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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael K, post: 4562386, member: 78298&quot;]Of course because of technology the machines today are more sophisticated. </p><p>But in the old mechanical machines, if a coin was the same size and weight</p><p>as a dime, it was accepted as a dime. Many times it was just the size of the coin,</p><p>and as long as it fit the inner dime slot, it would register as a dime. Dime sized slugs were used besides ground down pennies which take a lot of work for the crime of stealing 9 cents. Parking meters and pay phones took dimes, and they were targeted in this manner. Pop machines way back when, a soda cost a dime.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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