coin box

Arcade machine slot

A coin box is a container designed to receive coins, typically as payment or collection.

The term most often refers to the receptacle on pay phones, parking meters, vending machines, or laundromat equipment: She dropped quarters into the coin box.

A coin box may also be a locked container for storing collected coins or a hobbyist's case for displaying a coin collection.

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payphone · phone booth · parking meter · parking garage · vending machine · deposit · storage · container · jukebox · cashbox · register · slot · collection · turnstile · donation · padlock · intake · savings

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payment method

coin boxcard reader

Device reading encoded strips

credit card terminal · chip reader · tap-to-pay · Apple Pay · mobile payment

money flow direction

coin boxcoin dispenser

Device distributing metal currency

cash dispenser · change machine · ATM · piggy bank

Family

coin, box, coins, coined, coining, coinage, boxes, boxed, boxing

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G