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Message:: [QUOTE="raider34, post: 1318260, member: 16402"]If you don't mind me asking, what is your business going to be, and  what's going to be in the vending machines? If somehow coins/currency is  related to your business, it might be worth pursuing, but if it's  merely a novelty, it's going to be a lot of trouble (with little  return). For awhile I worked taking tolls at a bridge (hundreds to  thousands of transactions a day at about $3 a transaction). I think I  saw maybe five 2 dollar bills, and only a handful of halves. They just  don't really circulate anymore, and if you're giving out $2 bills and  halves in change (which I've tried) a lot of people are either confused  or don't want to take them. Another problem I see is, you say your  machine will take up to $20's, but only give change in coins (assuming  dollars and halves?). Imo, if people are getting 15+ dollar coins  they're not going to be happy, people used to complain all the time when  they got over 10 singles as change. Don't want to shoot down your idea,  but it seems like it's going to be tough to pull off. My suggestion would be  if you start the business first try incorporating the halves and $2  bills without the vending machine. This will give you a good idea of how  your customer base accepts them, and if the response is positive, then  look into incorporating them into the vending machines.[/QUOTE]