Talk:Slug (coin)

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The etymology section is woeful and is merely a definition of the item already described and defined in the article, I am removing it until someone is able to replace it with an actual etymology. 86.13.119.97 (talk) 15:39, 8 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

In 2002, shortly after the introduction of the Euro cash, many cigarette machines in Austria and other countries would accept a 10 Baht coin from Thailand for a 2 Euro coin. It was also possible to "exchange" Baht to Euro by inserting the 10 Baht and pressing cancel. This trick was stopped after half a year and also customs control checked the passengers from Thailand on the airports thouroughly for Baht-coins. If I find some sources, I will add that story, if I may. --Daniel-tbs (talk) 15:10, 3 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

When I was in Europe in 2000, I remember that restaurants often had pay toilets...but if you asked your server where the restroom was, they would give you a slug. My understanding was basically that the pay toilet was intended to be paid for passers-by and that the servers were allowed to give customers a slug as a workaround. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.174.121.147 (talk) 18:04, 6 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

Multiple items were deleted under 'use of other currencies' which lack citations and/or lack credibility. Restore these examples only when properly cited.

The Canadian quarter was also accepted by at least some US vending machines interchangeably with the US quarter until at least 2001. The usefulness of this to offenders varied greatly over time; during the 1970s and 1980s, the Canadian and US quarters were very similar in value.^{[citation needed]}

In the UK, during the late 1990s some coin-operated slot machines would accept two 1-schilling coins glued together as if they were a £1 coin.^{[citation needed]} The two original coins had a net value of under 10p at the current exchange rate. Coin detectors were soon reprogrammed to detect and reject the Austrian Schilling. Not long thereafter it was possible to buy on the Internet a bag of 100 washers for under £20 that had been deliberately made to fool the machines into accepting them as £1 coins.^{[citation needed]} Coin detectors were again reprogrammed to reject those slugs as well.

The Irish pound coin in use from 1990 to 2002 was the same size as the old pre-decimal penny, so vending machines had to be modified to differentiate them.^{[citation needed]} Many machines simply had the pound slot disabled with a riveted plate.^{[citation needed]}

Many coin-operated machines in Germany would accept the 1992, 1993 and 1995 stampings of the cupronickel Estonian 1 kroon coin as a German 1 mark coin.^{[citation needed]} This was profitable for users of the Estonian coins as the kroon was pegged to the mark at a fixed rate of 8:1. All cupronickel 1 kroon coins were demonetized in May 1998 and the replacement aluminium-bronze Estonian 1 kroon coin was not interchangeable with the German mark in coin-operated machines.^{[citation needed]}

In the US, Connecticut Turnpike tokens had a value of 17.5 cents in the early 1980s, but due to having a similar design as New York City subway tokens worth 75 cents it became common for commuters to use the Turnpike tokens on the subway.^{[citation needed]} The matter went unresolved for three years; users were not prosecuted, but when Connecticut discontinued tolls on the Turnpike, they agreed to redeem the roughly two million tokens from the MTA at face value.^{[citation needed]}

Similar frauds have also occurred in the US, as the Philippine 1-peso coin (worth about two U.S. cents) is roughly the same size as the quarter.^{[citation needed]} Newer digital parking meters are not affected by the fraud, though most vending machines will accept them as quarters.