A coin carrying device has a carrying structure defining a carrying passage (20) along which a plurality of coins are carried in a diametrical row. The coins fed by a rotary disk (4) onto the carrying passage (20) are carried along the carrying passage (20) by a carrying belt (8). A stopping member (43) stops the coins temporarily before the coins reach the exit of the carrying passage (20). The coin carrying device includes a coin separating lever (50). The coin separating lever (50) has a roller (51) capable of being laterally advanced into and retracted from the carrying passage (20) at a position downstream from the second coin from the head coin stopped in the carrying passage (20) by the stopping member (43). When advanced into the carrying passage (20), the roller (51) is shoved out of the carrying passage (20) against the resilience of a spring (52) by the coin that comes into contact with the roller (51). The roller (51) is returned to the position in the carrying passage (20) by the resilience of the spring (52) after the coin has passed the roller (51).