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Squeeze coin purses became especially popular from the 1950s through the 1980s in North America and Europe. They were particularly useful when coins were essential for public telephones, buses, parking meters, vending machines, and laundromats.

They also became popular promotional products. Banks, gas stations, insurance companies, hardware stores, and other businesses often printed their names, logos, addresses, or telephone numbers on them and distributed them as inexpensive advertising giveaways.

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