We retrospectively reviewed eighty pediatric cases of ingestion of a foreign body over the past 11 years that had presented at a regional hospital located in rural area of middle Taiwan. Twelve of the patients were lost to follow up. The age distribution was between one year and sixteen years old with a mean age of 4.7 years. The ratio of males to females was 52:28. Coins were the most frequently ingested foreign body and made up 72% (57/80) of the total. The total natural elimination rate was 63.2%. Only one patient suffered from a complication, which was peritonitis due to perforation of intestine wall by a toothpick. There was no mortality.