The latest thing in retail point-of-sale is the ability to tap your credit card to make a purchase. This Brandt Automatic Cashier. The idea is that you enter the amount of sale and it dispenses the change. Here is a short explanation of the machine from a blog post entitled, "Antiques and appraisals: The Brandt Automatic Cashier."
Brandt Manufacturing was founded by Edward J. Brandt of Watertown, Wisconsin. In the early 1920s he was employed at a small bank, and was in charge of making a lot of coin transactions as well as payroll disbursement for local companies. Because working with change was so time-consuming, he wanted to find an easier and error-free way to handle coins. After banking hours Brandt developed this automatic cashier to help. By the late 1950s he had expanded his business into Chicago (where he had built a large factory), Washington, DC, and Canada. At the 1964 World’s Fair, all coin receipts were handled using these machines. Brandt Manufacturing went through several changes and buyouts over the years. The Glory Group of Japan purchased the company in 2012.
Most of the same machines I saw online dated from the 1920s. Here is another link for even more information about the company.
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