Rare Mills Poinsettia - Not

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Rare Mills Poinsettia - Not

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Been listed a few time now and in fact the seller has it listed twice, even more amazing that some offered a bid. I love the text though:
This is a circa 1929 Mills Poinsettia mechanical 5 cent coin-op slot machine. I cannot find anything wrong with this machine .The operation is as far as I can tell like new. I cannot brag enough on the rare find of a machine with woodwork, casing and mechanics altogether in great shape. Numbers on the machine and Mills Novelty Co on the wheels
Well I guess it is a whole lot newer than 1929 with a Aristocrat mech and a case probably made in the 80/90's. Was going to send an email, but not sure the seller would appreciate

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mills-Poinset ... 3f447e192a
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read the sellers feedback and howl :lol: A car booter well out his depth I think :HaHa:
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Do you think a sowing machine is a robot pig?
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did you know he has the machine on twice at the same time with different prices?
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Good morning all, nowi became a little bit worried. I hope your comment will be not the same about my first purchase earlier this year! dirtdog
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Dutchboy,

Looks to be a Mills Mechanism, cannot tell from the picture about the cabinet, you would need to send a better picture from the rear without mechanism in it. The wood should be solid oak and the castings should not be new/shiney on the inside....

My second machine I bought was a fancy front Mills machine with Dagger handle and turned out to be a repro, even though it had a Mills mech in it.
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Thanks treefrog, because i know you all like pictures i will treat some of them. When my english is not perfect, please don't blame me or just have a laugh :lol: i will post a topic in the market in the coming future, because the coin mechanisme is not complete. (The escalator holds only 1 coin instead of 2 behind the magnifier glass). The machine did pay out, but now at the moment it only pays out when the mechanisme is out of the cabinet. Maybe the payslide stop?

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I'm suspicious about the top of the coin entry on the mechansim.

Being a goose neck entry it should all be in one piece. So when you remove the mechanism the goose neck slides out with it attached.

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Thanks bp, i know that because there was some cutting on the top of the coinmechanisme and in the escalator. I think the complete mechanisme is mills because of the stamped numbers, but not sure the mechanisme is original for a poinsettia. I think someone will know here, when i see the knowledge on the forum. I like it to read all the topics and learn a lot this way!
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