Q: I have a National cash register in British currency. There is a tag on it with the numbers 2490973 and below that 745. It has wooden case, marble slab above drawer, and is in very nice condition. What is its approximate value?

A: National Cash Register was founded in Dayton, Ohio, in 1884. Brass cash registers were made from the 1890s to about 1918. Flat metal cases stamped and painted to look like wood were made beginning about 1918. The larger number on your cash register is the serial number. It indicates the cash register was made in early 1926, so it’s not actually wood but metal painted to look like wood. National Cash Register had a factory in England and registers with amounts listed in British pounds were made there. The company became NCR Corporation in 1974 and moved to Duluth, Georgia, in 2009. It is still in business. Collectors pay the highest prices for the old ornately decorated brass cash registers in good condition. Metal with simulated wood grain cash registers sell for about $200 or less. British currency numbers will lower the value.

 

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