American Eagle trade stimulator tokens?

[pj waelti]

I bought this machine today but don't know what tokens to get, and also where to get them. Also how much is a fair price to pay? Thanks PJ

[TheFatman]

A picture is worth 1000 words .... you will get a better response with a pic of the machine or 2.
Dave F

[pj waelti]

The machine is an american eagle trade stimulator

[TheFatman]

This machine is made by Duval. That will get the experts to chime in and give you the info that your looking for.
Here is a link ...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q ... 2480803805

That will show you a pic of the token made for that machine. Finding them is another thing.
Dave F

[kentdun]

I think I have a stash of these tokens. Might take some digging.
I believe quarters will work too.

Kent

[pj waelti]

I'd be interested if you want to sell them.. As long as it doesn't break my bank of course.. PJ

[nvmos2]

pj: Quarters and many different tokens will work in your machine, but
I'm assuming that you would like to have the correct tokens in this machine.

Daval made custom tokens for the American Eagle;
they have the machine name (American Eagle) and "FREE PLAYS" around the edge and a big number for the free plays in the center.
The numbers should correspond to your award plate;
some American Eagles had 3 Free Plays on the award plate; you don't need those tokens since your award plate starts at 5 Free Plays.

American Eagle tokens are available with a little patience;
you just missed a batch of 80 on flebay;
don't know what they sold for (it was a best offer deal).

The lower denominations are pretty easy to find;
the 25, 50 and 100 Free Play tokens are harder, obviously, since Daval made much fewer of them and
operators often threw the 100 Free Play tokens in the nearest river to avoid paying the top prize.

Several years ago, I undertook the project of stocking my slots and trade stimulators with the "correct" tokens, as they would come from the factory.
There is actually a lot of info available with a little digging:
"Mr. Token" used to contribute a recurring column, The Token Corner, in The Coin Slot and successor magazines; don't know if he's still around; since he collected coin-op, he may even be on this forum.
He had thousands of tokens and, in years past, he supplied many collectors with tokens for their machines.

There are regional and a national Token Collector clubs with their own magazines, websites, etc.
Tokens can be found at coin shows; many coin collectors look down their nose at tokens and sell them at low prices, (10 to 30 cents each) but you have to dig for them.
Private token collectors are a good source, but it helps if you know the Atwood system to identify what you're looking for since there are thousands of different style tokens.
It's hard to find them in large quantities and it takes over 100 tokens to fill most trade stimulators.
I found one collector who was able to provide me with hundreds of slot tokens.
By the time tokens get to dealers or Flebay, the prices are way high.
I occasionally sell excess tokens on Flebay for half or less of what you'll usually see them at.

Bottom line; I was able to fully stock all my trade stimulators never paying more than $1 each for tokens.

[coinops]

These are the tokens you are looking for, including the elusive 50 and 100 denomination. I don't have any for sale, but you should be able to find the 5-25 tokens for no more than a dollar. The 50 and 100 will set you back a few dollars more, if you can find them.

[pj waelti]

Thanks for the information about the tokens, I really do appreciate the help I get here. I thought I needed a couple stimulators to go with my slot collection..PJ