Someone Tried To Make A Dime

Well, we thought it was. Back in junior high there was a study hall class in an auditorium with a concrete floor. Kids would put a penny under their shoe and drag it back and forth to make it thinner, then spend a few minutes rubbing the edges on the floor to make it smaller. I think the coke machines back then were 15 cents, so you could get a coke and a nickel back for 2 cents. What else is there to do in study hall? Study?

The other junior high discovery was that Mexican 5 centavo coins were almost exactly the same size as a dime and would work in any vending machine.

Very interesting find!

For what it is worth, a dime in 1936 is equivalent to about $2.40 today.