Tripl jax

[miraclesanitation]

Hello,

A fellow in my area has a Tripl jax trade stimulator for sale, It looks in nice shape but needs a good cleaning. I haven't really paid much attention to trade stims in the past. Is this a machine at all rare or is there a lot of them out there. Just wondering if its worth adding to my collection of coin op's . ball park price would be nice on what its worth

Thanks

Darrell

[Midcoast Vintage]

jax machines are not trade stimulators.
they DO payout, so, are actually a slot machine.
they are loads of fun to play.
there are dozens of variations, so, without a picture, or, some more solid info, it would be rough to give an intelligent price.
BE SURE IT IS NOT A DIME PLAY!!
They NEVER came in dime play until the reproductions showed up around 1980.
bill harris / royal bell ltd. from colorado reproduced them, as well of dozens of other slot machines, including war eagles, rol-a-tops, franl polk figures, and more.
there were also a couple guys in chigago making them.
there may have been others, but, these are the ones i am aware of.
ORIGINALS came in penny, and, nickel only to the best of my knowledge.
hope this info helps.
good luck on getting the machine.

[goodguy]

It is hard to reply on a jax machine for any one. First do you like it. thay should be primary,.
it is a payouff machine, historcally speaking , jax machines (not this one) date back to the 1890's
and was one of the earliest payoff machines. Clawaon three jaxs truly the most historically
important,. Actually if you are a slot collector, here is where the game started. A slot collection
carries no history with out a Jax machine. Triple jax will cost you a lot less then a slot machine
and provide your guests and interesting diversion other then,the the three reeler.
Expand you vision there is much more in slot collwecting then three reelers.

goodguy

[TheFatman]

Can you post a few pics?
Dave F

[TJ]

As a long time member of the thriving A.C.M.C.A. Club otherwise known as The [color=#FF4040]Antique Coin Machine Collectors Association, and a contributor to these forums, I thought this might interest those following this thread. I was quite new at collecting when I purchased this neat little machine, and you might understand why it was full of pennies by reading the label. This might be one of the most original machines I have seen, although I am fully aware originals do exist.