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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    I haven't seen a cigarette machine since the late 1970s...
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 20, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
  2. mlov43
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    ooof.
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 20, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
  3. mlov43
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    So much for expecting people to read legends on coins...
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 20, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
  4. mlov43
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    You know, I never once ran into a clerk or manager who wouldn't accept halves or dollar coins. Not yet. If anything they'll ask, "are these 50...
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 19, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    Then why not punch the coins from solid 75% Cu, 25% nickel coining metal? Why did they have to instead "sandwich" it?
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 18, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    How many will you buy ??

    I'll probably buy. One.
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 18, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    I always wondered why the USA wanted to sandwich copper between two pieces of copper-nickel. Sounds like a difficult or more expensive way to...
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 18, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    Check this: [ATTACH]
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 18, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
  9. mlov43
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    Oh snap! There we go. ONE example of a machine accepting halves nowadays! Thanks for the info!
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 18, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    You found GOLD?? WTH?
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 18, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
  11. mlov43
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    These are some good examples, everyone. So far, I have: DDR: 20 Pfennig. New Zealand: Redesigned $2 coin USA: Eisenhower dollar Any others?
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 18, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Cu is more expensive than Ag

    Alrighty then, indeed. I do agree with Clawcoins that this is more of an "art medal" than just a "copper round."
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 18, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    Yep. "Merchant non-compliance" if you will. Then again, according to the concept of "freedom of contract," a merchant can make his/her sales...
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 17, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/28/archives/ike-wins-by-a-landslide-in-the-atlantic-city-slots-eisenhower-edges.html
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 17, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    Ah. Good one! That's right. They did use Ike dollars, didn't they?
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 17, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    If you find out that a machine has EVER accepted halves, let me know! I've never read or HEARD of a vending machine that ever has. Right. How...
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 17, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    That's funny they didn't even catch that in the DESIGN phase for that $2 dollar coin! I interviewed a South Korean Mint engraver who told me that...
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 17, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    Right. I've read that the metal composition was always a big to-do. This was because the coins had to pass through the vending machines'...
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 17, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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    Have vending machines motivated the issue of certain coins?

    I was wondering if anyone here knows of a coin (regardless of nation) that the issuing authorities put into circulation based on its need in...
    Thread by: mlov43, Oct 17, 2020, 66 replies, in forum: Coin Chat
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    US mint international shipping

    www.ebay.co.uk (UK) www.ebay.de (Germany) www.ebay.fr (France)
    Post by: mlov43, Oct 16, 2020 in forum: Coin Chat
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