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EP 1 029 308 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 23.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/34 (21) Application number: 98950214.1 (22) Date of filing: 29.10.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07F 3/02 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9803/230 (87) International publication number: WO 9923/615 (14.05.1999 Gazette 1999/19)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES GB (30) Priority: 03.11.1997 GB 9723223 (71) Applicant: COIN CONTROLS LIMITED OldhamLancashire OL2 6JZ (GB)	(72) Inventor: WOOD, Dennis Lancashire OL3 5SU (GB) (74) Representative: Read, Matthew Charles et al Venner Shipley & Co.20 Little Britain London EC1A 7DH London EC1A 7DH (GB)