Saw this Coin machine on another site. Thought it was cool and wouldn't you all like to have one. It's only 75 cents to play also. I'd put it in my "Mancave" and treat it as a novelty. What would you all do with it? Hmm. I wonder if I can track one down?
There’s a mistake. On the bottom row it shows 1908 for a Lincoln “Wheatback” penny…LWCs began in 1909. The machine looks like fun, though probably loaded with a lot of severely worn coins…imo…Spark
About as fun as that Quarter machine. You put in a quarter, a bar pushes a "boatload" of other quarters toward an edge where some or possible a whole bunch drop down and into your pocket. Games like this one. There are varying versions of the game from simple to the more "Casino versions". Sometimes the owner would drop currency or even gold and or Casino chips in there!!
I love those machines. I ran across one in the mountains a few years back. I felt like a kid again and ran to the young fellow at the register asking to cash in my dollars for quarters for the machine.... Young fellow just shook his head. Mumbled how he could never understand why people would spend seventy-five cents to get an old nickel.... I just smiled because I totally get it.
Don't take offense, but there is "a sucker born every minute." This is an advertising token Barnum issued when he was running his museum in New York City And, of course, Tom Thumb, a.k.a. Charles Stratton. It took me quite a while to find these tokens.
Man how much weed does someone have to puff in order to think and make this lol.I love the idea but it does have some flaws and misconceptions.
I'm imagining that you could reload the machine from the bottom with junk and leave the tantalizing valuable ones visible in the window.
Think of the folds on the currency after being jammed into one of those capsules. I would still take a chance just for thrill of the hunt.
I've posted here before about finding a similar machine at the beach as a very young child. I still have the (worn, damaged) 1892-o dime I got from it.
Running across similar machines in cafe foyers in the mid 60's was part of my exposure to collecting. Brings back fond memories. I know I pumped several bucks into those things back then and actually got a few decent coins amongst the "junque".
