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player will need to line up the 3 gold horses
which will then dump a brass token from the
left side of the machine. Another odd thing
about the Superior Races is the award cards.
Numerous versions were put on machines.
Instead of just showing the number of coins
received, some cards say "Free Replays" before
the payout number. For the gold award, some
cards say only "Token" while others say an
amount the token is worth. Probably the ma~
chine came with all these cards and you could
put in the one you wanted.
This slot machine is one of the most highly
sought after machines from the 30's. The ma~
chine was introduced in 1934 in a 5, 10, & 25
cent model. Each machine came with alumi~
num filler plates which would hide the mints
or lack of mints. At least three different paint
schemes have turned up on these machines.
The early machines consist of a light green
body color with red and blue accents. The
other paint schemes you will find are various
colors of wrinkle paint and have no polished
areas on the castings. These machines seem to
have been sent back to the factory and refur~
bished. A number of the wrinkle painted ma~
chines are copper wrinkle with red and black
accents. They have serial numbers with later
dates on new labels inside, which are clearly
pasted over the old date labels. You will ob~
serve a low serial number with a later produc~
tion date due to this procedure.
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