Turning now to the drawings, FIGS. 1-24 illustrate four types of coin handling devices, including a disc-type coin sorter (FIGS. 1-4 and 21), a disc-to-disc type coin sorter (FIGS. 5-8 and 22), a rail-type coin sorter with exit channels (FIGS. 9-19 and 23), and a modified rail-type coin sorter with exit apertures (FIGS. 20 and 24).