A pair of Little Dukes

[nosmit]

I thought I would share with these Jennings Little Dukes I picked up this morning. They are in a bad way but needed to be saved. Falling apart and obviously home to a few mice over the last 5 decades. Has anyone any advice on making replacement backs?

Phil

[treefrog]

Looks like a fun project. I am in the middle of rebuilding a Greyhound Clement and Whales conversion of a little duke at the moment as the cabinet had been badly damaged.

Are they on U.K. coinage

[nosmit]

Yes they are on old penny. There are only 3 payouts 2,6, or 8 pence. Interestingly the symbols on the reels seem to be astrological, and fruit with phrases on them.

Phil

[badpenny]

Well done!

[pennymachines]

Nice find!
The reel symbols are similar to those on the Caille Ben Hur disc.

Has anyone any advice on making replacement backs?

Images and dimensions now in Resources.

[rob1986]

Hi. Can anyone help my in trying to identify whether this Little Duke (operating on UK old penny) is an original Jennings machine. Many thanks in advance

[roger]

I note that time after time the old British machines shown in the Forum operate mostly on the large penny.
How did the operators of the day make a living off so many penny machines.
By contrast, an American slot is rarely found with a one cent coin slot. ROGER

[treefrog]

I note that time after time the old British machines shown in the Forum operate mostly on the large penny.
How did the operators of the day make a living off so many penny machines.
By contrast, an American slot is rarely found with a one cent coin slot. ROGER

There was a time the dollar was not worth a lot. Also British gaming laws limited the play to but a few establishments, excluding the illegal venues

[treefrog]

Hi. Can anyone help my in trying to identify whether this Little Duke (operating on UK old penny) is an original Jennings machine. Many thanks in advance

Looks like a Jennings to me, the non jackpot versions do exist as above. I would imagine companies like Samson imported them with their usual Number reels

[roger]

One of last machines I held on to in ending my collecting years was a one cent Little Duke . Mine operated on one cent and was quite rare............. ROGER

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