It won’t take much to have this operating is smooth as the day it came from the factory. The 75-year-old grease that has hardened, and a couple of springs have fatigued with age. The machine comes with everything original: the cash box, paper strips, instruction sheet, original lock with matching serial number and key, nearly perfect paint, and optional drill proof sides. This machine has its original thick wrinkle and glitter paint in almost immaculate condition. The original 1939 models were often finished in chrome, but because of the war, chrome was also dedicated to the war effort. This particular slot machine is in cast-iron, which means that it was built during World War II. They went from aluminum to cast-iron so they could continue making the slot machines that they had been known for for the previous 40 or 50 years. This did not stop the determined manufacturer. Aluminum was impossible to get, the resource went entirely to the war effort especially the manufacture of airplanes. They took on all kinds of contracts and even though it seemed unpatriotic at times they were able to sneak through a few slot machines based on this 1939 model. When World War II broke out the factory was ideally suited as a large machine shop for the war effort. After over 40 years of manufacturing slot machines, Mills had refined the mechanism to be nearly failsafe, quiet, and smooth. This is a 1939 model Mills brand Diamond Front slot machine. This is an interesting slot machine with some unusual history behind it.
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