Have a Question regarding Tin Reel Strips

[MJFHouston]

My question is does anyone have any information regarding tin reel strips manufactured by Lincoln Novelty, Toledo, Ohio.

I have not seen these before nor have I been able to find anything on them.

Just wondering who may have some information on them. Are they Rare?? Hard to find??

Here are two pictures of the reels

(The reels are on a Mills Rockola Conversion machine)

Thanks in advance too anyone with information

[nvmos2]

Search this forum for "Lincoln Novelty" and you will find some interesting information on them in a thread called "Revamp Jennings Machine?".

Additionally, they introduced a counter game called Magic Keys in 1936; sounds interesting; don't think I've ever seen one; probably more of a punchboard type game than a trade stimulator.

[mechanic]

Hellooooo Houston !!! What you may have is possibly a double revamp machine. It started out as a Mills the revamped by Lincoln Novelty, then Rockola. Lincoln Novelty was located at 2137 Tryon Ln. Toledo OH. The company ran from 1924-41 at which point the building caught fire and was destroyed. The street was eliminated shortly after and is now just an alley way. One model that Lincoln made was so similar to a Pace fancy front that it is often mistaken as a Pace. Another model was called the hound and hare which is a plain casting with a hound on one side of the jackpot and the other side has the hare. Finding a complete Lincoln is not easy as many over the last 40yrs have been reconverted back to Mills and who knows what happened to the Lincoln parts. One other possibility is that Rockola had some Lincoln mechs laying around and just put one in it's cabinet. Changing reel strips was not a concern back then. Other manufacturers here were National Coin machine, Service Sales Novelty (not the California one ) and Buckeye Novelty. There's one more I can't remember off hand. Thats what happens when you get vintage!!!!!!!!!! LOL

[MJFHouston]

Excellent Nvmos2 & Mechanic thanks for taking the time.

I'm going to read up on the previous posts right when I'm done here.

I added a picture of the entire machine.

Am I correct too say that looking at the front casting that it is a Mills Rockola Conversion? Or am I missing something and it is not?

Thanks
guys

[mechanic]

It's still one of the two possibilities I mentioned. Either a double revamp where they took the Lincoln novelty lower casting off and replaced it with the Rockola casting or it's a Rockola with a Lincoln Novelty Revamp mech that they threw in without changing the strips. Still a very nice machine.