I'd re-stencil it......its nice to try and save it, but that seems a little too far gone

What you should do is sell me your back glass. Mine is pretty nice overall except the glass.

It's the latest game in my collection and I'm having fun with it. Pretty snappy game and challenging to get a good hand without going over 21.

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Where does he get these things?

Tough call on the repaint question. I'm generally not a fan but it may be a marked improvement depending on how good a job you can do. What bothers you less is the question.

I'm all for original paint, but in your case, I'd repaint it.

Definitely repaint it.

Pretty rough. If you are on the fence about it I would say yes re stencil and repaint.

Re-stencil and paint for sure. The original paint is just too far gone.

I'm all for keeping pins as original as possible, but that cabinet is screaming for a repaint.

I am on the side of restencil
but you are going to go nuts trying to make the stencil

Great find! If I could make a suggestion, if you decide to re-stencil (which gets my vote too FWIW in this particular case), make a template out of cardboard or plastic of those "finger" shaped pieces with holes in them so you can trace it as a repetitive pattern onto your stencil material, then you just need to keep it aligned and not go off track. Same for the domino looking pieces. It will keep them consistent in size and keep you sane. Also, a die for cutting the circles into the stencil material will save your sanity too. My father has a set that I borrow from him that he uses for punching leather, but on clays site i remember in the playfield restoration section he had an email link to a guy selling the same type of dies, Vince C. was the guys name.
You are probably going to have to re-stain the rails and backglass frame anyhow, might as well do the whole thing! Keep the pics coming as you progress!