Mills One coin escalator

[thepennyarcade]

Hello All
Can someone tell me how the operators did this?
I see on ebay, Nations Attic, is selling a Black Cherry where the former operator made the escalator a one coin only escalator.
How did they keep the coins from falling down into the mechanism, especially if the coins had to travel the length of the escalator to drop down into the coin tube?
Thanks
John

[watlingboy]

The teeth that hold the other coins have been removed, operators did this because they thought it helped with coin jams in the escalator. When the next coin is played, the one showing in the escalator is released and rolls down the escalator into the coin tube. Instead of the escalator holding and showing all the coins, it only shows one. Frequently they are modified to show two coins.

Watlingboy

[SLOT DYNASTY]

I restored one of these 'single-coin' escalator models, for a customer, several years ago, and because I
never liked the looks of all that empty space, I made a slight 'non-original' change in his, which I think
looked one hell-of-a-lot better than the operators version. I vapor-blasted the view glass, so that only
two spaces showed. One for the coin, and one empty space. Looked much better than their version.
Hopefully I don't get tagged as the California Butcher for sharing my story!
If I do, I will share no more!