58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL vending machines were invented in the 1st century AD, and accepted coins in exchange for wine or holy wateren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1370arrow-down13
arrow-up1367arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squarePacrat173@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoI wonder how much it would cost in modern cash
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·4 days agoStill 1 coin, since it operated on the weight of whatever you put in.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·4 days agoSo one penny is probably the best deal.
minus-squareTaterTot@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoI’d reckon a nearby small rock might be better?
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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:
minus-squareTown@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoI wonder how consistent the pours were.
I wonder how much it would cost in modern cash
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:
I wonder how consistent the pours were.