Mills Castle Slot Machine

 

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This Manual is in a PDF format. Late model slot machine with the round rod casino handle. Original manual copy in gray scale, makes for a larger file but nice and clear so you can pick out the details, includes instructions, part numbers, photo's and information. Instant download after purchase.
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  • Mills Slot Machines book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. The best selling manual includes how the darn things work (picturing e.
  • The Mills Novelty Company Inc. Manufactured slot machines, vending machines, automatic music machines and jukeboxes. Mortimer Mills received a patent for a coin vending apparatus in the early 1890s. The company’s first upright slot machine was called the Mills Owl, introduced in 1897.

The Mills Novelty Company Inc. Manufactured slot machines, vending machines, automatic music machines and jukeboxes. Mortimer Mills received a patent for a coin vending apparatus in the early 1890s. The company’s first upright slot machine was called the Mills Owl, introduced in 1897.

Mills High Top Slot Machine Manual with ribbed sword handle
This Manual is in a PDF format. Original manual copy in gray scale also, includes instructions, part numbers, photo's, Gold Award Unit, and information. Instant download after purchase.
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This Manual is in a PDF format. This Manual covers the Mills Jumbo Parade console slot machine, both payout and free play models. It also has some history and photo's of the different types of Jumbo Parade Models, some wiring diagrams, and a few pages on the attached 'Skill Feature' unit and wiring for it. Part numbers and troubleshooting tips, switch locations, set up and service. Instant download after purchase.
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This Manual is in a PDF format. This Mills 'M' head parts and service manual is for the open front type mechanical slot machine called the 'M' head because of it's coin head design that looks like a 'M'. Instant download after purchase.
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This Manual is in a PDF format. 39 photos as a dice mechanism was taken apart. This collection of photos can be very helpful to you on working on a mills dice machine, you can look through the photo's and see if your missing something, or if a spring is missing, or maybe if you just forgot where this, or that part went on the Mills Dice machine. Instant download after purchase.
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This Manual is in a PDF format. Color copy of the original 'Sales brochure titled Snake Eyes. This is a rare Color Copy of the original Mills Dice Sales Brochure, and would really fit right in if you have one of these machines, or plan to have one someday. This very brochure was used in the book, 'Lemons, Cherries and Bell-Fruit-Gum by Richard M. Bueschel, and Dick 'Richard' sold it to me after his book was published. His passing was our great loss in the antique coin operated machine field. Instant download after purchase.
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Mills Slot Machine Values

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Mills Mechanical Dice Slot Machine Information and History Article
This Manual is in a PDF format. In Color. This is a great article, several pages on the mills dice machine, how to tell the difference between round and square plug models and what those differences are. Great photo's of the machines parts and how it all works. Instant download after purchase.
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This Manual is in a PDF format. This manual will tell you about everything you need to know about how the machine works, part names and part locations, photo's and instructions, diagrams and lots of other information you need to know before you stick your nose into the world's most complicated all mechanical coin operated gambling machine. Instant download after purchase.
Price: $16.95
Mills Type Open Front 'Coin Devices International Inc
This Manual is in a PDF format. This manual is for a Mills machine but modified a little to make a new type of Open Front Machine by Coin Devices International Inc in about 1965. Rare slot machine manual, with good clear mechanism photo's and some instructions and large part identification information. Also includes a letter from Coin Devices to a customer dated 01-09-65. Manual is about 21 pages. Instant download after purchase.
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This Manual is in a PDF format. This manual is the Bell-O-Matic Manual with photo's, information and part numbers. Instant download after purchase.
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Mills Castle Slot Machine

An authentic slot machine is a big investment (well over $1,000) to most people. These vintage machines are great conversation pieces as well as a great part of our history. Here are some tips so you don’t get burned!

Take note. The following models of slot machines have been reproduced.
Mills War Eagle, Mills Golden Nugget, Mills Castle Front, Mills Bursting Cherry (AKA Brown Front), Mills Wolf Head (AKA Lion Head), Mills Hightop, Watling Treasury and Watling Rol-A-Top.

For Starters Simply Look At The Machine
Take a look at the castings, the wood base & sides, and the mechanism. If they all look brand new then they probably are. Look at where the door fits into the wood base. Does it have nice sharp edges? If so, then it is probably new. Look at the mechanism, is it super clean? If so, then it is probably brand new.

Most people concentrate on the outside of the machine when they restore it. They will only bead blast the mechanism if it is rusty. In any case, the cabinet, even if it has been restored, should show signs of its age.

Serial Numbers
Reproductions do NOT have serial numbers stamped in the castings. If you are thinking about buying a Mills machine, for example, ask the seller for the serial number. This is probably the easiest way to determine if the machine is legitimate or not.

More on Mills Machines
Most reproductionMills machines are quarter denomination. In reality, very few of these machines that were made in the 30’s were quarter machines. Most of them were nickel.

Another warning sign is the payout. If the machine pays on a single cherry, then there is a good chance the machine is a reproduction. However, legitimate machines that were made in the 30s required two cherries before they paid out.

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Another warning sign is the back door. If it is totally smooth and painted glossy black, then it is a reproduction back door. Original back doors are not totally smooth. They are made of heavy gauge steel. Sometimes original machines have reproduction back doors because the original got lost.

Some people will say the machine has to be original because it has a red Mills sticker on the side of the machine. You can get these stickers for $1.50 and they are used when people restore a machine. When it comes to proving that a machine is not fake they mean nothing.

Also, look at the slides. If they are plastic (originals are brass) then get away from the machine. Most of the people making the fakes use metal slides, just like the originals. The really bad knock-offs use plastic slides.

Golden Nuggets
Most of the Golden Nuggets listed on eBay are fake, phony, reproduction, remanufactured machines. Very few original Golden Nuggets exist. Fortunately, it’s easy to tell an original from a fake.

Original Golden Nuggets have the following:
1) A formic cabinet – repros have a solid wood base.
2) Extra wide coin tray – repros have a smaller coin tray.
3) Award card is stamped – repros are silk screened.
4) Most repros do not have the horizontal check detector lever on the escalator.
5) Most repros do not have the verticle check detection lever on the mechanism.
6) Most repros have a perfectly smooth reproduction back door.

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Conclusion
If you don’t mind owning a reproduction, understand that it has zero value as an antique! It is against eBay rules to sell reproduction machines. If eBay ever decides to enforce their own rules, you may be stuck with a machine that you cannot sell.