Coin Coffer
| Coin Coffer | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario 3D Land | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario 3D Land (2011) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart World (2025) | ||
| Variant of | Moneybag | ||
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Coin Coffers are froglike purse enemies introduced in Super Mario 3D Land. They have small eyes on top of their head, are round, have a light-green color, have wide golden-lipped mouths. Their name is a pun on "coffer", which is a name for a container used for storing money or valuables, and "cough", referring to how coins come from their mouths. They serve a similar role to Moneybags from Super Mario 64 and New Super Mario Bros.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario 3D Land[edit]
Coin Coffers are enemies in Super Mario 3D Land. They react similarly to the Moneybags by attempting to run away from the player. In Super Mario 3D Land, they contain ten coins. Hitting a Coin Coffer in any way causes it to drop a coin, dazing it, and after five hits, it spits out the rest of the coins it contains before it is defeated. Ground Pounding one causes it to spit out all of its coins before being defeated. When hit by Invincible Mario, its ten coins are dropped in a ring shape. Coin Coffers first appear out in the open in World 2-3. Some Coin Coffers are hidden under stones and bushes, like one in World 2-1 and two in World 4-1.
New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]
Coin Coffers are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. 2. A Coin Coffer spawns after activating a Red Coin Ring, dropping eight Red Coins as it bounces. If Mario defeats it before it can release all the Red Coins, they will all be dropped. They appear in World 
Star-1 and World Star-7, as well as several DLC courses.
Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]
Coin Coffers are enemies in Super Mario 3D World and its port. They act similarly to how they do in Super Mario 3D Land. They were made invisible, and hide in certain hidden areas of levels. If the player uses the touch cursor or moves a character near an invisible Coin Coffer, its outline will appear. If a character approaches it, it will become nervous and start running away. Jumping on it will fully reveal it.
In the Bowser's Fury campaign of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Cat Coin Coffers[1] appear in Fur Step Island, Fort Flaptrap, the Ruins region, Crisp Climb Castle, and the Wasteland region, acting identically to how they do in the main Super Mario 3D World campaign.
Super Mario Odyssey[edit]
Coin Coffers are enemies in Super Mario Odyssey. They are encountered in the Wooded Kingdom and Sand Kingdom. They retain their invisibility ability from Super Mario 3D World. When they are visible to the player, Mario is able to capture one using Cappy. Coin Coffers are now immune to normal jumps, but they are also harmless to Mario, as running into one will not damage him. Despite this, they still seem to be considered an enemy, as taking a captured Coin Coffer near NPCs will cause them to react in fear.
When a Coin Coffer is captured for the first time an area is loaded, the player receives 30 Coins. (Capturing the same Coin Coffer repeatedly has no effect unless the area is reloaded.) Long falls reduce a Coin Coffer's ability to move. Mario is capable of standing on steep slopes when capturing a Coin Coffer. The player can spit out Coins as projectiles, with each shot reducing their coin total by one. If the player shakes the Joy Con, the Coin Coffer spits 20 Coins around it in a circle. Coins fly forward, but fall at the edge of their range. Coins are capable of destroying objects, even stone walls meant for the T-Rex and dirt meant for a Sherm.
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition[edit]
Coin Coffers are enemies and potential allies in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition. They come in green, red, blue, yellow, and purple colors, which represent which attribute they have; fire for red, water for blue, wood for green, light for yellow, and dark for purple.
Unlike most enemies, the Coin Coffer has a very high defense, which normally reduces any damage that it takes from a single attack to 1, but its HP is very low. Its attacks are also very weak, and it might run away from a battle. Defeating a Coin Coffer with a 10+ combo guarantees that it will join the player's party. Otherwise, it will only have a chance of joining the player when defeated.
All Coin Coffers have a Skill, Coin Boost, that doubles the amount of coins won during a single battle. Also, they are unique in that level 1 is their maximum level. Coin Coffer allies can give party members a significant amount of experience points whenever they are used to power them up, which can be handy for leveling up lower-leveled characters.
The player can also transform the Coin Coffers into a new variant of Coin Coffers, called King Coin Coffers by giving them six Super Mushrooms.
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope[edit]
A Coin Coffer can be seen sleeping in Momma's giant busted-open piggybank at Barrendale Mesa in Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.
Mario Kart World[edit]
Coin Coffer makes its debut in the Mario Kart series as an unlockable playable racer in Mario Kart World. Like the other "NPC drivers", it becomes available for permanent use when the Kamek item transforms the player into one for the first time. Of these NPC drivers, it is among the few to not have appeared as a background character or obstacle in a prior Mario Kart game, with the others being Spike, Conkdor, Peepa, and Para-Biddybud. When players are transformed into Coin Coffer due to the Kamek item, generic obstacles appear on the course, such as rolling Chain Chomps. In its victory animation, it hops around in its kart. One of its trick animations involves it turning around in its kart and flipping onto its head. Coin Coffer is a middleweight character, sharing statistics with Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Bowser Jr., Monty Mole, and Dolphin.
An enemy Coin Coffer can also appear during Free Roam. It will notice the player once they get close and proceed to run away, dropping coins in its trail. If driven into, the Coin Coffer will be defeated and drop a multitude of coins.
Gallery[edit]
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Coin Coffer.
Super Mario 3D Land
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario 3D World
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario 3D Land | romfs/ObjectData/GamaguchiKun.szs | Gamaguchi-kun | Moneybags |
| New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 0x14a | Gamaguchi | From Moneybags |
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
Coin Coffer[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガマネー[2][3] Gamanē |
Portmanteau between「 |
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| みどりガマネー[4] Midori Gamanē |
Green Coin Coffer | Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition | |
| Bosnian | Coin Coffer[5] | - | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 钱包蛙[3] Qiánbāowā (Mandarin) Chìhnbāauwā (Cantonese) |
Wallet Frog | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 錢包蛙[3] Qiánbāowā (Mandarin) Chìhnbāauwā (Cantonese) |
Wallet Frog | |
| Dutch | Coin Coffer[3] | - | |
| Estonian | Coin Coffer[6] | - | |
| Finnish | Coin Coffer[7] | - | |
| French | Crapognon[3][8] | Portmanteau between crapaud ("toad") and pognon ("money" or "loot") | |
| Crapognon vert[4] | Green Coin Coffer | Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition | |
| German | Krötsus[3][9] | Portmanteau between Kröte ("toad") and Krösus ("Croesus," slang for a very rich person) | |
| Grüner Krötsus[4] | Green Coin Coffer | Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition | |
| Italian | Rospicciolo[3][10][11] | Portmanteau between rospo ("toad") and spicciolo ("chump change") | |
| Rospicciolo verde[4] | Green Coin Coffer | Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition | |
| Korean | 돈꺼비[3] Donkkeobi |
Portmanteau between "돈" (don, "money") and "두꺼비" (dukkeobi, "toad") | |
| Latvian | Monētu lāde[12] | Coin case | |
| Lithuanian | Coin Coffer[13] | - | |
| Norwegian | Coin Coffer[14] | - | |
| Polish | Coin Coffer[15] | - | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Jorramoeda[11] | Portmanteau between jorrar ("to gush") and moeda ("coin") | |
| Saporta-moedas[16] | Portmanteau between sapo ("toad") and porta-moedas ("coin purse") | LEGO Super Mario | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Cospe Moedas[17] | Coin Spitter | |
| Romanian | Cufăr cu monede[18] | Coffer with coins | |
| Russian | Кошелек[3] Koshelek |
Wallet | |
| Serbian | Koin Kofer[19] | Coin Suitcase | |
| Spanish | Monerrana[3] | Portmanteau between moneda ("coin") and rana ("frog") | |
| Monerrana verde[4] | Green Coin Coffer | Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition | |
| Turkish | Coin Coffer[20] | - |
Red Coin Coffer[edit]
"Red Coin Coffer"[4] refers to a specific type of Coin Coffer that is Fire-attributed in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | あかガマネー[4] Aka Gamanē |
Red Coin Coffer | |
| French | Crapognon rouge[4] | Red Coin Coffer | |
| German | Roter Krötsus[4] | Red Coin Coffer | |
| Italian | Rospicciolo rosso[4] | Red Coin Coffer | |
| Spanish | Monerrana roja[4] | Red Coin Coffer |
Blue Coin Coffer[edit]
"Blue Coin Coffer"[4] refers to a specific type of Coin Coffer that is Water-attributed in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | あおガマネー[4] Ao Gamanē |
Blue Coin Coffer | |
| French | Crapognon bleu[4] | Blue Coin Coffer | |
| German | Blauer Krötsus[4] | Blue Coin Coffer | |
| Italian | Rospicciolo blu[4] | Blue Coin Coffer | |
| Spanish | Monerrana azul[4] | Blue Coin Coffer |
Yellow Coin Coffer[edit]
"Yellow Coin Coffer"[4] refers to a specific type of Coin Coffer that is Light-attributed in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | きいろガマネー[4] Kiiro Gamanē |
Yellow Coin Coffer | |
| French | Crapognon jaune[4] | Yellow Coin Coffer | |
| German | Gelber Krötsus[4] | Yellow Coin Coffer | |
| Italian | Rospicciolo giallo[4] | Yellow Coin Coffer | |
| Spanish | Monerrana amarilla[4] | Yellow Coin Coffer |
Purple Coin Coffer[edit]
"Purple Coin Coffer"[4] refers to a specific type of Coin Coffer that is Dark-attributed in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | むらさきガマネー[4] Murasaki Gamanē |
Purple Coin Coffer | |
| French | Crapognon violet[4] | Purple Coin Coffer | |
| German | Lila Krötsus[4] | Purple Coin Coffer | |
| Italian | Rospicciolo viola[4] | Purple Coin Coffer | |
| Spanish | Monerrana morada[4] | Purple Coin Coffer |
Cat Coin Coffer[edit]
"Cat Coin Coffer"[1] refers to the type of Coin Coffer found around Lake Lapcat in Bowser's Fury.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ネコガマネー[21] Neko Gamanē |
Cat Coin Coffer |
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