You should also consider the places where the coins are found. The Coin of Old Man is found in garbage chute, and I first thought this could be a theme of abandonment of elderly, but in the context of the puzzle and narratives it gives in different difficulty modes it may play another role. Also the Coin of the Snake is found in very specific circumstances, which is in the stroller in an empty pool surrounded by lying figures, this whole arrangement instantly gave me the thought this by no way can be accidental, the main thing to take away is its probable connection with children and babies. Now connect the images from back sides of coins (gravestone for old man, crescent for snake, and nest full of eggs (which is akin in function to stroller and shares the same theme of fertility and childbirth, also maybe ki-no-ko connection?) for woman prisoner), and I'll live you at that. Also two of the coins feature greek text all capitals, and the prisoner coin has a different(?) text in lower case, on silent hill forum I found a topic concerning these, they came to the conclusion that this is translit from japanese and it ended there, apparently the japanese text should sound like "maremaseeta tatsukee ga kpsonen no funigatu". Doesn't make sense to me, not that I know much japanese, but I tried to translate this as まれましたーたつきがくそねんの不二月 and google translate casually threw "It was rare - Mr. Tatsuki fell a fuck of Fuji" at me. Well...The only connection with mentioned Mr. Tatsuki I found in Silen Hill is tatsuki pill that Maria takes in hospital. Anyway, if somebody knows japanese well enough, I think we will all appreciate insight into the secret of the coins.