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The_Duke Pillar of the Community United States 1745 Posts	Posted 03/19/2010 8:55 pm Does anyone remember this? I had one when I was a kid (late 1960's- early 70's). You could load an entire roll of cents - quarters into the tube and pull a coin out one at a time and look at it under the lighted lens with a plastic slider bar. It would also allow you to flip the coin over to see the other side. It would then dump it out the bottom. Not very gentle, but it worked. I found this picture on ebay...... Here is the ebay link with more pictures: http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-SCAN-O-...ER_W0QQitemZ 160413385243QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item255962021b Edited by The_Duke 03/19/2010 9:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Libertad Pillar of the Community Canada 3692 Posts	Posted 03/19/2010 9:02 pm Can you blow up that picture a little more? I can't make out most of it. Report this Post to the Staff
Dunroven New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 10/18/2018 7:51 pm I just found your post while looking for more information about the scanomatic. My dad and friends invented and patented it around 1959. They used to sell them out of their garage. He recently passed away and we found one in his attic. They were invented in Mentor, OH. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/18/2018 8:19 pm Thanks for that! Been around a long time but don't remember this at all. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188105 Posts	Posted 10/19/2018 10:27 am That is very interesting. to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
The_Duke Pillar of the Community United States 1745 Posts	Posted 10/19/2018 1:57 pm Dunroven, Thanks for sharing your story. I'm sorry to hear about your Dad, and I hope you save and preserve that model and share what it meant to young (and old) collectors. Duke Report this Post to the Staff
Pennywise142 Valued Member United States 90 Posts	Posted 10/21/2018 11:43 am Dunroven, My condolences to you about your father as well. I'm glad to know the back story on this as I'm still using mine. Report this Post to the Staff
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