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Coin Slot Magazine - #081 - 1981 - November [International Arcade Museum]
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Letters to the Editor continued
Now number three, the Mills SILENTJACKPOT FRONT
VENDER. This machine is featured on page 96 of "An
Illustrated Price Guide to the 100 Most Collectible Slot
Machines, Volume 2" with this name, and its more popular
SILENTF. O.K name. The nickname is the "Modern Front".
ANTIQUE
SLOT MACHINES
BILL HARRIS
WESTERN FIGURE COLLECTION
AVAILABLE
MIKE GORSKI
1770 DOVER CENTER ROAD
WESTLAKE, OHIO 44145
(216)871-6071
Checking the galleysfor "100 Slot Machines'* Volume 3 again,
we find that the identified models run from summer 1931
production with the earliest known serial 277,407 right up to
the near end of 1933, with 325,037 the latest serial known.
So. . . enjoy.
The Editor.
Dear Editor,
Really enjoy your magazine, especially the last 2 issues. I
have a checkerboard ROL-A-TOP serial 95,863 in 50 denom
ination. When I got it, there were not any reel strips on it It has 6
upper fingers and I do not think it has a lemon on the first reel
J&R
Saloon
strip. Do you think it could be a tic-tac-toe or mystery pay (what
Novelties
is a mystery payout) I have not been able to find any reel strips
for it.
Any help would be appreciated. Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
5$ Columbia
5 $ 650
$1,250
Terry A. Simmons
25 50 Hightops
250 Hightops
10 3 Jacks Rockola
10 5 Jacks Rockola
10 Victor Gumball machines, each
10 Sparks Trade Stimulator
10 Scup Match Vendor (cast iron)
10 Mills Lollypop Scale
$1,300
$ 1,000
$1,200
$ 700
$ 900
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$ 325
$ 425
$ 350
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Now that's interesting. Sixfingers and no lemon onfirst reel,
and no reels. Is it a tic-tac-toe? Well, it probably is, and the
serial number suggests so. Your serial 95,863 for a 5t play
ROL-A-TOP "Checkerboard" is listed in volume 3 of "100
Most Collectible Slot Machines". Dick Bueschel tells us he got
the serial out ofa BILLBOARD adfrom the late 1940s, and the
machine had nofurther description. But that volume 3 listing of
Watling serials has, for its next serial number, 95,913 — that's
only 50 machines later on the production line — and it'sfor a
ROL-A-TOP TIC-TAC-TOE "Checkerboard". So it seems
reasonable that they were part of the same production batch,
and were tic- tac- toes. The six fingers suggests this is true.
What is a "Mystery Payout"? That's the 3-5 payout
introduced by Mills with the MYSTERY machine as opposed
to the "Standard Payout" 2-4 payoutfor machines before the
MYSTERY. Watling and Pace continued to make both
"Standard" and "Mystery" (the operator ordered the model
they wanted) payouts well into the 1940s.
November 1981
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