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Originally Posted by Hermitcrab
Interesting fact about POA coinboxes: international calls were only possible from them to European countries and not further afield. However in around 1986 international dialling from the now dying POA's was extended to North America. Quite why, I am not sure as you would need a sackful of 10p pieces and each would only last a few seconds.
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I think several 10p coins could be pre inserted and stored in escrow, I can't remember how many.