Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #044 - 1978 - September [International Arcade Museum]
WARNING!!
Collectors Beware !
We Are Preyed Upon By Charlitans, Frauds, Mis-Representations,
AND NOW PHONIES !
There are several machines being offered to the collectors as
real American products, when in reality they are foreign machines,
take foreign coins, and are worth about one tenth of the price
of the American counterpart.
Two particular machines (half a dozen of these have been
brought into the country by one importer and will be offered
to collectors-two in the South, two in the Southwest, and one
in the Northeast) are described below.
CAILLE BEN-HUR - This machine made in 5 cent or 25 cent
is an American machine, and would be a welcome addition to
any collection.
But a 50 cent model is suspect.
Inspect it care
fully for a painted wheel, different style coin head or a re-worked
coin entrances.
Most collectors are aware of this fraud, but the
next one is new to us all.
COMET -
This machine is CAST IRON, and the
same style as the Elk.
CAILLE
A shooting star has replaced the Elk
design on the front left.
The wheel has characters typical of
English machines-stars, moons, suns, etc.
It will work with a
50 cent coin with a little re-working of the coin entrance.
This machine could be worth a few thousand if it was a true
American
machine,
BUT
IT IS NOT AMERICAN AND NOT
WORTH MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED AS A "MADE FOR
FOREIGN USE" COLLECTABLE.
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