Great find. 1924 Denver minted 5 cents are more valuable than the Philadelphia. With 5,258,000 struck.

Here is a hint for the rest of you. On the left side.

always under a piece of wood Nice find.

I own this game as well. Loads of fun!

I like cabinet work. I should have tried to talk you out of this one when I had a pick-up arranged for those other games.

I spotted what looked like a nickel, was this it?

Steve

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It's fun to find old change inside a game, I always look. The biggest coin score I had in a pinball machine was a '59 Williams Rocket that I bought out of an old warehouse about 15 years ago. It still had $5.70 inside it, all silver dimes. I don't know where the money is now but the game is still here.

Steve

7 ball version. Mine came with small ball bearings. I'd love to see what you end up using, my originals seem long gone.

Someone at some point made "springy" legs out of bent 7/8" metal conduit. The result is some crazy addictive nudging and yell out loud fun.

Off to check mine for expensive nickels....

I found 3 silver dimes in a 1963 Big Inning Pitch and Bat. Not a huge score but fun to find. The best part was my uncle gave me the game for free.

I found one silver dime in the bottom of a Pinch Hitter last Summer. Treasure hunting in the bottom of a game that hasn't been shopped in forever is always potentially exciting.

Eagle eyes Steve! Nicely viewed!

I just tried to fix a Bally coin door skin that was severely kicked in. I found over a buck in change none of which was a quarter. All were dimes, nickles and pennies. I could not even figure how it got trapped in there seemed like it would be almost impossible to get there.

Nice condition buffalo with date intact. I found a nice silver japanese coin in an arcade machine once.

Great pick up and I couldn't see the coin!

I bought a roll of 1950's dimes for a woodrail - wow, these things are pricey.

Up until 1964 the silver content is worth $1 in every dime.

I've been finding lots of nickels in my Frontiersman lately. The Williams games only take silver.

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I bought an Alien Poker project game from the guy that cleans my carpets. He got that game and a puck bowler out of a house where the people were moving and just wanted them gone. He said he opened the puck bowler up and found a bunch of morgan silver dollars taped to the underside of the lane, lucky guy.

Now you know what to do when Grampa says, "Make sure when I'm gone, that you get the Bowler'

In Sudbury Ontario is the Big Nickel Mine. In 1963 a demonstration mine was dug for tours, 100,000 people a year enter that mine, in the same park. This 5 cent coin is clad with Stainless Steel, has both sides in relief.
One could not spot their pinball machine under it, if it fell over.
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I will gladly trade you two wheat back American pennies for it.

That is so cool! For a coin- know-nothing....what's it worrh? Regardless, just cool to think that it was put in there forever ago.

No, it doesn't.

that nickle has fairly good definition. Must have been under there a long time.

Fun Facts. For America, in 1924.

Average annual Income $2196.00.
Here are some things that you could purchase with 5 cents back then:
1 pound of flour, 2 pounds of potatoes, 1/2 pound of rice, 1/2 gallon of gasoline.

I wonder how many people with old games just went and checked under that piece of wood?

I recently started another hobby to add to my list and that's metal detecting. My oldest coin found is a 1942 wheat penny.....I should just pickup older pins and combine the two hobbies...hahaha...nice find(s)

I live finding old coins in these older games. I pulled these out of a Chicago coin foreign legion EM gun game. I couldn't believe they were in there considering the game never took those type of coins since it was substantially newer and only accepted $.25 & $1 S.B.A

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