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Coin-operated machines of all types are collected. The vending machine is an ancient invention dating back to 200 B.C., when holy water was dispensed in a coin-operated vase. Smokers in seventeenth-century England could buy tobacco from a coin-operated box. It was not until after the Civil War that the technology made modern coin-operated games and vending machines plentiful. Coin-operated machines play music, are used for gambling and skill tests, and dispense products like gum or perfume. Slot machines, arcade games, and dispensers are all collected.
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| Image | Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Alky Meter, 5 Cent, See How Far You Can Move Handle, Key | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Are You Temperamental, Oak Case, Pink Heart, Wm. Gent Mfg. Co., 24 x 79 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Auto Moto Pictures, Interesting Girls, 1 Cent, Oak, Metal, 19 x 76 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Cail-O-Scope, Diamond's Girlie Movie, View Machine, Floor Model, Footed, Keys , | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Cupid's Post Office, Delivers Fortune, Mills Novelty Co., c.1904, 81 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Football, 2-Man, 10 Cent Oak, Table Top, 40 x 15 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Hi Fly, Baseball, 5 Cent, Baseball Players, 1950s, 10 x 16 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Horoscope Scale, 10 Cent, Keys, Operators Manual, Watling | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Iron Claw, 5 Cent, Oak Case, Floor Model, Exhibit Supply Co., Chicago, c.1929 | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Jazz Baby, Hula Dancer, Exhibit Supply Co., c.1931, 67 x 23 x 16 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Lung Tester, Cille, Hygienic, Beveled Glass Panels, Quartersawn Oak Cabinet, 71 x 13 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Lung Tester, Little Wonder, Oak, 18 1/2 x 60 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Massage, Healthy Nerve & Muscle Massage, 1 Cent, Electric, 20 x 63 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Merchant Man Digger, Art Deco, Exhibit Supply Co., Chicago, 24 x 6 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Nude Woman Card, 1 Cent, Wooden, Chicago, Countertop | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Patience Leads To Success, 5 Cent, Coin Machine Amusement Co., 15 x 55 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Peep Show, 1 Cent, Have A Look, Exhibit Supply Co., Key, 1920s , | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Play The Derby, Wood Case, Glass, Key, Chester Pollard Amusement Co., 43 x 69 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Poison This Rat, Hitler, Groetchen, 1940s, 16 1/2 x 11 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Reno Winter Book, Pace Horse Race, 5 Cent, Key | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Romance Register, What Is Your Capacity For Love, 1 Cent, Wood, Keys | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Sobriety Test, Booz-Barometer, North Western Corp., 1930s, 18 x 18 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Spirometer, 1 Cent, Automatic Medical Battery, Key, 12 x 66 In. | 2012 | | | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Whiz Ball, 1 Cent, 18 x 8 In. , | 2012 |  | Coin-Operated Machines | Arcade | Zoltan, Fortune Teller, Fiberglass Pedestal, Bakelite Earpiece, Prophetron, 1970s, 73 In. Illustrated | 2012 |
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