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12-10-2010, 04:51 AM
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Montana Fan
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Location: Moultonborough
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Canadian coins, why don't they work???
I was servicing the coin boxes on the washing machines last week and found something interesting and wanted to pass it on.
There is a sign that say the machines do not take Canadian coins, WHY???
Some one had tried to use a Canadian quarter, and it was hung up.
Most vending machine (coin operated) have a large magnet where the coins enter the machine, (so to pick up slugs)
Canadian 5-cent, 10-cent and 25-cent coins are magnetic and thus do not work in vending machines in the United States.
So it has nothing to do with the value of the dollar, it is just that Canadian coins have more steel in it, try a magnet on a US coin, will not pick it up, then on a Canadian coin.
Now you know the whole story.
Happy Holiday
E. Sven
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12-10-2010, 05:10 AM
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Montana Master
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Location: North Ridgeville
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Not to mention that they are not exactly the same size and do not weigh the same.
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12-10-2010, 09:08 AM
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Montana Fan
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so i should use copper slugs instead of steel slugs ..lol
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12-10-2010, 04:54 PM
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Montana Master
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Location: Texas City
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You can make a penny a dime for machines.
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12-10-2010, 06:32 PM
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Montana Master
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Waynem
You can make a penny a dime for machines.
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12-10-2010, 08:48 PM
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Montana Master
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Not to change the subject but have you noticed the newer five dollar bills? On the vending machines that take the five, I have yet to find a machine that will take the new ones. Back to the quarters, I believe with the Canadian quarters, there is quite a big difference between the weight of them.
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12-11-2010, 01:04 AM
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Montana Master
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Interesting, didn't know they had Iron in them.
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12-11-2010, 02:30 AM
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Montana Master
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" Currently the base metal used in Canadian coins is steel with either a copper or nickel plating. The composition of coins was recently changed at the turn of the last century. This was done not only to save money but to conserve on the amount of metal as well. Using steel as the base metal allows the mint flexibility to produce other types of coins that can be sold as collectors items. The United States experimented with steel coins back during World War II but the designs were poor and the coins were prone to rusting. The Canadian Mint appears to be taking a different approach to using steel as the main metal is their coins."
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12-11-2010, 09:24 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: lebanon
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If the sign says do not use canadian coins why would one try and put them in the machine??? If one is real lucky and puts a canadian coin in the slide maybe they will lose the coin learning a valuable lesson, kind of like the wet paint sign, touch it and see if it is weT!!!!
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12-12-2010, 08:58 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Santa Fe Springs
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M.O.C. #639
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by carlson
I was servicing the coin boxes on the washing machines last week and found something interesting and wanted to pass it on.
There is a sign that say the machines do not take Canadian coins, WHY???
Some one had tried to use a Canadian quarter, and it was hung up.
Most vending machine (coin operated) have a large magnet where the coins enter the machine, (so to pick up slugs)
Canadian 5-cent, 10-cent and 25-cent coins are magnetic and thus do not work in vending machines in the United States.
So it has nothing to do with the value of the dollar, it is just that Canadian coins have more steel in it, try a magnet on a US coin, will not pick it up, then on a Canadian coin.
Now you know the whole story.
Happy Holiday
E. Sven
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Well for one it is curancy is from another country, using it in vending machines in the USA is agenst the law, I believe it is call theft of a product or service.
if you have that many coins to use in a wash machine and are in the USA go to a bank and cash them in for american money.
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12-12-2010, 04:32 PM
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Montana Master
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Location: North Ridgeville
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M.O.C. #2839
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Living in Northern Ohio we get Canadian coins all the time. It is so normal you don't even look to see if it is Canadian or USA. Up there it would be a common mistake to put a Canadian coin in a vending machine you just don't notice. Execpt for the loonies and toonies..those guys stand out.
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12-12-2010, 06:06 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Moultonborough
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M.O.C. #3268
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Rich,
Nice explanation on the minting.
Most people do not check closely when they put coins into machines.
The one I found with the problem had 3 US and 1 Canadian.
The only one I have not had a problem knowing the difference is the "Loony"
E. Sven
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