The Visitor Chooses a Design
Available designs are shown on the front of the cabinet. Where a venue runs several, the visitor selects one with a button or a touch selection.
A souvenir coin machine is simpler than it looks: pre-struck medals in a hopper, a payment module, a dispensing path and a mobile connection that reports what happened.
There is no press inside the cabinet. The medals are struck in our factory, loaded into the machine as finished pieces and released on payment. That is why the unit needs a power socket and nothing else, makes almost no noise, and requires no operator training beyond how to open it. This page sets out the purchase flow, what sits inside the cabinet, what your venue has to provide, and how long an installation takes from the first conversation to opening day.
No press insideFrom 0.25 m²Power socket onlyMobile dataNo operator neededRuns all opening hoursRemote diagnosticsNo plumbing or network cable
What Happens When a Visitor Buys a Coin
Six seconds, described in six steps.
Payment
Contactless card, mobile wallet, coins or notes, depending on how the machine was configured for that market. The transaction itself takes a few seconds.
Authorisation
A card or wallet payment is authorised over the machine’s own mobile connection. A cash payment needs no connection at all, which matters at sites with poor coverage.
Dispensing
The selected medal is released from its hopper into the collection tray. Nothing is pressed, cut or heated inside the cabinet.
The Counter Updates
The sale is recorded against that specific design with a time and date, and the remaining stock level is recalculated.
The Dashboard Reports
Sales and stock appear in your dashboard within minutes. A low-stock threshold triggers a restocking alert before the machine can run empty.
What Is Inside the Cabinet
Four components, all replaceable independently.
Medal Hoppers
Separate hoppers per design, loaded with finished struck medals. Capacity depends on the cabinet line and is quoted in medals rather than in volume, because that is the number that decides your restocking round.
Payment Module
Chosen per market: contactless reader, coin and note acceptor, or both on the same unit. Modules can be swapped without touching the rest of the machine if an acquirer or a currency changes.
Control Board and Modem
Runs the selection logic and reports over mobile data. It keeps a local record of every transaction, so a dropped connection delays reporting rather than losing sales.
Cash Box and Locks
Present only on machines configured to take cash. On a cashless unit there is no cash box at all, which removes the main reason anyone would attack an unattended machine.
What the Venue Provides
Five things, none of them unusual.
A Standard Power Socket
An ordinary mains socket within reach of the placement. No dedicated circuit, no three-phase supply, no plumbing and no network cable.
Floor Space From 0.25 m²
The smallest cabinet needs roughly a quarter of a square metre. The largest needs about a square metre, plus clearance to open the door for restocking.
Usable Mobile Coverage
The modem needs a workable mobile signal. In a basement, a thick-walled heritage building or a steel-framed terminal we test this before installation rather than discovering it afterwards.
One Named Contact
A single person on site who can open the machine and who receives the restocking alerts. No technical background required; the briefing takes about ten minutes.
A Window for Restocking
A time when somebody can reach the machine to refill it. For most venues that is before opening or after closing, once every few weeks.
Choosing a Cabinet for Your Placement
The cabinet follows the space and the traffic, not the other way round.
Small Coinmat
From 0.25 m²For a ticket hall, a vestibule or a corridor where floor space is the constraint. The easiest install to get approved and the quickest to relocate if the first position turns out to be wrong.
Midi Coinmat
Mid capacityFor a position you can reach weekly. Mid-capacity loading means fewer interruptions to your own staff routine.
Mini Lux
Premium finishFor a placement that is on show: an entrance hall, a premium lobby, a signature building where equipment has to look deliberate rather than tolerated.
Big Coinmat
High volumeFor a single main entrance moving thousands of visitors a day, where the machine cannot be opened during opening hours.
Indoor and Outdoor Builds
Indoor units are specified for heated and air-conditioned interiors. Outdoor units add a sealed enclosure, protective roof, weather seals and corrosion-resistant hardware, with heating or additional dust protection added for the specific climate. If a sheltered indoor position exists, we will recommend it first: it costs less to run and the machine lasts longer.
From Order to Opening Day
Six phases. The one you control is the second.
Site Review
We look at footfall, placement options, payment methods and mobile coverage. Usually a conversation and a few photographs rather than a site visit.
Coin Design
Artwork is prepared and revised with you. The production clock does not start until you approve it, which makes this the stage that sets the overall timeline.
Die and Sample Strike
The die is cut and a sample strike goes to you for inspection before the full run begins.
Production
Cabinet built, wrap printed and applied, medals struck and counted. The duration depends on configuration and is quoted as a firm date rather than a range.
Freight
Sea freight for scheduled rollouts, air freight when a season deadline is at stake, with documentation prepared for the destination market.
Installation Day
Positioning, power-up, connection test, loading, a short staff briefing and a first test purchase. Typically a couple of hours for a single unit.
Three Ways to Put One In
The process above is identical in all three; only the invoice differs.
Machine Purchase
You buy the unit and keep the full margin on every medal sold.
Revenue Share
We supply, install and service the machine; you provide the location and we split the revenue on agreed terms. No capital outlay.
Service Package
Restocking, design refreshes, preventive maintenance and reporting for venues that already own a machine.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. The medals are struck in our factory and loaded as finished pieces. Some competing formats flatten a circulating coin under a hand-turned press; ours does not, which is why it needs no supervision and raises no questions about currency handling.
A mains socket and a usable mobile signal. No plumbing, no network cable, no dedicated circuit and no compressed air.
Cash purchases continue as normal and the machine keeps a local record of every sale. Card payments need a live connection; when it returns, the stored data syncs to the dashboard and nothing is lost.
Your own staff, in a few minutes, with a key. Where a venue prefers not to handle it at all, restocking can be folded into a service package.
You do not have to check. The machine reports stock continuously and sends an alert when a design falls below the threshold you set.
A couple of hours on site for a single unit, including the staff briefing and a test purchase. The long part of the project is the coin design, and that runs to your schedule rather than ours.
Find Out What This Would Look Like at Your Site
Send us a photo of the placement you have in mind and your annual visitor numbers. We will come back with a cabinet recommendation, a payment configuration and a realistic timeline — at no cost and with no obligation.
