Coin Slot
Issue: 1980 July 065 - Page 6
Coin Slot Magazine - #065 - 1980 - July [International Arcade Museum]
Letters to the Editor continued
the process of refurbishing are a Mills 5c C.O.K. machine and a
Chrome QT. The serial numbers of each follows:
25c
5c
100,499
86,679
Mills.C.O.K.
Mills.C.O.K.
5c
22,769
Chrome QT
Both Mills.C.O.K. machines are identical in terms of dates
(1776-1924), aluminum fronts and so forth. The 25c machine
has only one fault: the award card says "PlayNickels Only", yet
it is a quarter machine. Can this be corrected? If so, how?
6. When do you expect a book on machine serial numbers to be
published?
7. What year do you estimate, each of these machines was built?
Appreciate your answering as many of the above questions as
you can.
Sincerely,
Daniel M. Yeaton
The 5c Mills C.O.K. machine differs in the following areas:
there are holes drilled on the right side (handle side) indicating
there may have been a "side vendor" at one time; and there is a
payoff wheel (O.K. feature) which shows the coin payoff
through a "window" in the front of the machine.
For both of these machines I have ordered.Coin Slot Guide
#24.
With respect to the Chrome QT machine, I have the following
questions:
1. There is a red and yellow lever, as part of the mechanism.
What do these operate?
2. The "Jackpot" is divided, so that each side alternates as
payoff, or so it appears. However, my machine must be
missing a dividing bar which would separate the coins, from
each side. It appears that there are holes, so that a dividing
The pictures of your machines are great, and they tell the
bar would "slip in place". Am I correct? If so, where can I
story. That 25c "Mills C.O.K." isn't an O.K. counter vender at
obtain this dividing bar?
Would appreciate your letting me know where I can obtain all
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In addition, have the following questions:
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2.
3.
Dear Dan:
all; it's the Mills 1924 OPERA TOR BELL as shown by your
photos. The differences between the OPERA TOR BELL and
the C. O. K. are self evident when you take a good look at them.
The OPERA TOR BELL is a straight Bell, for gambling only.
The C. O. K. has a side vender (or will have the holesfor one) and
has the O. K. feature, a way of getting an extra coin out of a
player to get paidfor the winner they hit on the first play. That
way the player always "knew what they'd get", i.e. therefore no
gambling.
coin denomination?
4. Where can I obtain a side vendor for the 5c machine?
5. What exactly is the O.K. feature? What purpose did it serve?
— International
THE COIN Arcade
SLOT Museum
© 6 The
Asfor the "Play Nickels" card, watch the classified ads in The
Coin Slot. It has probably been reproduced by Dave Evans.
JULY, 1980
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
Letters to the Editor continued
the process of refurbishing are a Mills 5c C.O.K. machine and a
Chrome QT. The serial numbers of each follows:
25c
5c
100,499
86,679
Mills.C.O.K.
Mills.C.O.K.
5c
22,769
Chrome QT
Both Mills.C.O.K. machines are identical in terms of dates
(1776-1924), aluminum fronts and so forth. The 25c machine
has only one fault: the award card says "PlayNickels Only", yet
it is a quarter machine. Can this be corrected? If so, how?
6. When do you expect a book on machine serial numbers to be
published?
7. What year do you estimate, each of these machines was built?
Appreciate your answering as many of the above questions as
you can.
Sincerely,
Daniel M. Yeaton
The 5c Mills C.O.K. machine differs in the following areas:
there are holes drilled on the right side (handle side) indicating
there may have been a "side vendor" at one time; and there is a
payoff wheel (O.K. feature) which shows the coin payoff
through a "window" in the front of the machine.
For both of these machines I have ordered.Coin Slot Guide
#24.
With respect to the Chrome QT machine, I have the following
questions:
1. There is a red and yellow lever, as part of the mechanism.
What do these operate?
2. The "Jackpot" is divided, so that each side alternates as
payoff, or so it appears. However, my machine must be
missing a dividing bar which would separate the coins, from
each side. It appears that there are holes, so that a dividing
The pictures of your machines are great, and they tell the
bar would "slip in place". Am I correct? If so, where can I
story. That 25c "Mills C.O.K." isn't an O.K. counter vender at
obtain this dividing bar?
Would appreciate your letting me know where I can obtain all
.com
m
:
u
e
What is the difference between
Bell and
us Operators
from the - Mills
m
d
e
e
d
the.C.O.K.?
d
a
a
o
rc (the 25c or 5c machine) is
In your opinion,
.a machine
wnl which
o
w
D
w
more valuable? /w
:/
Is the quarter
http machine more valuable because of the higher
information regarding the QT.
In addition, have the following questions:
1.
2.
3.
Dear Dan:
all; it's the Mills 1924 OPERA TOR BELL as shown by your
photos. The differences between the OPERA TOR BELL and
the C. O. K. are self evident when you take a good look at them.
The OPERA TOR BELL is a straight Bell, for gambling only.
The C. O. K. has a side vender (or will have the holesfor one) and
has the O. K. feature, a way of getting an extra coin out of a
player to get paidfor the winner they hit on the first play. That
way the player always "knew what they'd get", i.e. therefore no
gambling.
coin denomination?
4. Where can I obtain a side vendor for the 5c machine?
5. What exactly is the O.K. feature? What purpose did it serve?
— International
THE COIN Arcade
SLOT Museum
© 6 The
Asfor the "Play Nickels" card, watch the classified ads in The
Coin Slot. It has probably been reproduced by Dave Evans.
JULY, 1980
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).