I started reading (again) Daves article on spotting fakes. It states that high top c25 Mills were reproduced, but does that include the plane Janes like mine ?
Short clip of my machine:
https://youtu.be/-u5pE-yzh3AThe article also states there should be a casting # on the front near the top. I can't find one.
Now the mech seems to be for real (detector arms both horizontal and vertical).
The old man I bought it from also had a c10 of the same variety and he claimed that it was his job to maintain machines before he retired.
I discovered a small machine bolt on one of the star wheels that kept the machine from hitting three bars (I removed it).
It still won't pay the jackpot behind the glass. Haven't been able to figure out why.
On a side note, I bought a $1k bag of fifty cent pieces from the bank that has a coin machine. In it I found 82 %40 halves and one %90 half. The rest I rolled up in newspaper $10 rolls.
Thanks for the replies guys.