Hell yeah 60c of chips was a feast for you and your mate... anyways, back then we used to tear a 2 dollar note diagonally and take it into 2 different banks with a sob story about how the other half got caught in the car/drain/etc, get free 2 bucks, go and buy chips with it... 
Yep - couldn't eat em all if it was 60 cents worth , that was heaps!
Our caper was Coke or other soft drink bottles for refund coinage , we scammed a heap of em down at the local beaches or river fronts where the kiosks were - usually had a bloody fortune in lollies stashed away every weekend , kept us grommets busy every weekend without fail
