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Hello,
I was trying to find out the value of this slot machine.

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Mills, early gooseneck Mechanical Slot Machine
Mills, early gooseneck  
Hi Veronica,

It's the Mills Skyscraper, that someone has dunked in Red Paint. Seriously these are an interesting machine and look a lot different when painted as it was originally painted. Made by Mills between 1932 and 1935. This is an early machine and most were 10 stop machines, meaning the reels only stopped on every other symbol on the reel strips. Also early machines like this were called Goosenecks, because of the gooseneck looking coin acceptor on the right of the machine. Later mills machines took the coin on the top left and it traveled across a window so the operator could see if you were playing real coins or slugs. Anyway, attached to this answer is some history and value information for you, you can click on the photo and it will enlarge it, and then you can print this information. Right now prices are down some, on the old mills machines, I would value this at around 700.00 to 1,200.00 but remember on these antiques there is no set value. Hope you enjoy the information that I have gathered up for you on your Mills Antique Mechanical Slot Machine, the "Skyscraper Model of 1932 to 1935.

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Rodger Knutson
http://www.coinslots.com

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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

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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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