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Wondering if anybody has any good pictures of the mechanism of a caille silent sphinx with the pump outside the case. I have ones of a sphinx with a clock but I see some differences and dont know if the differences Im seeing is because of the clock. Also...anybody have a picture or a door of a caille sphinx that still has the paper diagram on the inside they can post. I found one on the internet thanks to recommendations from this site but its just not quite clear enough. Thanks

Here are Sphinx w/pump mech pics.

These Sphinx mech pics might be a little clearer.

Thanks, that one.is missing a spring same as mine so must not have had it. I cannot figure out though mine still has differences such as behind the coinslide mine has a lever (unk correct term) sticking up at the end of it....rear of the machine. Ill attach a picture....sideways im sure

Ok.....just looked at my machine really close and noticed the award card has a very faint 1c on the front. But my mech has the 10c on the top.......????? Any ideas here as I dont what the heck I have here. Penny machine are less common aren't they? May explain why it has pennies and dimes but that stamping baffles me.

briank wrote:Ok.....just looked at my machine really close and noticed the award card has a very faint 1c on the front. But my mech has the 10c on the top.......????? Any ideas here as I dont what the heck I have here. Penny machine are less common aren't they? May explain why it has pennies and dimes but that stamping baffles me.

The Caille parts list in Bueschel's CSG#3 specs Part # 689, "Mechanism Coin Top Cover (Specify 5c, 10c, 25c)." No option for 1c denomination on any parts listed, not even the coin entry, Part# 40117. We know that penny Cailles of this vintage certainly existed, so I have no explanation for this absence of 1c parts on the listing. At any rate, aside from the coin entry itself, I wouldn't be surprised if the 10c coin tube, slides, etc. can take pennies without difficulty, though I'd guess the payouts would likely be off. Has your machine paid out any pennies, or only dimes?

When I first got it it paid out pennies . I started using dimes because the husband of the owner said he found the 10c and thought it was a dime machine. So I started playing dimes and now it does not pay at all. Heres a picture of the award card..

briank wrote:When I first got it it paid out pennies . I started using dimes because the husband of the owner said he found the 10c and thought it was a dime machine. So I started playing dimes and now it does not pay at all. Heres a picture of the award card..

The brochure claims only three denominations, 5c, 10c and 25c.

The ad offers us a 1c version.

I give up.

I have seen a 1c on youtube but it had a gumball add on the front. I have been putting pennies through it the last 20 minutes and they cycle through and up the escalator and all that but the wheels dont spin good. So I guess Ill work on getting those freed up and see if it will start paying out.

Forgot to mention......there is a 1c caille silent sphinx on ebay right now. It's paired with another machine...maybe a mills and they're in my neck of the woods,probably 1hr away....expensive though.