greenwyvern
Jr. Member
- Apr 11, 2014
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- Teknetics T2 & Delta 4000 & Bounty Hunter Time Ranger
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
When you could get your change cleaned and returned to you? Keep in mind I am an old geezer but I remember my grandfather going into the lobby of hotels and turning over his change to be cleaned. Usually there was an old black man behind the teller like bars and he would spin the coins manually in a tumbler full of soap, water and I guess some abrasive. I remember at one hotel you could just exchange your dirty coins for clean coins or you could get a receipt for the amount you left and come bake later to claim the exact same coins you left. There was one I remember that had converted an old sewing machine with the big foot petal so he could sit and read the racing news while pumping the pedal to turn the canister with the coins.
I don't know if they took a percentage for doing the cleaning or if the hotel paid them. The shoe shine table would always be near-by.
This was the early 50s and maybe it was because of the polio scare. My parents and grandfather thought you could get polio by looking wrong at someone. I guess during the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s there were a lot of people who would not use paper money, my grandfather being one. When he walked he jingled. He told me that's how he got his ladies. Sometimes if he somehow got some paper money it was my job to walk to the bank and exchange the bills for silver dollars. He would give me a nickel for doing it. boy I worked cheap....but really miss those days.
I don't know if they took a percentage for doing the cleaning or if the hotel paid them. The shoe shine table would always be near-by.
This was the early 50s and maybe it was because of the polio scare. My parents and grandfather thought you could get polio by looking wrong at someone. I guess during the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s there were a lot of people who would not use paper money, my grandfather being one. When he walked he jingled. He told me that's how he got his ladies. Sometimes if he somehow got some paper money it was my job to walk to the bank and exchange the bills for silver dollars. He would give me a nickel for doing it. boy I worked cheap....but really miss those days.