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1936 redemtion machine
danny_galaga:
ok, so a few of us met up in sydney and had a great time. as well as severely testing bones cab we went to the blue mountains for some scenery. there we found a WORKING redemption machine from 1936! there is nothing on the net about it so i created one of my quick and dirty web pages with shmokes favourite background colours to document this rare beast. it was built in france by a company called bonzin and sopransi in 1936
http://dannygalaga.com/bonzin.html
oh, we also found two cocktails. a hankin with frogger and possibly a taito with amigo on it.
unclet:
I would think spending $0.20 in 1936 for one piece of candy would be way too much to spend at that time.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: unclet on December 31, 2007, 09:47:00 pm ---I would think spending $0.20 in 1936 for one piece of candy would be way too much to spend at that time.
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hehe. back then it would have been one PENNY, which was roughly the size of the modern 20c piece. not many people would be carrying around pre-decimal currency in australia anymore ;)
SavannahLion:
Did Australia go through a depression like what Europe and the U.S. experienced?
The U.S. hit the depression in 1929 and didn't economically improve until WWII started. Spending twenty U.S. cents in 1936 for candy in the U.S. would've been ---smurfing--- insane, but was Australia economically better off at that time?
SirPeale:
You really like that black text on dark blue background thing, huh?