[Phono-L] Coin-op coin thickness

Steven Medved steve_noreen at msn.com
Fri Nov 10 10:23:35 PST 2006


Allen,
 
Thanks, I am very impressed with and greatly appreciate the description you gave, especially the partner lock and battery replacement.The 1883 liberty nickel did not have the word cents on it when it was first made, so being the same size as a $5 gold piece it was gold plated and passed off as $5.  I read that one man who did this was a deaf-mute and purchased exactly five cents worth of items and at his trial he successfully claimed that he thought the $4.95 he was given in change was charity due to his condition.Five cents used to be a lot of money, in the song He's a Devil in his own home town Billy Murray sings: He spends a five cent piece thinks nothing of it.  Coins and phonographs are both wonderful hobbies and the coin op has elements of both.
 
Thanks again,
 
Steve
 
 


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