Coin Slot Magazine - #080 - 1981 - October [International Arcade Museum]
Letters to the Editor continued
The story ofthe Jennings DUCHESS is contained on page
71 of "An Illustrated Price Guide to the 100 Most Collectible
Slot Machines, Volume 1". The latest edition ofthis work sells
for $15.95 ($16.70 postpaid from Coin Slot Books) and has
So I would appreciate it very much on any information you
can supply me with such as the make and model and if there is a
repair manual on it, and also about how much it would be worth
after I restore it!
Sincerely,
J. J. Machado, Jr.
updated prices.
Hope all this answers your questions.
Regards,
Editor
Dear Editor
Here I am again with another problem, slot machine wise that
is.
I ran across a 5$ slot in which I do not know what it is in fact
the photos are enclosed
On the top bonnet inside is the following letters and numbers
GGA43 and on the mechanism all prefixs begin with a GA. on
each reel and on the strips beginning from reel one are the letters
P. V.D. #1 for reel one, P. V.D. #11 for reel two and P.V.D. #111
for reel three. The letters P.V.D. start at the beginning of each
reel strip. I also noticed on reel #1 a lemon has a question mark
on it The mechanism is a ten stop. On the top bonnet on the edge
right side the number 20693 is located in about the same location
as some Mills slots.
On the bottom front panel photo #1 the top panel is missing
but on photo #2 the top panel was replaced in place on top ofthe
bottom panel. It appears to be a front vendor of some sort The
slot has wooden sides and a wooden base.
DearJ. J.:
You may have stumped us this time. But maybe not
A most interesting machine, and a most complete description
We've seen one ofthese btfore, in Wisconsin, in the hands ofa
collector. We thought it looked suspiciously English, and a
revamp of a Mills mechanism. But your notes have led us to
another conclusion.
It's the lettering on the castings that may lead to an
identification No American machine to our knowledge has the
identification GGA-43 (or whatever). But there is a maker in
Belgium ofallplaces that uses these letters. Thefirm is called
G.A.A. for short, with its full name the General Automatic
Works (of Belgium). GAA isn't GGA, but GA (the way they
marked their machines) is the same as the GA that shows up on
PUNCHBOARDS
ATTRACTIVE
GIRLIE BOARDS
MANY DIFFERENT STYLES
SIMILAR AS SHOWN
1 - $12
3 - $30
12 - $100
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General Automatic entered the American market in the early
1970s and were repped by the Alman Enterprisesfirm in Las
Vegas. They didn't get very far at the time, but did promote
themselves as an old-line Belgian coin machine maker. We do
know that at a trade show in London in 1936 the Bell machines
of makers in France, England and Belgium were exhibited
Maybe this is the machine that was shown
Ifthat 20,693 serial is a Mills, that would make it an "Iron
Case" LIBERTYBELL mechanism. Yet here it is, allgussied
October 1981
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