Early 1970's. Pal and I got hold of Abby Hoffman's Steal This Book. It was loaded with info on how to steal things. E.g., how many albums would fit into a certain size pizza box.
We liked the counterfeit coin scam.
We bought a box of #20 brass washers for cheap at the hardware store. Size of a dime and same weight. Put a piece of masking tape on one side to thwart the optical scanner/eject function in a candy, soda or cigarette machine and we had it made right up until we got caught.
Cig machine took maybe ten "coins" and most remember how long it would take a dime to drop through the mechanism. Too long of a passage of time and a passer-by got up our rears about being too young at 15. No time served, just a verbal beat down.
