Matching Serial Numbers on a Mills Slot Machine

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How common is it to have matching serial numbers on a Mills slot machine? Whether it's the casting & inside cabinet or base and inside cabinet?

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How common is it to have matching serial numbers on a Mills slot machine? Whether it's the casting & inside cabinet or base and inside cabinet?

Matching serial numbers are supposed to be COMMON, with Mills, Watling, Jennings, Pace, or any model.
If the serial number on the upper front casting does not match the serial on the inside stickers, or stamped
into the wood cabinet, inside or out, the machine is not as it came from the factory. Parts have been
switched or altered by an operator, or someone else.
Just like in collector & muscle cars. If all the numbers on the body & engine do not match, it has been altered.
There are a very large number of restored classic cars that do not have the original engine that the car came
off the assembly line with.

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Thank you SLOT DYNASTY. The reason I ask is because of a recent email I received from a national slot machine dealer. I inquired on a Mills FOK he had listed on his website and his response was: "This is a very nice original machine. Numbers match on casting and the cabinet. I have never seen numbers match on Mills slot machine in the 35 plus years I have been doing this."

I have a total of 12 machines, many of which have matching serial numbers. It amazes me that this dealer would make such a statement.