To provide a coin processor capable of preventing such an illegal action that uses a forged coin.

This device is provided with a coin discriminating means for discriminating the truth/falseood of an inserted coin, a first coin distributing means for distributing a coin, which is discriminated as true coin by the coin discriminating means, to a coin passage for each of denominations and distributing a coin, which is discriminated as false coin by the coin discriminating part, to a return passage, a coin holding means located in the middle of the coin passage, and a second coin distributing means for distributing the held coin to any one of change storage cylinder, safe box passage and return passage.