The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 26, June 26, 2005, Article 19

HOW WOULD YOU STORE 1.3 MILLION CENTS?

Dick Johnson writes: "Coinstar, the firm that puts those coin-
counting machines in supermarkets, comes up with some
interesting statistics on coins occasionally. Last Wednesday
they say an Alabama man set the record for the largest number
of cents redeemed, breaking a previous million-cent exchange.

Edmond Knowles of Flomaton, Alabama, cashed in 1,380,459
cents. A gas-station operator, he began tossing cents into five-
gallon cans in 1966. But how do you store 1.3 million cents?
By increasing the size of his containers. It required four 55-gallon
drums and three 20-gallon drums to contain all those coins.

But what wasn’t mentioned in the story was that Coinstar
charged him over $1100 for their fee."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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