Coin Slot Magazine - #070 - 1980 - December [International Arcade Museum]
Letters to the Editor continued
out that there was a lock in the front at one time and it could be
loaded from the front. Then someone converted it back to
regular, by filling the whole in the steel award card with a Lucky
Penny in a aluminum setting. The escalator bar has been filed
down. The pennies just roll to the chutes. Hope you can figure
this one out. The serial number 573995.
Also the special award 7-7-7 and $20.00 is missing on the Jack
TY, as does the 573,995 serial. The BLACK BEA UTY had a
cabinet virtually identical to the 21 BELL, except it didn't have
the "7-7-7"plate and had a lock in the reward card. There was
another front load "Hightop" called BLACK GOLD, but the
cabinet is considerably different.
Incidentally, Coin Slot Guide No. 6 covers both the Mills 21
BELL "7-7-7" and the Mills BLA CK BEA UTY "Hightops", so
that's the right one.
Editor
Dear Editor,
Pot Plate. The plate sure has room for it. Were these decals? Or
were these metal, like the top part of the machine?
As you can see you are the third person I have written to.
Enclosed is a copy of the letters and a picture of my machine. It
Yours Truly,
Ronald N. Merchtemes
has wooden sides and bottom.
Hope you can help us find out something about it. Or how to
fix it so it will pay off more, as you can see I hit a jackpot—but it
didn't pay—not even the 20 nickles.
Any help you can give me would be very much appreciated.
Dear Ron;
Needless to say you've got an interesting something in your
Mills "Hightop", H play, "Special Award $20.00".
But what?
You're on the right track with the 21 BELL '7-7-7", but the
Thank you,
Thelma Doweidt
fact that the u 7-7-7" plate is missing, and it used to have afront
load lock for the jackpot suggests that it isn't a 21 BELL.
Here's what happened to many ofthose machines. They were
revamped all over the place, particularly in areas not in Nevada,
and most particularly in Illinois, where they ran illegally until
well into the 1960s, and in Maryland, where they ran sort of
semi-legally. It sort ofdepends on where you got your machine,
but we'll guess at Illinois.
Many revamped "Hightops" were runjust south ofChicago in
the southwestern suburbs, and also in central Illinois. A lot of
revamped penny "Hightops" have shown up from those areas.
The plugged-up front load suggests the Mills BLACK BEAU-
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Dear Thelma;
Well. . .youfinally came to the right place. Your machine is a
Mills MYSTERY "Blue Front" of around 1933, and your
problems with the machine are probably minimal. A little
adjusting, and the flip of a lever, should do it. That's all
described in Coin Slot Guide No. 15 for the Mills MYSTER Y,
$7.45 postpaid.
Congratulations, also, for getting a good and reliable
machine, as the MYSTERY is one of the bestfor sheer playing
fun.
Editor
Dear Editor,
Enclosed is a check for our subscription to Coin Slot. We
would also appreciate you sending us any information you
might have on a Jennings, 1928 5c VICTORIA. We were told
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