In 1883, after our friend Simeon Denham had patented the first fully-automatic stamp machine, a fellow innovator named Percival Everitt decided to one up his compatriot by creating the first modern coin-operated vending machine. For a shilling or two, the machine would dispense postcards, notepaper and envelopes.
Read PostBelieve it or not, the earliest reference to a vending machine was in the First Century AD. Yes, you read that correct. Vending machines have such a lengthy history that their origin begins even before the peak of the Roman Empire.
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