Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2084651, member: 73555&quot;]An article about the first American coin-operated vending machines would be interesting.&nbsp; Another article could be about how cash registers affected the type(s) of coins minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, why do cashiers hate $2 bills and half dollars?&nbsp; It&#039;s because (as far as I know), there&#039;s no place to put them in the cash drawer.&nbsp; With only 4 spaces for bills, you encourage the use of $1-5-10-20 bills; cashiers accumulate any $2 bills and send them back to the bank, and virtually never order that denomination.&nbsp; Same for half dollars; fifty years ago, cash registers had 5 coin bins, the 5th being for halves.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit//&nbsp; Plus the bewildering array of (unwanted) dollar coins:&nbsp; Ikes, Sacagawea, Presidents, Susan B. Anthony, etc., etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>CASH for transactions is disappearing anyway, and I think I read that credit card usage is declining too -- it&#039;s pay by debit card, or electronically, with a smartphone.&nbsp; Personally, I nearly always pay cash at fast foods, drugstores, and gas stations.&nbsp; The grocery is the main place I use credit cards.&nbsp; And I write lots of checks -- just habit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wonder what cash boxes looked like in the 1850s, when we had half cents, large cents, small cents, 3 cent pieces, half dimes, dimes, quarters, halves, silver dollars, PLUS gold in half a dozen denominations?&nbsp; Shortly thereafter, we also had 2 cent pieces, standard nickels, 20 cent pieces, fractional currency, and standard federal paper money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in