An article supply apparatus includes: an insertion portion 5 to which a coin C is insertable; a first holding portion 25a and a second holding portion 25b capable of holding the coins C that are inserted; and sorting portion 26 which is provided between the insertion portion 5, and the first holding portion 25a and the second holding portion 25b, and which is capable of sorting the coin to a movement destination, and each of the first holding portion 25a and the second holding portion 25b includes a setting portion 28 capable of setting a number of at least one coin capable of being held, and the sorting portion 26 is configured, on a condition that the first holding portion 25a is holding a set number of the coins, to be capable of sorting the coin that is inserted thereafter to be held in the second holding portion 25b.