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Sorry it took so long to get a picture. My camera battery went out and I had to have a friend take this picture. Unfortunately, she didn't get the very top which is just a chrome piece in which you place the coin to be played. There is a slot on the right side of the machine that rejects the coin if it doesn't drop in correctly. When I first bought the machine I was told it would only take buffalo nickels, however, when I donated it to the Auction which will be held on October 17th at our Catholic Church, the men who picked it up put Washington ones in and it worked just fine. I sure hope you will be able to give me the year and value of this machine by looking at the attached picture. Thank you so much!
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Hi John,
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A photo is worth a thousand words, thank you for the 1,000 words here, John! You do have the Rejector Bell, and yes rare or uncommon in slot machines of this vintage. That doesn't mean it has more value, and in this instance it doesn't I am afraid. I think you were asking for current value figure for a write off if donating this slot. If that is true, I would use your original receipt at 2.5-K Plus. Restoring a slot machine is expensive and can run up around 1,500.00 plus the costs of shipping. A machine say, maybe worth 1K and after the restoration cost your up to 2.5 K or better, but now you now have a very nice restored machine. Now, for the proper name and year of your machine; It's called the "Pace Comet Rejector Bell" of 1939, and one just like it but just a hair different, the award card marque frame is just a little shorter on this one and it is called the "Pace De Luxe Cherry Rejector Bell of 1940". Also there is one more that almost is the same as these two models, and it is called the "Pace Chrome Rejector Rocket Bell of 1940". No one really knows much about these Rejector Bells, they're time here was short, and many feel they were and experimental machine as they were always trying to build machines that would not take slugs, and the coin rejector was the best thing going for checking coins, but this meant a huge and high coin head had to be added which, with with all that still came the coin jams that coin rejectors suffer from time to time. I hope this information is what you were looking for on this slot, if not, please just ask anything else you would like to know on it, as I alway aim to keep my feed back here at allexperts as highest as possible, feedback is my pay, and tells me that I am doing good here in helping people.
Thank You
Sincerely
Rodger Knutson
Http://www.coinslots.com
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| Rating(1-10) | Knowledgeability = 10 | Clarity of Response = 10 | Politeness = 10 |
| Comment | Due to the timeliness of needing an answer regarding the Pace Slot Machine, Mr. Knudson was indeed accomodating in not only timeliness but in his polite manner in extracting information from me to help in his appraisal. I was so pleased that once I provided him with a picture of this obsolete item, he was not only familiar with said machine, but also knew the restorer. I feel his knowledgeability with old slot machines and the extra explanations he afforded me, not to mention sending me pictures for comparison proves he is an expert in this field and worthy of being nominated by me as "Volunteer of the Month". I appreciate what he did for me in providing the correct information so that I would not appear stupid as to the age, condition and value of said machine that I offered to wonderful charitable auction. They will indeed put a minimum bid on this slot machine as it might otherwise be purchased for a much less than value and never be preserved by someone who will value this antique. Thank you so much Mr. Knudson. Mrs. John Roberts | ||
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I am an expert on old coin operated machines, slot machines, trade stimulator's, jukeboxes, old arcade machines, etc. I have been identifying these for people who respond to my web site listed below, for a few years now. In almost all cases I am able to tell them about their old coin operated machines, the year, the value, and other general information about their machines. I do not know much about soda vending machines, coin banks, or scales, but I will try to help you with these if I can. Please email photo's to: jackpot7@ix.netcom.com My web site is at: http://www.coinslots.com
Experience
I bought my first slot machine, a .50 Cent Mills Black Cherry in 1969 and have been hooked from that time, I still have that Slot machine! Before that I found a open barrel full of old scraped jukebox wall boxes behind a restaurant, I wanted them all but never took a one of them. Anything that took a coin drove me nuts!
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