From: wb8foz@panix.com   
      
   Thomas Prufer  writes:   
      
      
   >I expect the coins are a pain in the neck: they need to be   
   >collected, attract vandalism, and AFAIK banks really don't   
   >like to accept coins in large amounts...  So a reduction or   
   >abolishment is a Good Thing, as far as the handling goes.   
      
   There was an entire cadre of Bell workers called   
   "nickel snatchers" who went out, swapped out the locked coinbox   
   for an empty one, and locked the box into his truck.   
      
   At the end of his shift, the truck went through the sally port,   
   where the coinboxes were unlocked and carried into a room with   
   women wearing pocketless smocks. They worked on a large flat   
   table with overhead observers. They opened the coinboxes and   
   counted the coinage.   
      
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