BOXES, COIN COLLECTING
No. 705 Armoured

Boxes, Coin Collecting No. 705. This is the latter armoured version, shown mounted on a street pillar (nice if it's raining!). Originally coloured grey, the later ones were painted black.

The earlier BCC 705 was easy to break into and this armoured version was fitted throughout the country to combat the growing cash box thefts.

The back plate and cash compartment where known as the Compartment, Cash No. 3E. The top cover was called the Cover No. 50C (see below).

The engineering cover Lock No. 39 was replaced by the Lock No. 42. The cash container was replaced with a different model, but the Lock No. 6 remained. Access to the cash container lock was from underneath the BCC. Once unlocked the cash container front plate slide upwards revealing the cash box.

It used the original Bellset, but this was replaced later with a cost reduced model based on the telephone No. 746 printed circuit board.

The handset is fitted with a heavy duty plastic cord and the earpiece and mouthpiece are riveted to prevent theft. Later dials had a dial label cover made of unbreakable plastic and this was fixed by a central screw that could only be removed with an Allen key.

A special coin slot cover, the Label No. 511, was also produced and this was used to cover the coin slot hole when the mechanism was removed.

According to diagram N805 Issue L (1979) the armoured BCC No. 705 was renamed as the Box, Coin Collecting No. 21.

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The pictures below are dated 1970