I have what I hope is a rare Mills War Eagle. I tried sending several images but couldn't find the place to upload images. I contacted the Administrator but received no response. I will state a few things for hopefully some responses. Starting with, where the 25-cent button is lacks a denomination. I read several years ago that the first War Eagles that Mills did didn't have the 25-cent shown. Also, important the award card payouts are quite different. The card is correct for the machine does payout what the award card shows. I have never seen that payout on a machine before. The serial number seems to be very early and is: 261395. I would appreciate your thoughts on what I have said so far. The machine is beautifully restored. I asked one top restorer if he was the one that restored the machine and he said he didn't restore it. He also said he has never seen that payout before. Whoever restored the machine really knew what he or she was doing. The reel strips are new as well as the award card and I am sure the lock is a later replacement. The key certainly doesn't look like the typical Mills slot machine key. The key name shows "Watson Mfg. Co. Jamestown." On the back of key has a number "DW106." The cashbox and back door are original. I'd like to send several images for you to fully see the machine inside and out. I did a Google search on trying to find an award card like this one and came up with nothing. Here are the payouts: Two cherries with plum, orange and bar pay TWO COINS. Two cherries with bell or lemon pay THREE COINS ONLY. Oranges pay SEVEN COINS, Plums pay ELEVEN COINS, Bells pay FOURTEEN and Bars pay EIGHTEEN COINS plus the jackpot. The jackpot pays anywhere from $15.50 to $16.75.
So many of you on the forum are very knowledgeable and I look forward to reading your responses. Hopefully I will eventually be able to send images.