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daltex
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Stopped to get gas in Sylva, North Carolina Thursday and saw this in the store. Didn't try my luck.
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Interesting.
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i must've been born with the SUCKER tattoo as i'd HAVE to put a couple bucks into that thing!
imagine pulling a 19p ddo merc or 3 1/2 leg no date buff or something crazy. if not, no biggie.
pretty neat to see it nonetheless.
Anything to make a buck (or 50 cents) these days...
When I was a kid (1970s), the grocery store had a bank of gumball machines in the foyer. For a while, one of the machines had those plastic capsules, each containing a shiny steel penny. Too shiny - I believe chrome plated! I don't remember how much they cost, but I guarantee more than they were worth.
Haven't seen something like that for years.
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Pretty good idea actually.
Just saw this one today. For .75¢ the struggle is real. Got to tear up the couch cushions and dump out my change looking for a few quarters.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
I've not seen one of these yet, but very cool!
By looking at the containers inside I can see mostly copper coins meaning probably wheat cents. Not surprised.
Just remember, the guy getting your quarters is the same guy putting the coins in the machine.
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I wonder why they singled out the '57-D.
Where was this?
No clue about the 57-D…a flea market hoard? It was in Duncan, SC
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@csanotes I want the 1916 Roosevelt dimes lol
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Interesting... but I would not bother getting any.... Rather I would talk to the proprietor and ask if he needed coins for his inventory. I have jars of cents, nickels, dimes and quarters. Sell for a slight markup over face...
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That would be a good score! And here I was licking my lips on the 1916 SLQ. A key date when the Roos Dime would be a superduper key date find if it was a 1916.
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I'm guessing the 1957-D is listed, because a well worn 57-D or similar wheatback is what you are going to get for your 75 cents.
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I saw another one of those machines in Carthage, NC about 5 years ago. I couldn't resist.
My "prizes" were a well-worn 1919 wheatie and a small Argentine coin with a 5 on the reverse.
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Over 40 years ago Village Coin Shop, the first coin shop I ever went to as a kid had one of these. For a quarter you would either end up with V or Buffalo nickels, indian cents, steel cents and sometimes large Canadian cents. Never got a Mercury dime, which was what I was always hoping for. The lady who ran the shop finally talked me into buying one from the binder, but I used to love that machine.
IIRC some poster here a few years ago had a post about these machines. Think he stated he saw one in a truck stop.