Mills Golden Nugget the real deal

[sam2002]

Whale since this topic is hit here so often , I thought i would ask if anyone wants to post a picture of the real deal ? I understand that the payout tray should be wide like an Aitkens front .
anyway just thought it would be nice to see a real deal . Can't seem to find much online . There must really not be many , never seem to see them come up at any auctions . I am the proud owner of a most likely made up GN . The Antique Gambler edition .
Just thought i would throw this on the table and see what happens .
Good day all !

[watlingboy]

That has been done in the past but I think after a while the photo gets lost in the shuffle. I have had the half top Golden Nuggets but don't have any pictures of them. Here is a picture of an original Hi Top version. The large coin tray wraps around the sides in all versions including the Aikens front version. The sides were mahogany formica but that has been removed on some machines when they were restored. Note the inventory number to the left of the escalator window, all had some kind of inventory number at one time.

Watlingboy

[marsonion]

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Whale since this topic is hit here so often , I thought i would ask if anyone wants to post a picture of the real deal ? I understand that the payout tray should be wide like an Aitkens front .
anyway just thought it would be nice to see a real deal . Can't seem to find much online . There must really not be many , never seem to see them come up at any auctions . I am the proud owner of a most likely made up GN . The Antique Gambler edition .
Just thought i would throw this on the table and see what happens .
Good day all !

[sam2002]

Watlingboy
Nice photo and great information as usual you are a wealth of knowledge .
Does the GN that is reproduced so frequently on ebay exist in that form ? Or were they all high top and fish mouth ?

Marsonian
I have used that information you have provided many times , but thank you for putting it on the table as I am sure there are people who have not seen it .

[Swami]

The Golden Nugget used mostly Mills machines early on. They had Half Tops & Aikens (Which are the Two Machines that were Reproduded). When the Hi Top came out the Golden Nugget ran a lot of BONUS Hi Tops. Later on, the Casino revamped those machines and removed the BONUS parts and replaced the BONUS window with the Golden Nugget card that you see in Watling Boy's photo. That machine was originally a BONUS.

They also ran Jennings Standard Chief's which they painted in their Blue & Gold colors. These are the same colors as an Original Half Top would be painted. The Hi Tops were painted a different color. They also had some Prospector's. The machine I have pictured was originally Gold but had to be restored as it was not in a condition to be left alone. Unfortunately the Prospector's are now being Reproduced. However it is pretty easy to distinguish an Original Prospector from a Fake.

Here are a few Original Machines.

[tg2722]

Golden Nugget - New Blue
According to the book, Slot Machines On Parade, page 185, it says "The New Blues, the Golden Nugget, were built in 1955, with custom, solid brass castings from patterns built in the Golden Nugget's workshop. Contrary to popular belief, New Blues were not revamped Atkins Front machines. 200 were manufactured."

[watlingboy]

Reproductions of the Hi Top version have been made. But as Chris mentioned, the top casting is a Bonus casting, so that is easy to spot and no one has ever, that I have seen, made the big coin tray on a reproduction so with a quick glance, you can tell instantly. The web site that was listed that Dave put up has good photos of an original half top Golden Nugget, the one most commonly seen and reproduced.

Watlingboy

[sam2002]

Swami
The Jennings pic of the GN were thos ever made with the dolls on the bottom casting ?

I am assuming the cherry or the falls style mills cabinet was never used in the production of the GN ?

Thanks for the education !

[Chances]

Here's a few pictures of a 10 cent mechanism from my Mills/Golden Nugget ROYAL GOLD machine, as seen in Slot Machines on Parade, page 184. Oddly, the mech has only a few stamped Mills parts. Here is a few pictures. While I've played with slots for a while I've never seen a reproduction Royal Gold machine, probably because they are awfully ugly machines.

[nvmos2]

Very interesting;
when we think of a GN machine, we usually think of the Mills Half Top (and its tons of fakes),
but the casino has been around for a long time, so it is interesting to remember they used other machines as well.
Here is a photo that I saw on a google search of GN machines;
I have no idea if it was ever in the GN casino,
but there is a flebay seller/restorer down in LA who I remember having either this one or one just like it for sale on flebay.
Supposedly, this seller claims to stick to restoring to original condition.