Abstract: The coin counting apparatus wherein coins of various denominations to be counted fall upon a rotating coin table that is designed to catch and hold coins of different denominations at different positions on the table so that each held coin may be detected before it is collected and a count initiated of the value of the coins collected: a denomination code is provided on a code disc driven in rotation in synchronism with the rotation of the table, the code being defined by arc segments of the disc that correspond to the radial positions of coins held on the table; the coins that are caught and held on the table are detected and an initiating signal is produced when a coin so held is detected; at the same time, the corresponding code disc arc segment is detected and signals representative of these are produced; and digital computer circuits responsive to the initiating signal and the code disc signals calculate the value of coins so detected.