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Going through some old images, as I move over to my new computer set-up, I found this which I thought I'd posted, but upon searching my image archive here at CCF I didn't find it... So enjoy!  (apologies if I found it here and am uploading it again)."Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
04/19/2026 6:47 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Excellent, westcoin - that's hilarious!  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Brilliant! |
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Valued Member
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 In this day and age, I think CoinStar machines would make more sense than payphones. |
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In this day and age, I think CoinStar machines would make more sense than payphones. Truth.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Payphones... Last coin find from a payphone was at Oakland International Airport back in the early '80s...
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Last coin find from a payphone was at Oakland International Airport back in the early '80s Was that your last find from a payphone, or the last one for anyone? Edited by SquareCircle
05/07/2026 08:30 am
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I cannot remember the last time I found change in a payphone, but the last time I used one was in 1989 when I ran out of gas.  In 1990 I installed my first car phone. No more payphones for me.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Forum members -if you don't have one of these coins, then I recommend that you obtain one as soon as possible. This coin really revolutionized my life and made me much more efficient!  How often have your boss / wife / friends / colleagues / kids /parents asked you why you haven't done something, and you've replied "I'll do it but I haven't got a round duit yet!" So get a round duit and become efficient! Edited by NumisRob
05/07/2026 11:30 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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As a teen I found the local dump where GE took phones, The GTE phone mart in the mall did not actually repair phones (as they said), instead they swapped a new one for your old one and tossed the old one. There was a gigantic pile of phones with small things like bad caps or loose wires. Our 12 room house thereafter had 15 phones in it. This included mostly push buttons (new concept back then) which allegedly did not work in our area and were very expensive to buy when the company said your area could use them. After a couple years of using them, the company (allegedly) implemented push button service in our area. Since they owned and rented all phones, the company upped the monthly price when you bought a push button phone from them. Back to the coin issue...the dump also included non-working rotary dial payphones. After swapping the guts I had a workable unit but took out the coin registering parts so I could use it at home. Had it for years but sold it in the 90s. I loved the dinging sound as coins were inserted and fell into the phone. Now it's one of those things I wish I had kept! Ironic I still have the coin box sitting on the small table next to my chair here b/c yesterday I was thinking of selling it on ebay! |
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My dad's dad worked for Bell. We always had more phones than we were paying for.  After the breakup 1/1/84, that no longer mattered. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I had a huge boxful b/c it was fun to repair them. So I sold a lot at our garage sales as well as installed phones for free for a lot of friends. It helped that my brother once found 9 large metal spools of telephone wire beside the RR tracks. Still have one to this day hanging from my shop ceiling. Been using it all these years for odd jobs of tying things down, wiring computer circuits, running speaker wire (long before bluetooth!), etc. Used so very much of it but still a lifetime supply left on the spool even after all these years.
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Pillar of the Community
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After spending two years in the US Navy, my father then spent 20 years in the USAF, before starting a 25-year career working for Ma Bell.
I remember when phones were leased, not bought. And if there was a problem with your phone, they'd send a tech on a house call to either repair or replace it.
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Still have one to this day hanging from my shop ceiling... a lifetime supply left on the spool even after all these years. Nice!  Quote:
I remember when phones were leased, not bought. Yup, which is what I was hinting at about (not) paying for our (extra) phone(s). The breakup put the kibosh on that. I remember our first non Western Electric phone, a Trimline knock-off bought at the mall. |
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