Jenning Grandstand Question

[mrblatzman]

My son gifted me for Christmas with a very nice Jennings Grandstand with the bigger aluminum base and the baseball reel strips and award card...According to the sticker on the inside of the back door it came all red and with these baseball symbol reel strips...The back door has a smaller door with a lock made into it but it does not go anywhere as there is a large oddly shapped metal coin box that is way to big to come out this smaller door, but will come out when the bigger door is removed.....Does anyone know the purpose of this smaller door? Also the very tiny little tokens that this machine dispenses have a number on each one...should this number match the serial number of the machine? Thankyou Bob Reno in Fort Payne Alabama

[altort]

Can you post some pictures of your machine and cash box? I have a grandstand, but I am missing the coin box, I always thought that there wound have been a small coin box behind that small door since that's were the coins come down and the large door is for removing the mech.
As far as the numbers on the small tokens at least on mine they don't match the machine, I think they were stamped with the operator numbers back in the day.

[SLOT DYNASTY]

OK you tooz - Bob & Al:
I need those serial numbers from your "Grandstand" machines. PM me, if you don't want to post them on the Forum.
Bob - Yours has the baseball strips & card, and should be nickel play.
AL - Need to know which strips, and coinage on yours.
Also would like to know the original color if present. You can usually tell by inside overspray, if the machine has been
repainted. The most common colors, are smooth red, (especially on the "Grandstand"), red wrinkle, two-tone green wrinkle,
brown & tan wrinkle, and I once had one with orig. black wrinkle.
Note: Most all "Grandstand" models are on a higher base casting, and are nickel play. But some did come on the low base.
The ones that are penny play, are called "Penny Club Vender", and most always come on the lower base, with Cig. strips.
I have never known the number on the tokens to match the serial of the machine. They usually referred to an operator, or
location number, as the numbers did on Slot tokens.

[altort]

Hi Bill,
The serial number both on the base and the tag on the back door is 7717, cigarette strips nickel play, the machine has been re painted black and red, poorly at that but judging from the over spray on the inside witch is a different shade from the re paint on the outside and the fact that the label on the back door states the color was red as well, it appear that is was a smooth not the wrinkle paint and it has the tall base.
I would like to see what the original cash box looks like and if an original is available.

[nvmos2]

Interesting;
I've got 2 of these with tokens and what appears to be original cash boxes;

Perhaps there were two options for cash boxes;
One has the short base and a small cash box that is 4x3x2 inches and an open top.
It is held in place by a metal dividing wall in the lower compartment.
It can be accessed by opening just the small door.
The other machine has the extended base and a large cash box that takes up the entire lower compartment (no dividing wall).
It can only be accessed by opening the large back door (making the small door superfluous).

As for tokens, I think the idea that the token numbers matched the machine serial number got mistakenly started long ago in an article or letter in the Coin Slot or a successor magazine.
Both of my machines had tokens and I also kept some tokens from a machine I sold years ago;
ALL of my tokens (from 3 different machines) have the number 1754 stamped into them.
I've seen several auctions on flebay for these tokens and, oddly, they ALL had the same 1754 stamped in them (a few had additional operator over-stamps as well).
I'm thinking Jennings had the same 1754 stamped into all these little National Smokers Association tokens.
What numbers do you guys have in your tokens?

[mrblatzman]

Thanks to everyone for all the information....My machine has the big cash box with the angle side that occupies the entire bottom compartment...It was originally gloss red and no other color...The demonination is 5 Cents....The number on my tokens is also 1754...I would post a photo of the coin box, as someone above asked, but I cant get my camera/computer setup to work properly....The biggest awe shucks on mine is that the center ree strip l is missing one baseball symbol...Other than that, polish the aluminum and repaint the red, and it will be just fine...It plays and pays as it should, like a lot of these trades it does not appear to have been heavily used.....Bob Reno in Fort Payne Alabama

[altort]

That's interesting, all mine are stamped 1754 as well, some are over stamped with the number 6 and others the letter R.

[nvmos2]

Here's another Grandstand with a decent photo of the large cash box;
flebay item 171247468228

It also has some tokens, all of which appear to be stamped "1754".

[nvmos2]

I'm adding to this old thread just in case somebody may someday research the National Smokers Association tokens used in the Jennings Grandstand.

Most, but not all, of these tokens that have surfaced were stamped with the number "1754";
a Jennings Grandstand was listed on flebay and a photo of the tokens found inside showed that some were stamped "1754",
but several others were stamped with the number "7465."