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Rest in Peace
United States
233 Posts |
A few years ago, I was thrilled to discover that the ticket machine at the 34th Street NYC East River Ferry dock was returning US Dollar Coins as change. That did not take me out of my way to use the ferry, but it did mean that I always paid with a twenty-dollar bill.  Cheap thrills, eh? Now that the ferries have been 'integrated' into the local Metro Card system, I suspect those days are gone. Many years before that, there was a vending machine in a US Postal Service branch that was returning dollar coins as change ... perhaps in Boca Raton FL. Meanwhile, a friend tells me that he recently got dollar coins as change from a "T" ticket machine in Boston. Q/ Do you know of any Vending Machines that currently return US Dollar Coins as change? Let's make a list! Cheers, /s/ ikeyPikey (who knows that Real Collectors buy coin rolls at the bank) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3323 Posts |
In my area the postal dispensers still give dollar coins. I expect they will go away before long. Also, automatic carwashes here will give dollars. I've gotten sacs, sbas and prez coins there.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4211 Posts |
The post office near my job use to have a machine that dispensed $1 coins, but it was removed after someone broke in to the PO and tried to steal it.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Post office machine still spitting SBA's. The U.S. has enough of them to last for another 369 years!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12477 Posts |
I don't think there are any machines releasing dollar coins around me.
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Edited by spru
03/16/2018 02:20 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2311 Posts |
Inside the Amazon warehouse I work at they give golden dollars as change from the vending machines. (SAC) Edited by solotime
03/16/2018 03:12 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
17896 Posts |
When I was in LA in November 2014 the ticket machine at the LAX Green Line Metro Station gave dollar coins in change.
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New Member
United States
39 Posts |
The monorail in Las Vegas gave them in change .
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Pillar of the Community
United States
562 Posts |
The paid parking lot in Ybor City gave me a hand full of Presidential dollars and I'm thinking the trolley car ticket machine gave dollar coins as well. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
997 Posts |
I have seen a few pop machines here and there that dispense dollar coins. The last time I saw one, a year or two ago at the car dealer, I used a 20 and got 18 dollar coins back. 5 were SBA's and the rest assorted Golden's. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
17896 Posts |
Edited by NumisRob
03/16/2018 3:58 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12813 Posts |
As others have said, the PO near me used to give $1 coins in change, but that machine has long been replaced. Can't think of anywhere else around here.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
Any vending machine in a government facility that takes coins is required to accept them. I would imagine if they take them,they also dispense them.
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Valued Member
United States
175 Posts |
The vending machines where I work takes and gives $1 coins. Southwest ohio
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Valued Member
United States
175 Posts |
We do get impaired proofs every now and then
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Moderator
 United States
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My post office used to dispense dollar coins in the automated machine. I would get the same cheap thrill buying stamps with a twenty. However, those machines were only around for a few years, replaced with ones that take electronic payment only. If you want to pay cash, you get in queue, but the staff does not give out dollar coins for change.  |
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Posted 03/15/2018 8:38 pm
