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Follow Up ...... from the 1st Issue by John Carini
As you may recall, in the first issue of C.O.C.A. we asked the readers to help us
out with information on a vending machine we had picked up on our West Coast vaca-
tion (see photo). Well, last month we received an e-mail from Kevin Gowland of
England, explaining the machine. He wrote:
This machine was basically a "Universal " type and I've seen it with
Confectionary, Cigarettes and Nestle printed down the sides. It came individually and
also in a set of 3 on a purpose build stand that usually had some sort of related adver-
tising on a time lithographed sign board along the bottom. The 2/- is the English
shorthand for the old two shilling coin which existed before we went over to decimal
in 1971. After '71 , the new 10 pence piece was the same size and value as the old two
shillings, but more recent 10 pence pieces are smaller in size. I have one with
Confectionary printed down the sides. I originally had 3 - two were on 6 pence and
one was on 3 pence. At 2/-, I would say that yours would definitely have been for the
sale of cigarettes.
Thanks for the information Kevin! Now if we could only figure out how an English machine
ended up for sale in a Snohomish, WA antique shop?
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