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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1494827, member: 24633"]It was a common practice of bars & taverns of the 70's, 80's and into the 90's to use red nail polish to paint some of their coins to use in the various gaming machines and jukeboxes. If a customer lost their money in a machine, the owner or employee of the establishment would replace it, and when the vendor made his collection rounds, these "marked" coins would be separated from the receipts and returned to the house.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1494827, member: 24633"]It was a common practice of bars & taverns of the 70's, 80's and into the 90's to use red nail polish to paint some of their coins to use in the various gaming machines and jukeboxes. If a customer lost their money in a machine, the owner or employee of the establishment would replace it, and when the vendor made his collection rounds, these "marked" coins would be separated from the receipts and returned to the house. Chris[/QUOTE]
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