Coin

Coin
	; A coin.
Informations
Type	Resource
Function	Unlocking stuff
Obtainable by	Collecting or prize
Price	Found in the subway

Coins (which look like this in the game) are the main currency in Subway Surfers. Coins can be obtained in many ways, for example, collecting them while in the subway or receiving them from mystery boxes. With enough coins, players can buy characters like King, Zoe and Prince K, or hoverboards like Panda, Hot Rod and Lowrider. However, some characters or hoverboards like Tricky, Yutani and Fresh use tokens instead of coins to be obtained. Coins are also used to upgrade and buy power-ups and skip missions.

Where to Find Coins?

Collecting them during a run
Opening Mystery Boxes (up to 100,000 coins (900,000 during the Terrific Tuesday event)), Super Mystery Boxes (up to 300,000 coins (1,500,000 during the Terrific Tuesday event)), and opening Mini Mystery Boxes (up to 2,000 coins).
Purchasing them in the Shop (up to 1.25M coins for $99.99)
Completing the 3rd and 4th days of the Word Hunt (previously Daily Challenge)
Obtaining them from friends (up to 25 runs)
Completing the week 1+2 weekly hunt ( only )
Obtain from tiers in the Season Hunt
Connecting to Facebook (5K coins)
Purchasing the Welcome Pack (one-time purchase, up to 45K coins)

How to Spend Coins?

Buying Mystery Boxes
Skipping missions in the shop
Buying characters & hoverboards
Buying power ups
Upgrading power ups

List of Coin Packs

Players can also buy coins with real money. The below table illustrates the prices of each "pack" of coins.

Number	Amount	Price (USD)
1	7,500	$0.99
2	40,000	$4.99
3	90,000	$9.99
4	200,000	$19.99
5	550,000	$49.99
6	1,250,000	$99.99
7	Doubles player's coins during a run	$4.99

Trivia

If players are in need of coins, the Coin Magnet will help collect all the coins in all three lanes, making it a very useful power-up in collecting them.
- The Jetpack is also good in collecting coins as they will appear in the air when flying, while the Super Sneakers help collect coins under them while jumping. The Power Jumper gives players three lines of coins when jumping high in the sky.
Coins appear in 3 different types of trails, a normal straight trail, an arch trail (requires the player to jump) and a diagonal trail (requires the player to switch lanes).
The player cannot collect coins if they activated a headstart.
Other ways of getting coins are buying them with in-app purchases (using real money) or when the player's Facebook/Game Center friend plays the game and had 25 runs.
- There are also easier ways to get coins, like watching a sponsored video
- There is an in-app purchase where they can get double coins for every coin they collect while running for $4.99, making it easier to buy limited characters and hoverboards. Players can also temporarily do this by watching an ad.
- Sometimes in-app purchases have sales which lets them buy a certain amount of coins in a much cheaper price.
- A starter pack was also added during the edition that rewards the player 7,000 and some keys and hoverboards for $0.99.
Coins can also increase players' run score, which makes them essential in getting highscores.
- The points gained from coins are counted in the following equation:
  - number of coins x score multiplier x 2.
  - A simpler way to look at it: each coin is worth 54 points. If they only grab one coin in a run, then at the end of it they'll get 54 points added to your score. Meanwhile the score multiplier is at work boosting their score while you run.
So far, all limited characters that can be unlocked by coins cost 95,000 and limited hoverboards cost 50,000 (except Bamboo, costing 20,000).
Qin is the last character that was released costing coins.
- There were no 2022 or 2023 characters that cost coins.
On April 1, 2022, some coins collected by the player were different, because of April Fools Day. They had the appearance of bunny coins.
In , they got a new look.
In the Chinese Version, their look has been changed to 2023, but they are slightly different.