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Rest in Peace
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Any Ideas? Was going through an old storage box of years ago, came across this one. It is slightly magnetic, therefore suspect a nickel base coating. Maybe because no mint sets?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I think because "Why Not?".
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My theory on "why" is because they needed to know if they could...   er...your theory makes more sense; let's go with what you got...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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It would be fun to nickel or chrome plate clad Roosies as part of a high school lab experiment. It certainly wouldn't be hard to do. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It has a bezel on it. It may/may not be chrome plated. The edge is covered.
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Hey PBP, haven't seen ya much, welcome back!  EMERGENCY ONLY for what, pay toilets? Don't leave home without it!" Edited by Crazyb0
02/05/2018 4:32 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks crazybo ! Been pretty busy with work and music haven't had a lot of time for anything else. I can't think of a better emergency to have a dime! Do they even have pay toilets any more? I haven't seen any for years.
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Rest in Peace
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Naw, pay toilets are thing of past, now they pay you, just take it to any news outlet....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's what they mean when they're talking about cycled news.  |
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GIGO computer term meaning "Garbage IN, Garbage OUT..." 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Back in the early 1980s we had some chromed cents wander in the door in change at our family hardware store. Other stores had the same experience for a while. I remember hearing that an exhibitor at a classic auto meet in Denver handed them out as promo items. I wonder if something like that explains your dime?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:
EMERGENCY ONLY for what, pay toilets? Don't leave home without it!" Phone calls. Back in ye olden days before cell phones there were things called "pay phones". After about 1971 the cost to make a local call was a quarter, but from the time when they were invented in the early 20th century until 1971 the cost to make a call was a dime. People were often advised to make sure they always had a dime on them "in case of an emergency" so they could call for help. |
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Conder101...1982 dime....:)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not the one in the EMERGENCY ONLY bezel. And there is no telling when the holder was made. You can put any dime in it.
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