mills goose neck

[5 cent player]

I just saw this posted in Ca, it is not mine and I have no connection, but thought about calling to go look, what do you guys think? Any comments will help as i am a newby to this hobby..

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/at ... 91415.html

[watlingboy]

I would save my money for something else. This is an English Mills Poinsettia. If you unscrewed or popped off the 50 cent denomination tag on the gooseneck, you would see it says 1D under it, if it hasn't been ground off. This machine was manufactured to work on an English penny and just happens to work on a 50 cent piece but the pay off will be incorrect unless the slides have been modified. That tag is off a Mills Extroidnaire or some other machine that shares that tag. The castings have been painted totally incorrect which can be fixed but these machines survived in huge quantities and you should be able to find a nice original condition one or one that has been restored properly without much trouble. The problem with it now is that it has been modified and is no longer an English machine or an American machine which makes it undesireable to collectors and hard to resell. The skill stops are another good indicator it is an English machine, while skill stops were occasionally put on American machines they were very frequently put on English machines.

Hope this helps,

Watlingboy

[5 cent player]

Wow, thanks for the info. I would have never known all that. Thanks again for the heads up!