Coin Slot Magazine - #066 - 1980 - August [International Arcade Museum]
SERIAL
NUMBER
UPDATE
By Dick Bueschel
Bally RELIANCE Dice Machine
Will they ever end. The serial numbers, that is. It seems
not. Just when it looks like we're working a dry hole, up
pop two or three or more collectors that have long lists of
their collections. And thus, more information for us all.
Some interesting items this month, particularly in the
area of off-beat machines. The first foreign machines have
made it to the Serial Number Update in the form of the
British BEN HUR models. Although they are listed as 50$
Another interesting addition is the Buckley BONES. The
serial is 001,963, which suggests that they started out with
six digits and left holes (in the way of zeros) to fill out
starting at the bottom. It's strange that the Buckley
BONES and the Bally RELIANCE, both very similar
machines, did the same thing with their serials. The Bally
serials also have the added "zero" digits in many cases.
machines, that's not actually right. They are really 1d.
machines, and the large British penny is just about the
month, and that's always exciting. The machine is the Mills
same size as an American half dollar. The rule is, if a
SILENT JACKPOT FRONT VENDER, serial 312,820, with
machine doesn't look American and it plays on 50$ it's
probably British. Also, although the machines in this
the date July 20, 1931 on the inside of the machine.
month's list are called BEN HUR models by most collec
tors, their foreign name is actually the COMMERCIAL
They were made both for export by Caille in Detroit, or by
DesPlaines,
Bollands in England.
Mill's SCARAB Counter Roulette
We also have a dated machine in our serial list this
Serials
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Thomas Rapinese, Largo, FL; ChuckNeidinger, Baltimore
MD; Dave Smith of Laguna Hills, and Roland F. Pusateri of
San Jose, CA; and Jay Foster of LaFayette Hill, PA.
Jenning's LITTLE D UKE Bell
Watling DIAMOND BELL Bell
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AUGUST, 1980
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