Exhibit 3.1.16

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                        PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                               CORPORATION BUREAU
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                   ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT-DOMESTIC CORPORATION
                                  (15 Pa.C.S.)

---------------              x     Business Corporation   (ss 1915)
   2072587                -------
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                          -------  Nonprofit Corporation  (ss 5915)


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Name                                          NAME AND ADDRESS YOU ENTER TO
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City          State     Zip Code

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Fee: $52                        ------------------------------------------------
..........                      Filed in the Department of State on FEB 14, 2003
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                                ACTING


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                                          Secretary of the Commonwealth

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     In compliance with the requirements of the applicable  provisions (relating
to articles of  amendment),  the  undersigned,  desiring to amend its  articles,
hereby states that:

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1. The Name of the corporation is:

USA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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2.   The (a) address of this  corporation's  current  registered  office in this
     Commonwealth or (b) name of its commercial  registered  office provider and
     the county of venue is (the Department is hereby  authorized to correct the
     following information to conform to the records of the Department):

(a) Number and Street         City     State     Zip      County
200 PLANT AVENUE              WAYNE     PA       19087    DELAWARE
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(b) Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider         County
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3.   The statute by or under which it was incorporated:

                                   PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW OF 1988
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4.   The date of its incorporation: JANUARY 16, 1992
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5.   CHECK, AND IF APPROPRIATE COMPLETE, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

 X    The amendment shall be effective upon filing these Articles of Amendment
----  in the Department of State.



----  The amendment shall be effective on:__________at_____________
                                            Date          Hour

PA. DEPT OF STATE

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6.   CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

 X   The amendment was adopted by the shareholders or members pursuant to
     15 Pa.C.S. ss 1914(a) and (b) or ss 5914(a).
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     The amendment was adopted by the board of directors pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S.
     ss 1914(c) or ss 5914(b).
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7.   CHECK AND IF APPROPRIATE, COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

     The amendment adopted by the corporation, set forth in full, is as follows
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 X    The amendment adopted by the corporation is set forth in full in Exhibit
----  A attached hereto and made a part hereof.

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8.   CHECK IF THE AMENDMENT RESTATES THE ARTICLES:

     The restated Articles of Incorporation supersede the original articles
     and all amendments thereto.
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                                  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned
                                  corporation has caused these Articles of
                                  Amendment to be signed by a duly
                                  authorized thereof this

                                    14TH   day   of  FEBRUARY
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                                   2003
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                                            USA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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                                             Name of Corporation

                                          /s/ George R. Jensen, Jr.
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                                          George R. Jensen (Signature)
                                          Chief Executive Officer
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                                                     Title



                                  EXHIBIT "A"
                                     TO THE
                          ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE
                           ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                             USA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


     Paragraph   (A)  CLASSES  OF  STOCK  of  Article  4  of  the   Articles  of
Incorporation  of the Company  shall be amended and  restated to read in full as
follows:

                    "(A)" CLASSES OF STOCK. The aggregate number of shares which
                    the  corporation  shall  have  the  authority  to  issue  is
                    301,800,000  shares,  divided  into  300,000,000  shares  of
                    Common Stock,  without par value,  and  1,800,000  shares of
                    Series Preferred Stock, without par value."