Original Condtion Rol A Top
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:15 pmJust discovered from a Legion Hall. Dime Rol A Top in untouched original condition. Original paint and finish. Serial #94285. Free delivery to Chicago show
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:15 pmRe: Original Condtion Rol A Top
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:25 pmI forgot to attach the picture. It works properly. Nice all original machine with no problems.
Re: Original Condtion Rol A Top
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 2:44 pmThe Rol A Top is sold.
Re: Original Condtion Rol A Top
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:27 pmCongrats on the sale!
Do have to wonder though, why would an original dime machine have a cabinet with a coin entry hole that is so large?
Wouldn't that cause a problem by allowing someone in the Legion hall to inadvertently just put a nickel (or even a penny) into the machine?
Since the mech is sized for a dime the larger coin would just get stranded in the top head. Seems like a recipe for upset patrons to have a machine getting jammed up all the time.
Also seems a bit odd to have a machine with a post-war serial number and club handle have a mech that pays on 2 cherries and have tin reel strips.
Do have to wonder though, why would an original dime machine have a cabinet with a coin entry hole that is so large?
Wouldn't that cause a problem by allowing someone in the Legion hall to inadvertently just put a nickel (or even a penny) into the machine?
Since the mech is sized for a dime the larger coin would just get stranded in the top head. Seems like a recipe for upset patrons to have a machine getting jammed up all the time.
Also seems a bit odd to have a machine with a post-war serial number and club handle have a mech that pays on 2 cherries and have tin reel strips.
Re: Original Condtion Rol A Top
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:14 amCoinOpNut wrote:Congrats on the sale!
Do have to wonder though, why would an original dime machine have a cabinet with a coin entry hole that is so large?
Wouldn't that cause a problem by allowing someone in the Legion hall to inadvertently just put a nickel (or even a penny) into the machine?
Since the mech is sized for a dime the larger coin would just get stranded in the top head. Seems like a recipe for upset patrons to have a machine getting jammed up all the time.
Also seems a bit odd to have a machine with a post-war serial number and club handle have a mech that pays on 2 cherries and have tin reel strips.
I am guessing that at some point in time the mechanism from an early dime machine (as indicated by the tin strips and blue badge) and the top casting from a $.25 machine were used.
Dime machines from this serial number era should have a brass denomination badge.