Coin Block

"When you hit this block... You'll bash out a specific number of coins!"

- MC Ballyhoo

A coin block (also called a 10 Coin Block ) is a block that the player can hit multiple times, giving out one coin per hit. Coin blocks can resemble either Brick Blocks or ? Blocks.

Super Mario series
Coin Blocks have appeared in nearly every Super Mario game, debuting in Super Mario Bros., with ? Block-styled Coin Blocks debuting in Super Mario World. In most games, there is a time limit for how long it will continue to give the player coins instead of actually having a set number of coins. If the player strikes a Coin Block fast enough, they can get about 10 coins, which is usually the most coins a player can get from a Coin Block; however, quite a few games make it possible to obtain more.

In certain games, Coin Blocks will give extra prizes if they are hit at least 10 times fast enough:
 * In Super Mario Bros. Deluxe ' s Challenge Mode, some Coin Blocks release Red Coins.
 * In New Super Mario Bros., Coin Blocks produce Super Mushrooms.
 * In New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros. U, five additional Coins will fly out before the Coin Block turns into a Block.
 * In New Super Mario Bros. 2, the block turns into a Gold Block that Mario can wear, producing up to a maximum of 100 coins, unless Mario gets damaged or finishes the level before collecting the maximum amount.

Only ? Block-styled Coin Blocks appear in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Both ? Block and Brick Block-styled Coin Blocks appear in Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World. On rare occasions, Mario may find a rectangular Coin Block, which if hit multiple times, allow Mario to get three times more coins then an average Coin Block would give him. Flying Coin Blocks, Flying Question Blocks that give multiple coins without losing their wings, appear as well. These games also have Coin Blocks that shoot coins onto the ground.

Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World also feature Coin Blocks that Mario can wear over his body, called Coin Boxes. In Super Mario 3D Land, this box allows Mario to collect infinite coins when moving while wearing it, but in Super Mario 3D World, it acts just like a Gold Block. Like the Propeller Box, the block is lost once the player finishes the level or is injured, but it gives an extra life if brought to the flagpole.

Paper Mario
Coin blocks appear in Paper Mario, where they give Mario many coins if the block is hit fast enough.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Coin blocks in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door have the same appearance as they do in Paper Mario.

Super Paper Mario
Super Paper Mario reveals coin blocks to have images of a flashing coin on their sides, as seen when Mario flips into 3-D. Their Tattle reads: "That's a coin block. Every time you hit it, a coin will come out..."

By using Bowser's fire breath, it is possible to collect as many as 42 coins from a coin block; however, very few blocks within the game are situated properly to be in range of this attack.

Mario & Wario
Coin blocks were redesigned as one of the square panel-type objects found in Mario & Wario. If Wanda uses her wand on it, the player will get a certain amount of coins. Wanda can keep using the wand on the coin block until there are no coins remaining. There are usually ten coins in each coin block, although like other appearances it will stop the player from collecting any more from it if left alone after the first hit.

Mario Party DS
In Mario Party DS, if any character lands on a Space with a coin block, a block will appear, and the character will have to hit the block to see how many coins can come out of it in five or ten seconds.

Super Mario Maker
Coin Blocks reappear in Super Mario Maker, having the same functionality as in other games. They can be created by placing a coin inside a ? Block or Brick Block in editing mode. Unlike in New Super Mario Bros. U, after hitting the block the maximum amount, coins do not spout out from the block, regardless of the level theme.

Other appearances
In the 2006 version of Nintendo Monopoly, Coin Block spaces and cards replace the traditional Community Chest ones. In the 2010 version, Brick Blocks are used instead.

On the Wii Shop Channel, the loading screen for downloading any title is Mario or Luigi hitting coin blocks and collecting Coins, sometimes in their Fire forms.