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A pair of Little Dukes
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:28 pm
by 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
Re: A pair of Little Dukes
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:16 pm
by 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
Re: A pair of Little Dukes
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:51 pm
by 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
Re: A pair of Little Dukes
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:03 pm
by badpenny
Well done!
Re: A pair of Little Dukes
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:12 pm
by pennymachines
Nice find!
The reel symbols are similar to those on the
Caille Ben Hur disc.
nosmit wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:28 pm
Has anyone any advice on making replacement backs?
Images and dimensions now in Resources.
Jackpot-less Little Duke
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:01 pm
by 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
Going broke fast
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:49 pm
by 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
Re: Going broke fast
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 8:05 pm
by treefrog
roger wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:49 pm
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
Re: Jackpot-less Little Duke
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 8:06 pm
by treefrog
rob1986 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:01 pm
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
Re: A pair of Little Dukes
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 8:27 pm
by 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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