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Serving the community since 1974, the Coin Slot (now part of the Museum of the Game family) has published numerous key reference books in the coin-operated amusement space. Many of these books and guides were written by legendary historian Richard M. Bueschel. A number of these publications are currently available, while some are entirely sold-out.
In addition to numerous books and guides, Coin Slot originally published Coin Slot Magazine from September 1974 until the Fall of 1998. We continue to make them availalable in print and electronically. The first 98 issues, originally dating from 1974 until 1983, are available for free download on our Coin Slot Magazine site, and additional issues should be available later this year.
Museum of the Game® - Coin Slot® Books
The Museum of the Game's Coin Slot group has provided definitive reference books for nearly 4 decades now-- books still as relevant now as ever.
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Buy Arcade 1 at our online store Also on Amazon
Buy Jennings Slot Machines (soft cover) at our online store
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Buy Jennings Slot Machines (hard cover) at our online store
Buy Lemons, Cherries and Bell-Fruit-Gum in our online store
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Buy Lemons, Cherries and Bell-Fruit-Gum Deluxe in our online store
Buy Complete Guide to the Mills Q.T. Slot Machine in our online store
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Buy Pinball 1 at our online store
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Buy Trade 2 at our online store
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Buy Bueschel's Saloon Series at our online store
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Buy Slots 1 Revised Edition at our online store
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Buy Slots 3 at our online store
Buy Slots 4 at our online store
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Museum of the Game® - Coin Slot® Guides
The Coin Slot™ Guide Series by Museum of the Game is a set of 34 short booklets dedicated to the understanding and care of specific machines.
Written by Dick Bueschel, a typical volume runs about 40 pages in length
Including a guide to the Mills Blue and Black Beauty and other Mills and Sega Hightop slot machines.
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Including a guide to the "One-Star" and "Four-Star" Chief, Console Chief, Dixie Belle, Silver Chief, Sky Chief, Silver Moon Chief, Victory Chief and other Jennings Chief slot machines produced between 1935 and 1941.
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Including a guide to the Grand Prize, Reserve Jackpot, Super Jackpot, Gold Star, New Deal, Jackpot, Dictator, Dough Boy, Cadet, Commander, Playboy and other Caille Bell and Bell Console slot machines.
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Including a guide to Comet and All-Star Comet Bell, side front vender and gold award models; Rocket, Club Bell, Cherry, Three Star, Super 8, Royal Comet, Saratoga, Reels, Triplay, Free Play and other Pace and Ace Bell and
Bell Console slot machines.
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Including a guide to the Super Deluxe Club Chief, Deluxe Club Chief, Standard Chief Tic-Tac-Toe, Lukcy 7, Club Console, Standard Chief Console, Challenger, Export Chief and other Jennings Chief slot machines produced between
1945 and 1951.
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Including a guide to the Mills Bonus, Black Gold, Melon, Token, Blue, Black Beauty, Chrome 21, 21 Standard, Wild Deuce, Bingo, Standard, Regal and other Mills Ace, Auto-Bell and Sega Hightops slot machines.
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Including a guide to 1935 Paces Races "Black Cabinet," 1936 Paces Races "Brown Cabinet" Standard, and the 20-1, 30-1 and Check Separator models of Paces Races produced between 1934 and 1936.
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Including a guide to the Mills Silent Vender "War Eagle", Silent Gooseneck "Lion's Head", Silent Jackpot Front Vender "Modern Front", Silent Golden "Roman Head", Gooseneck Silent "Skyscraper", Extraordinary "Grey Front", War
Eagle "Yellow Front", Country Club Bell "Century", Chrome "Diamond" and other Mills Silent Bell Machines with serials 261,000 through 483,000.
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Including a guide to the Watling Rol-A-Top, Rol-A-Top, Cherry, Diamond, Treasury and Big Game Bell machines and Console Bells made by Watling between 1935 and 1951 and the revamps and new Rol-A-Top Bells made by Buckley,
Abco Novelty and Bell Fruit Manufacturing Compaby between 1945 and 1965.
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Including a guide to the Rolleto Jr., Rolletto Sr., Pacers Winter Book, One Roll-Hi, Coaltown, Saddle and Turf and other Evans payout, skill, free play and replay consoles produced between 1936 and 1954.
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Including a guide to the A.C. Novelty Multi-Bell/Mystery , Multi-Bell/Regular, Multi-Bell Console and Buckley Manufucturing Company A.C. Multi-Bell.
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Including a guide to the Dewey Musical, Check Dewey, Two-Bit Dewey, Dewey Jackpot, Dewey Twins, Dewey Triplet, Chicago Muscial, Check Chicago, 50 cent Chicago and other model variations of the Mills Dewey and Chicago.
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Including a guide to the Mills Metered Jackpot Vest Pocket, Chrome Vest Pocket, Penny Vest Pocket, and; 1946 Vest Pocket Sega Mini-Sega; and other Mills, Valley Specialty, Abco Bell-O-Matic and Sega Vest Pocket models and
revamps produced between 1938 and 1972.
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Including a guide to the various Hightop, 21, Apache, Arrowhead and modern cabinet Majestic, Classic and Thunderchief Bell machines made by Ace Novelty, Coin Devices International and Auto-Bell Novelty Company.
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Including a guide to the Silent Mystery Front Vender "Cross Diamond," Extraordinary Mystery "World's Fair," Mystery Vender "Blue Front," Future Play "Red Front," Cherry "Bursting Cherry," Melon "Diamond Front," Blue Front,
Brown Front "Drill Proof," Mystery Club Bell, Chrome Mystery "Diamond," Gold Chrome, Emerald Chrome, Copper Chrome and other Mills Mystery Bell machines with serials 310,000 through 483,000.
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Including a guide to the Baker Bakers Pacers models produced between 1938 and 1955; Pace Paces Races models produced between 1936 and 1944; and H.C. Evans Evans/Paces Races and Super Deluxe Races models produced between 1944
and 1947.
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Including a guide to the Mills Operator Bell straight Bell, Counter O.K. side vender and F.O.K. front vender Bells, Totalizer, Baseball and other standard and specialty Mills Gooseneck Bell machines with serials 140,000
through 250,000.
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Including a guide to the Schultze, Fey, Schall, Cowper, M.B.M., Paupa and Hochriem, Mills and Nertney counter Automatic Color Wheel coin and check payout slot machines produced between 1893 and 1902.
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Including a guide to the Gold Award Columbia, Columbia Standard, Columbia Check Separator, Columbia Club, Columbia Chrome, Handload Columbia Club, Sugar King, Columbia Twin Jackpot, Deluxe Club Columbia, Twin Falls, Eagle,
Ambassador, Corona and other Groetchen Columbia models produced between 1936 and 1951, and the Abco Novelty Columbia revamps produced between 1946 and 1951.
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Including a guide to the Three Crown, Jackpot, Twin, Owl, Four Reel Standard, and other Mills Bell-O-Matic Hightops produced between 1953 and 1961, and the Sega Hightop and mechanical Bell machines produced between 1959 and
1970.
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Including a guide to the Ideal Card Exhibiting Machine; Sittman & Pitt, Nafew, Monarch and Holtz Little Model Card Machine, Brownie and Draw Poker; Reliance, Clune and Mills Reliance and Victor, Mills King Dodo, You're
Next, Floradora and Peerless, Fey, Foley, Mills, Caille and Watling Draw Poker and other Drop Card Machines produced between 1890 and 1934.
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Including a guide to the Yale Wonder Clock, Advertising and Discount Machine and Automatic Cashier and Discount Machine; Almy Automatic Cashier and Discount Machine and Star Star Trade Register.
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Including a guide to the various electric Automatic Color Wheel floor model automatic payout slot machines made by Berger, Specialty Manufacturing, Michigan Amusement, Rosenfield, Cowper, T.J. Nertney, Marshfield, Great
Eastern and White between 1894 and 1905.
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Including a guide to the Mills Operator Bell, Illusion, Counter O.K. Vender, Totalizer, Front O.K., Club Amuser and other standard and specialty Mills Bell machines with serials 40,000 through 139,000, as well as
contemporary Watling and Jennings Bell machines that copied or utilized Mills mechanisms.
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Including a guide to the Buckley/Mills Blue Front, Brown Front, Black Cherry and Golden Falls revamps, Buckley Jackpot Belle, Standard Criss Cross, Extra Award Criss Cross, Dixie, Bingo, Bonanza and other Buckley revamps and
Bell machines produced between 1945 and 1964.
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Including a guide to the Royal Lucre, Casino Bell Sr., Casino Bell Jr., Jumbled Bars, Club Casino Bell Sr., Bonanza, Black Diamond and other Evans Console Bells produced between 1938 and 1954.
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Including a guide to the Deluxe Digger, Chicago, Jewel Box, Treasure Island and other Buckley Diggers.
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Including a guide to the Canda Card Machine, Upright Figaro, Excelsior, Jumbo, Jumbo Giant, Skyscraper; Mills Little Perfection, Ben Franklin, The Jumbo; Caille Banker, Quintette; Watling Perfection; Kelley Counter
Perfection and The Kelly.
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Including a guide to the Mills Special Gum Vender, No. A Liberty Bell, No. A Operator Bell, Automatic Gum Vender, Counter O.K. Vender, Floor O.K. Gum Vender and other Mills Bell machines with serials 100 through 32,000, as
well as contemporary Watling, Burnham and Industry Novelty "Iron case" Bells and revamps.
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Including a guide to the Free Play Evans Races, New Evans Races, Free Play Convertible Evans Races and other Evans Race Machines produced between 1947 and 1954.
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Including a guide to the Today Jackpot, Baseball, Electric Improved Today and Electrovender.
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Including a guide to the Buckley Manufacturing Company Criss Cross Electronic Pointmaker, Safari Electronic Pointmaker and Game of Skill.
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Including a guide to the Super Bell Mint Vender, Two-Way Super Bell and Four-Way Super Bell.
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Including a guide to the Superior Confection Company Races Gold Award, Races Bell, Races Vender, Dog Races and Buckley Manufactuting Company Superior Racers, Superior Racers Bell, Superior Dog Racers and Superior Dog Racers
Bell.
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Get the complete set of Coin Slot Guides, including the out of print volumes! We only have about a half-dozen or so of sets in inventory.
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