Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #049 - 1979 - February [International Arcade Museum]
Mills Chicago
Mills Dewey
Mills advertising and publicity, 10,000 OWL machines were made
by 1900 or so (what they really mean is that 10,000 OWL type
machines were made as serials show that the OWL, OWL JR.,
JUDGE and others are in the same serial track) and 15,000 DEWEY
machines were sold between 1899 and the end of 1903.
Now
that's a heap of DEWEYS (actually, DEWEYS and CHICAGOS)
and the question is; were the OWL serials in the same track? The
only numbers that are known to date seem to suggest that they
were, with OWLS under 10,000 and DEWEY cabinets over 10,000.
What we really need are some duplicate serials for the OWL and
DEWEY to prove that they were on concurrent tracks.
Until we
have that well never know how many were made, sold and have
survived.
The exciting thing would be to find a Mills DEWEY
serial below 5,000 -- definately indicating that the DEWEY had
its own serial track as the OWLS under 5,000 were all made before
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Actually, the Mills floor machine serials will probably be the
easiest ones to define as there are so many of the machines.
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