Coin Acceptors history

1964 - Standard Change-Makers introduced the acceptance of $1 bills into their United States Change Machines.

Nippon Conlux manufactured the Japan’s first coin mechanism in 1967 which is registered among the materials on the history of industrial technology with National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo.

1978 was the year $5.00 bill acceptance was introduced into the company's changer line.

CashCode started developing bill validators in 1991 and has continued its work with award winning products and patents.

He sold Royal Vendors in 1996 to Coin Acceptors Inc. (St Louis, MO) and retired for a second time.

Automated Merchandising Systems, most often known as AMS, was founded in 1997 by Roy Steeley, a veteran in the vending industry.

In 1998, Standard introduced the enhanced "System 600-FST" that featured more advanced technology to deal with the growing challenges of fraud and theft facing self-service business owners.

In 2000 CashCode introduced its first frontload bill validator and continued its developments to meet the global realization of multi-width currencies and engineered a truly automatic multi-width note alignment mechanism.

Coin Acceptors, also known as Coinco, had revenue of $200 million for 2003.

Jim McNutt, Sr. served as Chairman of the Board until his passing in June, 2006.

2008 - the System 600-EF bill acceptor was introduced replacing the System 600-FST. The newer version featured a faster processor, more memory space to store more bills in circulation, four-way bill acceptance and upgrades in sensor technology.

Standard started working with the EZ-Pay partners at the 2009 Clean Show.