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|image={{tabber|title1=Artwork|content1=[[File:Koindk.jpg|200px]] [[File:Koin DKC3 side artwork.png|200px]]<br>Two artworks of a Koin from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''|title2=Sprites|content2={{tabber|title1=Super NES|content1=[[File:Koin DKC3.png]] [[File:Koin DKC3 Photo Album.png]]<br>In-game sprite (left) and [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]] graphic (right)|title2=Donkey Kong Land III|content2=[[File:Koin DKLIII sprite.png]] [[File:DKL3 GBC Koin sprite.png]]<br>Game Boy (left) and Game Boy Color (right) sprites|title3=Game Boy Advance|content3=[[File:DKC3 GBA Koin sprite.png]]}}}}

In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', a Koin appears in every level, usually at the end, moving its shield in whichever direction Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong are in. If the Kongs approach a Koin from either the front or try to jump on it, the Koin uses its shield to bounce the Kongs backward. If the Kongs throw a Steel Barrel at the Koin's armor, it bounces off. If the Kongs replay a level where they have collected its DK Coin, the DK Coin no longer appears on the Koin's shield. In certain circumstances, some Koins can only be defeated if a [[Bazuka]] shoots a Steel Barrel at the Koin, in which case the Kongs have to use a [[Switch Barrel]] to change Bazuka's [[Barrel]]s or [[TNT Barrel]]s into Steel Barrels. In a few levels, the Kongs have only a single chance to defeat the Koin, if they can only get a nearby Steel Barrel by crossing a [[No Animal Sign]] with an [[Animal Friend]]. If Dixie and Kiddy are unsuccessful, they have to restart level to get another chance at defeating the Koin. In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], a Koin is categorized with the other [[Kremling]]s as part of the [[Kremling Kreeps]] category.

Koins have a pink variant in the level [[Koindozer Klamber]], named [[Koindozer]]s. Unlike Koins, Koindozers try to defeat the Kongs by pushing them into a [[pit]] with their shield.

In certain levels of the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake, the Kongs can defeat a Koin using a [[TNT Barrel]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_ZCzdwANI DKC3 (GBA) How To Kill Koin #1 - Using T.N.T. Barrel - YouTube video]</ref>

In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', Koins are mostly the same as in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', although they no longer appear in underwater levels, where the DK Coin itself is hidden instead. The Kongs automatically obtain a DK Coin from defeating Koin, a change that was kept in the Game Boy Advance remake of ''Donkey Kong Country 3''.