What is it? Game 87

It's a shoe shine stand with built in tip jar. It's made out of Brass.

The prototype for the internet (before they switched to tubes).

Step 1: Cut a hole in a box.

A ballot box

Money box. Like a rake box at a poker table. A percentage of each pot in poker is "raked" to the house. The dealer places the raked chips in a locked box that is periodically taken away and replaced with an empty one.

It is a way to remind me not to use Google Image search when I'm searching for variations of "coin slot."

Solitary confinement for a law breaking hamster.

A piggy bank!
if pigs were box-shaped and made of metal

This is a circa 1914 biscuit voucher validator. The British Expeditionary Force in France maintained a high standard of accounts even in the forward positions, and between mass suicide charges against german machine guns would 'brew up' tea and munch on 'knackers'. Each surviving soldier was issued 1 and 1/3 tins of tea biscuits each day and on receipt had to sign and cancel a 2 inch by 3 inch papercard vouchsafe using this device.

It was common conjecture at the time that if such diligence was applied to other aspects of the military endeavor, the horrendous losses of the conflict (World War One for you post 1980 high school graduates) may have been avoided.

i guess it's something to sharp knifes. insert the blade and....taram!!!

it's an indulgence box ... you used to be able to pay your way into heaven in the Catholic church

First one got it right, shoe shine box.

Schrodeinger's Box

It's a coin-operated torture box. You stick an appendage of your choice in one end, drop in a coin, and watch the magic happen!

It's a box to collect nickels on a bus, or more likely, a trolley car.

Arcade coin box.

yes, shoe shine thingy.

Drop box for a gambling table for the house rake off. the slotted opening sits flush with a slot in the table top.

It's the top of a newspaper stand. Put the coin in, the back (not shown) unlocks so you can open it and get a newspaper.

it's the first lunch box ever created.

Bus fare collection box.

An early prototype for the "magic Fingers" bed massage

It's for miners to put their token in as they go down the pit.

The new briefcase prototype for Deal or No Deal? Gosh this could be cool. Those rail-skinny models wouldn't be able to open them, but they were always pointless anyway.

it's a disappointment/amusement box. They were designed to disappoint slow-witted children who eagerly insert coins and push the button. When nothing happens and the children cry, the cruel adults are amused. All in all, nice way to piss away an otherwise boring afternoon in Victorian times

It's obviously a monkey.

You are clearly mistaken. It's a bannana

Steampunk payphone.

its a coin operated snuff box... money in... snuff out... used to stand on shop counters...

skee ball game coin box

This is a shoe shine stand actually shoe shine boys still using it in Turkey. (Of course wooden ones)

Oprah's new lunch box?

isn't that the thing they trapped ghosts in in Ghostbusters?

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I think it's a fare box for transit use. This way when their route is done the operators could just take the fares with them when a new driver comes on.

It's a golden metal box with a handle. And a slot. And a thingie by its side.

it's a lock box for votes.

It's a trumpet. Blow through the hole, and press the button.

I think that's what the internet's inventor would refer to as a "lock-box"

Damn... Mother Mary beat me to it

It's Al Gore's famed "lock box" that all the social security money would have gone into. Clearly it's not being used.

Clearly this is a Steampunk Ghostbusters trap.

Whatever it is (piggybank?), it is on a marble surface.

Ballot box.

Admission / carnival ticket dispenser. One ticket per button push.

It's a 1981 prototype cellular telephone.

It's a parrot training box.

Insert a baby parrot inside on its back, secured with tiny leather straps. Close the lid to place the bird in solitary confinement.

At feeding time, if needed, press the button to lower a soft brush over the parrot's face to wake him up. Then say "Polly want a cracker?" and insert a cracker through the feeding slot and let go when you feel the bird grab the other end of the cracker.

You eventually train the bird to say "Polly want a cracker?" without your saying it yourself, and without using the button.

Because parrots are highly intelligent animals that require near-constant mental stimulation, the box is most effective if you leave the bird inside for several weeks until he is insane and readily repeats "Polly want a cracker?" with an incessant nervousness in his voice.

A movie theater ticket puncher.

Its a donation box

This is one of the first coin operated machines, called an honor box, circa 1800s I think. It was used at pubs. Someone would put a coin in, pull on a lever, and a drawer with tobacco would pull out. You would take your fair share of tobacco and push the drawer back in. The coin is kept in a compartment.

Apologies for posting the URL.. I missed that :(

It's a trap!!

The first piggy bank ever created.

Geez, Randal, if that isn't it, you're the greatest BSer EVER!

Randall IS the greatest! A few of these really made me chuckle (magic finger, disappointment/amusement box). Bwahahaha!

Congrats to Shrike who guessed right, though he posted a URL since there's no prize I guess it really doesn't matter ... ;)

Good of Admiral Ackbar to make an appearance!