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| First Appearance | Mario Bros. (1983) | ||
| Latest Appearance | Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022) | ||
Coins (also called Gold Coins, or Mushroom Coins in the Beanbean Kingdom) are collectibles in the Mario franchise, as well as spinoff franchises such as Yoshi. They are also used in a similar manner in very many other videogames, to the point of being a genre convention in platformers.
Coins are found throughout courses, most often out in the open or inside ? and Brick Blocks. Coin Blocks contain ten or more coins that the player has a limited time to collect after first hitting the block. This can reward a Super Mushroom or a shower of coins. In New Super Mario Bros. 2, collecting them all turns the Coin Block into a wearable Gold Block.
In most core games and some side games, grabbing either 100 or 50 coins (depending on the game) earns the player character an extra life, equivalent to getting a 1-Up Mushroom. The coin counter usually has two digits, and then rolls over to zero. Other games use coins as a general currency, allowing the player to store many more.
In the 3D Super Mario games prior to Super Mario 3D Land and in many fangames inspired by them, collecting a coin restores one segment of health, making them more valuable in sparse numbers. As a result, enemies tend to drop coins when defeated, and fewer coins may be required for an extra life. They also replenish Mario's oxygen meter when swimming underwater. In Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine, collecting 100 coins within a mission can reveal a secret Power Star or Shine Sprite.
Coins come in many different colors, such as yellow, blue, red, purple, and green, and many different denominations and variations. All of these can have different effects, and may or may not count toward the main coin counter.
Types[]
There are many variants of coins other than the standard yellow or golden denomination.
- Blue Coin
- Dragon Coin
- Red Coin
- Banana Coin
- Question Coin
- Purple Coin
- Star Coin
- Hidden Coin
- Star Medal
- 10-Coin
- 30-Coin
- 50-Coin
- 100-Coin
- Moon Coin
- Green Coin
- Pink Coin
- Bonus Medal
- Regional Coin
Fanon types[]
- Bubble Coin
- Electric Coin
- Jade Coin
- Moon Coins
- Multichrome Coin
- Paratroopa Coin
- Radioactive Coin
- Rainbow Coin
- Silver Coin
- Split Coin
- Tricoin
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Official images[]
 Vector art  Shaded vector art .svg "Artwork - COIN (Alt. color).svg (1 KB)") Stylized vector art  Super Mario Bros. sprite  Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 sprite  Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 sprite (color)  New Super Mario Bros.  Yoshi's Island DS  New Super Mario Bros. Wii  Super Mario 3D Land  Fortune Street  New Super Mario Bros. 2 .png "Coin isolated (New Super Mario Bros. 2).png (154 KB)") New Super Mario Bros. 2 (cropped from Gold Lakitu's art)  Coin pile (New Super Mario Bros. 2)  Coin piles (New Super Mario Bros. 2)  Yoshi's New Island  Super Mario 3D World  Coins in a Clear Pipe (Super Mario 3D World)  Coin pile (Super Mario 3D World)  Mario Kart 8  Mario Party: Star Rush  Yoshi's Crafted World .png "Coin isolated 1 (Mario Party Superstars).png (468 KB)") Mario Party Superstars (cropped from Yoshi's art) .png "Coin isolated 2 (Mario Party Superstars).png (408 KB)") |
Sprites and models[]
Fanmade images[]
Coins without articles[]
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 A Split Coin  A Split Coin in Super Mario Maker Chi  Rainbow Coin  An Electric Coin  Hidden Coin  Invisible Coin  A group of Green Coins.  A Hologram Coin Stack, which vanishes into Toadbas if touched.  Pink Coin  Green Key Coin  Blue Trigger Coin  10-Coin  10 Gold Coin (Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3)  10 Gold Coin (color, Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3)  10 Gold Coin (Wario Land II)  15 Coin  30-Coin  50-Coin  69 Coin  80 Coin  Bubble Coin  Bronze Coin  |