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 Since the prices are out of date and many of the dealers/collectors may no longer be collecting the machine we have purposely left this information out of the web version.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).



The French Coochee-Coochee Automatic Musical Dancing Figure is a very rare piece. In fact, this is the only one known to exist. It was made around 1900 and originally sold for $300.00 (an outrageous price for the time). It cost a nickel to play (also considered very expensive). The following quote is from a flyer trying to sell the Coochee-Coochee:

"The French Coochee-Coochee Dancing Figure is clothed in beautiful silk draperies, fancy lace and French ornaments. The hair, neck and waist are encircled with strings of beads. Every feature of the entire figure is in perfect harmony with the other costly draping and ornamentations. The background of the figure is made of plush fancily embroidered, the colors are harmonizing in such a way as to offset the figure to its very best advantage. The case in which the figure stands is of mahogany finish, 42 inches high, 17 inches deep, 26 inches wide; the front and two sides are encased in glass."

The Coochee-Coochee has a total of 8 movements.

Here (warning, video files are very large, do not view if you are connected with a slow dial-up connection) is a video of this extraordinary piece.