Bonnet Parts (and locks?) for Prince - 1931 or so

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Steve

You mentioned that you bought your Prince from some one from Minnesota at the C.O.C.A meting, was yours one of the two Prince that were for sale at the Chicago show?

I think I may know some one that has or had a Prince I will try to find out if he still has it and what style upper casting he has along with the serial number, I also believe that Don Creekmore from Nation's Attic had a King a wile back, he is a member of this forum but I will drop him an email in case he doesn't follow regularly.

[oldslotman]

nations attic King machine.

https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hp ... e=5707793B

[standardchief]

You mentioned that you bought your Prince from some one from Minnesota at the C.O.C.A meting, was yours one of the two Prince that were for sale at the Chicago show?

I was at Chicagoland Friday from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and again from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. I didn't see a Prince (or King) slot at all that day, though someone told me he saw one in the parking lot in the early hours. If there were any in the exhibit hall on Friday, I didn't see them. Unfortunately, I got food poisoning or E. coli that night and didn't make it back to the show on Saturday or Sunday.

It was happenstance at the C.O.C.A. meeting that I mentioned my interest in a small machine, like a King. The guy sitting near me said he had one at home and offered to send me pictures. That's how I got mine.

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These are pictures of the two that were at the Chicago show, note the two different upper castings, sure would have been nice to have gotten the serial numbers off of the two, it would have helped to date the two styles, I also noted that the one that Don Creekmore had the upper casting is different than the one I have, I emailed Don but have yet to hear from him

[standardchief]

I recently bought a collection of Coin Slot magazines. By coincidence, I was looking at #86, April 1982, page 62 today and found this image and serial number for a King slot. It's identified as being from the "King Novelty Company" not the "King Equipment Company." It's in the Serial Number Update article by Dick Bueschel with serial #101.