Those penny machines are all over Disneyland's California Adventure, not to
mention San Diego's Old Toen.


At 01:26 PM 6/17/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Histarchers. . .
>
>You all probably remember the recent discussion on oval tokens made by
>coin-op machines, railroad tracks, etc.  Just because I know we all have
>nothing better to do, I thought I'd report that while on vacation this
>weekend, I found one of these machines in operation in Seattle, in the
>"Olde Curiousity Shop" on the waterfront.
>
>Inspired by the discussion on HISTARCH, I plugged in my 51 cents, and
>within three seconds, had a beautiful, gleaming oval token embossed with
>the store's logo.  On top of the machine, there were books for sale in
>which to house one's collection of smooshed penny tokens. . . I guess
>it's still a going concern.  Maybe just an olde curiosity. . .
>
>
>Kris Farmen
>Northern Land Use Research, Inc.
>Fairbanks, Alaska


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