Coin Operated machines on History's Modern Marvels show (on now)

Weiss

Flip it on now if you're in the central time zone. Lots of antique machines, running from penny arcade games through parking meters--and including our favorite, the coin star machine

Details of the show

nicetoning42107

Yeah, my Dad's watching it right now. lol

Gemini

Thanks fot the heads up Weiss I caught the tail end of it I had no idea that the Coin Star Operation was so huge and employed so many workers. The two museums of coin operated antique amusements they showed was really fun and interesting. I remember my brother and I using some of these machines in the Penny Arcades at Coney Island in the late 1940's where you could with a handfull of Lincoln cents enjoy many a happy hour. I hope they re-run the show again later on tonite.

garsmith

We used to have lots of coin operated machines here; now most of them take bills only and when you "cash out" instead of getting coins you get a paper ticket

drwstr123

I saw it and look at them as part of coin collecting: