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If I ever get an Aussie bandit still on pennies, I'll have to import some.
Your 'tanners' are insanely expensive over here. I gather you kept a high silver content right to the end.

badpenny wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:58 am You're right they had a kangaroo on the obverse of the coin, because if it had been a boomerang you'd have got it back.

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Are pennies hard to find in Australia? We seem to have a vast supply of them here, sometimes in unissued packing. I had an Aussie one once, in the '60s, and I meant to keep it. It accidentally went into a Crompton's 'Cover the Spot', and I asked the keyman if he could retrieve it for me. He helpfull...

That is the worst Jackpot conversion I have ever seen.

From what you say about the Jackpot paying correctly, I would think that the machine has simply been re-assembled carelessly after cleaning or overhaul. Most people start with the Jackpot combination when building-up a reel set. Of course, there are numerous ways of lining-up that combination, only ...

To me, it fits the 'newly-imported, no British provenance' category, Brig, then what about the British number reel strips and aged award card? From the label on the front it appears to have been imported into France, then later exported to Britain and converted for operation. The fact the middle st...

To me, it fits the 'newly-imported, no British provenance' category, as mentioned recently on another thread. It's of no interest to me, but that's just my own preference. Same thing applies to the Model T Ford. Finding either an English one, or even one which saw use here 'in the day', is becoming ...

Look at the payout card!
Single cherry, then two cherries plus lemon!
(No sign of two cherries plus bell, either).
THAT must have taken some critical 'adjustment'.

Any idea why 'Lucky 18' has 24 winning cups?

Bell Fruit Manufacturing of Nottingham were using Watling-based mechanisms at this time. I've never seen a CAM (or MAC) machine remotely resembling one.
If the machines distributed as CAM were indeed 'bought-in', then they would more likely be from either Jamieson's or Shield, both of Bridlington.

Some alteration over the years is understandable, but I draw the line at decimal conversion. I don't think the present seller is actually 'in the hobby'. I think he's part of the "f***in' 'ell, they're worth a fortune" brigade, an attitude encouraged by sensational TV 'antiques' shows. Sti...

They didn't all have the Gold Award, which tended to be more popular in retail outlets such as pubs and clubs. Arcades were usually all-cash. Just got a reply from the fellow selling the eBay one. I asked if the original artwork had been mutilated, or if the 'conversion' was on the outside of the gl...

Definitely CAM Automatics, of Seaham Harbour, here in Co. Durham.
Grossly over-priced, in my view.

Is the Merchantman worth £2000? It's the walnut cabinet, which is plainer, but also not so tall, which is possibly better for domestic use. Looks in good order, inc. the electrics, which are often horribly mutilated. It's in Cardiff, which is a bit far for me, but the seller will accept a courier, a...

Ah, now I understand. The machine is still in service. There aren't many left now. I toured the Bridlington arcades during the summer, and counted only four Allwins of any description, two of which were 'amusement only', with payout cups blanked-off. Is it time for a special thread, listing what can...

WOW!
I've never seen a six-sided Whales allwin. It was only this year that I first met a four-sider; the Whales version of a 'Four Square'.
Which six does it have? Are the backflashes good?

I'm not entirely sure what the OP is aiming at, but surely the backflash determines what an allwin pays out as a prize?
It's useful to remember how quickly marketing forces moved in the 'sixties. By the time Oliver Whales had got the machines into the arcades, the artwork was already out of date!

If the OP is using 'slots' in the American sense, then there isn't a single one listed at the Coventry Auction so far!

Brass was the material I used for the same part on a half-crown change machine.
It has the advantage of taking solder readily, which avoids the bolt-heads which sometimes interfere with reliable working of coin-chutes.

These must surely be the last new machines to offer the old-style Cherry pay-out of two Cherries plus Lemon or Bell.