Abstract: A coin bank for separating a group of coins, forming the coins into a moving file, and for sorting the coins. The bank has a housing with an inlet for receiving a group of coins, coin bins for receiving coins of different diameters, a mechanism for separating individual coins from a group deposited into the inlet and for advancing the separated coins in a moving file, and a mechanism for receiving coins from the moving file and for sorting the coins in respective coin bins. The housing has a transparent wall disposed so as to allow coins in the moving file to be viewed therethrough, to provide the bank with a unique visual effect.