checking unit (16) for each receiving container (20) a target value of the coins (31) to be fed thereto, and that, dependent on the information obtained from the first sensor (62) and from the second sensor (64), determines the number of coins (31) fed to the first receiving container (20) and that then compares for each of the receiving containers (20), the number of fed coins (31) determined by the sensors (62 to 70) to the corresponding target value.