To provide a low cost device that facilitates attachment and detachment of a holding bowl to and from a base and ensures fixation of the holding bowl.

In a coin hopper having a plate base, a holding bowl detachably mounted on the base and a rotary disk disposed on the bottom of the holding bowl and on the top of the base, the holding bowl mounting device comprises a base side first hook formed at one end of the top of the base, a base side second hook positioned at the other end of the base in opposition to the base side first hook, a bowl side first hook designed to engage the base side first hook, and a bowl side second hook designed to engage the base side second hook.

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