Grip Tester

Description

One Cent Edwards Test Your Grip Coin Operated Trade Stimulator, sheet steel case with nickel-plated brass hand grip and coin slot on front, attached oval die-stamped nickled brass plate on front with Edwards Grip Test: Edwards Novelty Co. Fort Worth, Texas with patent information and serial number 7064. Top with glass covered dial with similar text to above and nickel bezel, each side with gold, red and black decal with Test Your Grip Every Day Drop Penny Then Grip Handles. Rear key lock door with key, 11.25" x 9.75" x 11" high.

Grip Tester was produced by Edwards Novelty Co. in 1929.

Edwards Novelty Co. released only 1 machine in our database under this trade name. Edwards Novelty Co. was based in United States.

Specs

Name	Grip Tester
Developer	Edwards Novelty Co. (United States)
Year	1929
Type	Arcade
KLOV/MOG #	2682
Sub-Type	Strength tester
Class	Wide Release

Grip Tester KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Cabinet Information

Red with green felt bottom. Dial on top goes from 0-300. Face on dial is white and says "Edwards Novelty Co." and under that "Fort worth" and under that "Texas".

The penny slot is on the right of the grip and toward the top. There is a metal plate behind the grip that says "Edwards Grip Tester Patented 1640030".

The right and left side has a painted display saying "Test your Grip" Everyday Drop penny in slot then grip handle. The key area is on the back

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Grip Tester Census

There are 15,264 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very rare - There are no known instances of this game owned by one of our active members.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

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Foto-Finder® (Books)

Collectors Guide to Vintage Coin Machines Bueschel (ISBN 0887407366) Page: 124; Color photo

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