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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;onecoinpony, post: 1342596, member: 18259&quot;]I don&#039;t recall counterfeit coinage, but folks did use slugs in pay phones and vending machines. Early 1960&#039;s A pack of smokes were a .40 from a machine.&nbsp; Everyone wore suits from a clerk on up.&nbsp; Tie clip and cuff links were average attire.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Slots paying in silver dollars meant nothing, except a heavy haul to the cashier to quickly convert to paper.&nbsp; People went nuts during the Hunt bros era.&nbsp; Me included.</p><p><br /></p><p>No hassles asking for rolls of whatever from tellers.&nbsp; They were happy to give them to you, and accept them back after you searched them.&nbsp; Banks encouraged kids to open an account, and to make small transactions.&nbsp; They would invite a whole classroom in to open a savings account for $1.00, give you a passbook, a piggy bank, and a thank you from the bank manager (this was in Los Angeles in the 50&#039;s).&nbsp; Lots of paper routes, and do gardeningfor neighbors equalled&nbsp; tons of change to look through.&nbsp; Many times you had older customers who paid with their old hoard of unsearched change. I had a neighbor who had a big juke box route (3 records for a quarter).&nbsp; He would take me into the bars to collect the change with him during summers.&nbsp;&nbsp; Great time to be a coin collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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