Has anyone seen these machines

I saw on 2 occasions a while ago, a bubblegum type machine where you put in 2 quarters and you would get out a couple of old coins inside one of those plastic balls. I have seen those at truck stops. I tried it a couple of times and got a mercury dime and a couple buffalo nickels out of it.

 

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I see them mostly in the Southeast...

 

I rhink that is wher I saw them too. Around South Carolina

 

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Excuse me. Let me get in my car and drive all over the southeast to try and find a mahine that was there about 15 years ago.:whistle:

 

I've seen those machines but never with coins in them. Very cool! My most recent purchase out of one of them was a tiny rubber monkey. (I collect monkeys as well as coins)

I remember when those machines only cost 1 quarter...

 

.......we'd appreciate that very much!

 

Seen them in France with Astrix figures in amongst others :smile

 

got a picture of this machine? ive never saw one

 

They look similar to this one that dispenses toys. Coins replaced the toys in the containers

 

mmmm,, pretty neat

 

Pretty much every Toys R Us and highway rest stop have them!

 

The ones I see want 75c for a chance at a common date Lincoln,cull Buffalo or other silver..

 

I've seen machines like that all over the area by me. However, all you get is small animals, little people, little cars, etc. Never seen one for money although they sure suck up the money if you have a kid.

 

Dave'n Busters chain used to have a machine called "Whistle Stop" that offered old coins - including silver- as prizes. You had to 'beat' the machine- get the prize to drop out by hiiting the exact spot - but I did it enough to get good at it. My local D&B took it out thuis year, though..

 

I remember those from childhood trips to the beach, some 40 years ago now. I think I got an 1892-O Barber dime out of one. AG or cull, but my first Barber, and a deal I was happy with (they couldn't have been more than 25 cents at that point).

I have this vision of old, dusty machines tucked into shop corners, rarely visited, and still loaded with capsules that were packed when silver was $5/oz or less...

 

You can buy the machines and the capsules online. They aren't that expensive.

 

The first coin show I ever went to (more years ago than I care to think about) had one of these. I did well -- two barber dimes AG-G. But that was when two barber dimes were worth about a buck or so total...

 

So it cost you a fifty cents to get 15 cents. hmmmmm

 

Heck, I'll give you fifty cents for just the Merc, and you can keep the buffalo!