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Vending machine or automatic retailing has a long history. The first vending machine – actually it is an urn - was invented by the ancient Greeks on 215 BC, which dispensed a certain amount of holy water. It is located in an Egyptian temple.

The first coin operated vending machines were invented in the early of 1880s and introduced in London. They dispensed postcards. The next revolution of vending machine was books vending machine, invented by Richard Carlisle. Then vending machines became more and more popular, especially after coin acceptor mechanisms that could distinguish genuine coins from fakes had been patented.

The technology of automatic retailing was brought to the United States - exactly New York City - by the Thomas Adams Gum Company in 1888. The vending machines were placed on New York City subway platforms, selling Tutti-Fruiti gum. Then, the first animated gum vending machines were introduced by the Pulver Manufacturing Company in 1897, followed by round candy coated gumball and the gumball vending machines in 1907.

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