This information provided via the courtesy of Vintage Slots of Colorado, Inc.

If you have an antique coin machine and want to sell it, please send me an email. If I am not interested in it, I will forward your email to a collector who probably is.


The following information is the web version of Coin Op on CD which was a book all about antique coin machines and it was distributed on a CD-ROM. This book was written in 1995 and sold in 1996. Please take this into consideration when reading the articles. There are no plans to come out with version 2. However, we do plan on periodically updating the information on the web version.
The CD version of the book has pricing information as well as a dealer directory. Since the prices are out of date and many of the dealers/collectors may no longer be collecting the machine we have purposely left this information out of the web version. However, we do keep in contact with many dealers and collectors who are actively buying and selling machines and would be happy to put you in touch with one if you have a machine you are looking to sell.

If you are looking to purchase an antique coin machine you may also send me an email and I will put you in touch with a reputable dealer. Odds are, I will not be selling the machine you are looking for (since I rarely sell any machines).


Tips on Identifying a Mills Reproduction:

1. How to identify a reproduction case
2. How to identify a reproduction escalator
3. How to identify a reproduction mechanism
4. Castings
5. Other things to look for.

If a person represents a machine as being remanufactured or using old/new parts then it is probably a reproduction. Here is a reproduction machine a new collector bought when he was just getting into the hobby. He did NOT realize it was a reproduction when he bought. This machine is the only reproduction machine shown in this book.

Reproduction machines are typically very attractive, however, many collectors and dealers will NOT buy a reproduction machine. Therefore, the re-sale market is much smaller than that of a true antique. Supply and Demand economics dictates that if the re-sale market (i.e., demand) is much smaller then the resale value will in turn be lower.