58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL vending machines were invented in the 1st century AD, and accepted coins in exchange for wine or holy wateren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down12
arrow-up1345arrow-down1external-linkTIL vending machines were invented in the 1st century AD, and accepted coins in exchange for wine or holy wateren.wikipedia.org58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 months agoStill 1 coin, since it operated on the weight of whatever you put in.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoSo one penny is probably the best deal.
minus-squareTaterTot@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoI’d reckon a nearby small rock might be better?
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI would use the coin the vending operator wanted me to as long as it exists in this millennium, but I would have to be on the lookout for sheisters with their arcade tokens and coin blanks:
Still 1 coin, since it operated on the weight of whatever you put in.
So one penny is probably the best deal.
I’d reckon a nearby small rock might be better?
I would use the coin the vending operator wanted me to as long as it exists in this millennium, but I would have to be on the lookout for sheisters with their arcade tokens and coin blanks: