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Issue: 1981 November 081

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Coin Slot Magazine - #081 - 1981 - November [International Arcade Museum]
BUY
SELL
TRADE
Letters to the Editor continued
Now number three, the Mills SILENTJACKPOT FRONT
VENDER. This machine is featured on page 96 of "An
Illustrated Price Guide to the 100 Most Collectible Slot
Machines, Volume 2" with this name, and its more popular
SILENTF. O.K name. The nickname is the "Modern Front".
ANTIQUE
SLOT MACHINES
BILL HARRIS
WESTERN FIGURE COLLECTION
AVAILABLE
MIKE GORSKI
1770 DOVER CENTER ROAD
WESTLAKE, OHIO 44145
(216)871-6071
Checking the galleysfor "100 Slot Machines'* Volume 3 again,
we find that the identified models run from summer 1931
production with the earliest known serial 277,407 right up to
the near end of 1933, with 325,037 the latest serial known.
So. . . enjoy.
The Editor.
Dear Editor,
Really enjoy your magazine, especially the last 2 issues. I
have a checkerboard ROL-A-TOP serial 95,863 in 50 denom
ination. When I got it, there were not any reel strips on it It has 6
upper fingers and I do not think it has a lemon on the first reel
J&R
Saloon
strip. Do you think it could be a tic-tac-toe or mystery pay (what
Novelties
is a mystery payout) I have not been able to find any reel strips
for it.
Any help would be appreciated. Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
5$ Columbia
5 $ 650
$1,250
Terry A. Simmons
25 50 Hightops
250 Hightops
10 3 Jacks Rockola
10 5 Jacks Rockola
10 Victor Gumball machines, each
10 Sparks Trade Stimulator
10 Scup Match Vendor (cast iron)
10 Mills Lollypop Scale
$1,300
$ 1,000
$1,200
$ 700
$ 900
$
55
$ 325
$ 425
$ 350
Dear Terry,
Also Jennings slots 50 to 500 — call!
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Now that's interesting. Sixfingers and no lemon onfirst reel,
and no reels. Is it a tic-tac-toe? Well, it probably is, and the
serial number suggests so. Your serial 95,863 for a 5t play
ROL-A-TOP "Checkerboard" is listed in volume 3 of "100
Most Collectible Slot Machines". Dick Bueschel tells us he got
the serial out ofa BILLBOARD adfrom the late 1940s, and the
machine had nofurther description. But that volume 3 listing of
Watling serials has, for its next serial number, 95,913 — that's
only 50 machines later on the production line — and it'sfor a
ROL-A-TOP TIC-TAC-TOE "Checkerboard". So it seems
reasonable that they were part of the same production batch,
and were tic- tac- toes. The six fingers suggests this is true.
What is a "Mystery Payout"? That's the 3-5 payout
introduced by Mills with the MYSTERY machine as opposed
to the "Standard Payout" 2-4 payoutfor machines before the
MYSTERY. Watling and Pace continued to make both
"Standard" and "Mystery" (the operator ordered the model
they wanted) payouts well into the 1940s.
November 1981
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Coin Slot Magazine - #081 - 1981 - November [International Arcade Museum]
Glad you enjoyed our last two issues. We're growing by leaps
Dear Barry,
and bounds in an antiquefield that's also growing by leaps and
Nice sketch, and nice description. Your machine is the Pace
bounds. With more advertisers and more subscribers every
month we can put more and more into the magazine. It's fun.
It's exciting. And it's.. . well you know how interesting coin
machines can be.
ROYAL COMET as you identify, and as luck would have it, it
Sincerely,
just now available as you read this.
The Editor
is one ofthefeatured machines in the Volume 3 edition of "An
Illustrated Price Guide to the 100 Most Collectible Slot
Machines", the latest volume in the "100 Slots... "series, and
Rather than go over the entire history as detailed in Volume
3, we suggest you get the book But to answer your questions,
Dear Editor,
the ROYAL COMET was made between 1937 and 1941. How
I have a Pace ROYAL COMET with a blue front and dark
brown cabinet I need to know when it was made, how many
Bell Console model and apparently went in and out of
were made and any general information you may have on the
production over thefive year span. A number ofserial numbers
many? We don't know, and that's hard to say. It was a special
machine.
in the Volume 3 book show how it came and went as various
Sincerely,
other models of the Pace COMET line were produced As for
Barry W. Hansis
general information, you'll love the book It's $15.95 plus
postage from Coin Slot Books. Ask for Volume 3.
The Editor.
in slot tot ia cabinet
Dear Editor,
£tah
I see in The Coin Slot that you are planning a Coin Slot guide
book on the Exhibit NOVELTY MERCHANTMAN. I presume
hack shut
that this book is not ready for publication and will not be for some
time. I have one of these machines, and will need the book when
it is published In the meanwhile, I was wondering ifyou could be
so kind as to give me a description of the background scene or tell
me where I might find a picture of it and description of the colors.
On my machine, the scene is extremely faded, but there appears
Continued on page 12
Look for us at the Chicagoland Show
for the best deal!!!
We'll be directly across the aisle from the Midwest's Largest Wholesaler— Pete Hansen!
Best wishes to
Pete, Bob & Steve
for the second time
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coin-op show in the country."
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side vendors left as advertised
in The Coin Slot— July, 1981.
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