Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #080 - 1981 - October [International Arcade Museum]
Here are the questions that I have about this machine.
1. Is the machine a Jennings Duchess Vendor?
purchased last year. I am interested in obtaining as much
information about this machine as possible and was hoping that
2. Is the serial number 13169?
3. What do the numbers on the front ofthe machine stand
you may be able to help me.
for?
4. What is the Royal Family?
I shall be eagerly awaiting your reply regarding my questions.
Sincerely,
Richard W. Sullivan
Dear Richard-
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Taking them one at a time:
The machine is the Jennings DUCHESS. As you show it
it's the Bell version. But thefrontpanels come offto make
the vender. It's a "convertible" ifyou put in the vending
parts.
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4.
The serial number is indeed 13,169. The Jennings
DUCHESS and the LITTLE DUKE models had their
own serial number train as they were different than the
other Jennings Bells and used variations of the same
mechanism.
The numbers on the front are the patent numbers
assigned to Jennings that relate to the coin head, coin
process and venderfront
The "Royal Family" was a namegiven to the two smaller
Jennings Bell models, the LITTLE DUKE (with three
circular discs) and the DUCHESS (with three reels).
And that was it They may haveprojected more machines
in the series, but seemingly never made them.
Continued on page 10
October 1981
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