Dime Charley redeemed
Does anyone have any idea what this is about? Makes no sense to me at all. It's out a horoscope machine.
Re: dime charley
Being used as an instant lottery machine
Put in your 6d and if your card has one of the winning numbers you take it to the desk to claim your prize
Perhaps using the same folded crimped lucky number squares used in fairs.


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"Dime Charley" looks like a repurposed vending machine from a gentleman's lavatory.
Dime Charley redeemed
Can my Dime Charley come out the bottom of the slots now? lol
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Nice job, do you think the two coin entry/exit slots were originally for his and hers horoscopes? I've seen that on other machines.
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Quite possibly could have been but seen no mention of his and hers on it under all the rust.
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Re: Dime Charley redeemed
Redeemed indeed!
Re: Dime Charley redeemed
Very nice job widget
It's difficult to get any sense of scale, but just going by the coin entries and lock, this seems to be quite a small machine? (certainly not allwin size).
As coppin has inferred, I'd agree this was a 'his' and 'her' vendor - I can't come up with any other reason why it would basically be two machines in one.
Just out of interest, can we see a picture of the mechanism? I'm intrigued to know how the paper fortunes are fed, or are they thick cards like earlier British fortune machines? (Incidentally, I'm assuming this is American)?
Once again, nice job!

It's difficult to get any sense of scale, but just going by the coin entries and lock, this seems to be quite a small machine? (certainly not allwin size).
As coppin has inferred, I'd agree this was a 'his' and 'her' vendor - I can't come up with any other reason why it would basically be two machines in one.
Just out of interest, can we see a picture of the mechanism? I'm intrigued to know how the paper fortunes are fed, or are they thick cards like earlier British fortune machines? (Incidentally, I'm assuming this is American)?
Once again, nice job!
Re: Dime Charley redeemed
Thanks Jerry.
Here is the mech and original paperwork stuck to the back of the case.
It is a small machine indeed and was originally on 5 cents, but always on 6d since is got it.
Here is the mech and original paperwork stuck to the back of the case.
It is a small machine indeed and was originally on 5 cents, but always on 6d since is got it.
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