Coin Slot
Issue: 1978 September 044 - Page 7
Coin Slot Magazine - #044 - 1978 - September [International Arcade Museum]
Jennings, Watling, Caille, Pace and others generally die stamped the
serial number on the metal cabinet front on the edge just to the
right of the reel display. In later years, in the middle thirties for
Caille, and at the end of the thirties for Mills, these numbers were
moved. Caille started to put them inside of the top casting on ma
chines such as the DOUGH BOY and later and Mills stamped them
in the wooden base at the back of the cabinet below the rear door.
More often than not the serials are repeated on the actual mechanism
or on the paper glued inside of the wooden cabinet. It was important
that these serials be visible as the operators used them to identify
machines that were hijacked, or used them to keep track of the play
performance of therr own machines. The serials also dated the ma
chines, indicating that a higher serial was a newer machine.
So let's get those lists coming in. We'll all learn from the infor
mation that you, an individual collector, can supply, and you'll learn
where your machines are in relation to others. Hopefully, as this goes
along, we'll be able to find out how many of each machine type
exists and learn something about the rarity and relative value of our
holdings.
Fill out and send back this Data Form
(See-next page)
THE COIN SLOT Serial Number Clearing House
In an effort to compile complete serial number lists of existing
slot machines to aid collectors in identification and dating, and
ultimately calculating the existing population of serviving machine
types to determine relative rarity, and to disseminate this information
to all collectors as rapidly as possible, THE COIN SLOT has estab
lished the "Serial Number Clearing House." We ask that readers
interested in this effort list their serial numbers by machine on the
following form and send it to Dick Bueschel who is compiling the
tabulation. All complete serial numbers received will be published
by THE COIN SLOT in subsequent issues, along with clear machine
photos when supplied. Please send duplicate prints as it is difficult
to return photos after reproduction cuts are made. If you prefer that
your name not be used, check the box below.
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Send your descriptions and serial numbers, and photos when
possible to:
© The International Arcade Museum
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
Jennings, Watling, Caille, Pace and others generally die stamped the
serial number on the metal cabinet front on the edge just to the
right of the reel display. In later years, in the middle thirties for
Caille, and at the end of the thirties for Mills, these numbers were
moved. Caille started to put them inside of the top casting on ma
chines such as the DOUGH BOY and later and Mills stamped them
in the wooden base at the back of the cabinet below the rear door.
More often than not the serials are repeated on the actual mechanism
or on the paper glued inside of the wooden cabinet. It was important
that these serials be visible as the operators used them to identify
machines that were hijacked, or used them to keep track of the play
performance of therr own machines. The serials also dated the ma
chines, indicating that a higher serial was a newer machine.
So let's get those lists coming in. We'll all learn from the infor
mation that you, an individual collector, can supply, and you'll learn
where your machines are in relation to others. Hopefully, as this goes
along, we'll be able to find out how many of each machine type
exists and learn something about the rarity and relative value of our
holdings.
Fill out and send back this Data Form
(See-next page)
THE COIN SLOT Serial Number Clearing House
In an effort to compile complete serial number lists of existing
slot machines to aid collectors in identification and dating, and
ultimately calculating the existing population of serviving machine
types to determine relative rarity, and to disseminate this information
to all collectors as rapidly as possible, THE COIN SLOT has estab
lished the "Serial Number Clearing House." We ask that readers
interested in this effort list their serial numbers by machine on the
following form and send it to Dick Bueschel who is compiling the
tabulation. All complete serial numbers received will be published
by THE COIN SLOT in subsequent issues, along with clear machine
photos when supplied. Please send duplicate prints as it is difficult
to return photos after reproduction cuts are made. If you prefer that
your name not be used, check the box below.
.com
m
:
u
m
e
d fro de-mus
e
d
nloa Richard
arca
.
M. Bueschel
w
o
w
D
w
w
414
North
Prospect Manor
/
:/
http Mt. Prospect, IL 60056
Send your descriptions and serial numbers, and photos when
possible to:
© The International Arcade Museum
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).