Amusement Token - Property of O.K. Vender Chicago, Illinois

Amusement Token - Property of O.K. Vender (Chicago, Illinois) - obverseAmusement Token - Property of O.K. Vender (Chicago, Illinois) - reverse

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Features

Location United States
Issuing entity Mills Novelty Company
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Automatic tokens › Game token
Composition Brass
Weight 3.72 g
Diameter 21.20 mm
Thickness 1.85 mm
Shape Round with a round hole (Hole 8.9mm diameter)
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
58263
References TC# 79461,
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)
Alpert# IL 150 OND,
Stephen P. Alpert, Kenneth E. Smith; 1987. Video Arcade, Pinball, Slot Machine, and Other Amusement Tokens of North America. Amusement Token Collectors Association, Redondo Beach, California, United States.
TC# 511222
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)

Obverse

Denticles around inside on rim. Legend follows perimeter. Diamonds devide text at center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PROPERTY OF
♦O.K. VENDER♦

Reverse

Denticles around inside on rim. Legend follows perimeter. a Diamonds devides text at bottom center.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LOANED FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY ◇

Edge

Plain

Amusement Token - Property of O.K. Vender (Chicago, Illinois) -  obverse

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Comments

This token was produced for use with the O K Vender, a three-reel slot machine manufactured by the Mills Novelty Company in Chicago, Illinois. Such devices were popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and apparently tens of thousands of units were made.

The O K Vender was basically a gambling machine. However, it had two alterations or modifications to make it appear not to be such, so as to be legal in certain areas or at least to give the owners of these machines a talking point with law enforcement officials.
http://www.stacksbowers.com/NewsMedia/Blogs/TabId/780/ArtMID/2678/ArticleID/64973/PROPERTY-OF-O-K-VENDER.aspx

3 Varieties
Variety 1 (Pictured above)
On the obverse PROPERTY OF and O.K. VENDER is separated by elongated horizontal diamonds
Variety 2 - On the obverse PROPERTY OF and O.K. VENDER is separated by 5 pointed stars

Variety 3 - On the obverse PROPERTY OF and O.K. VENDER is separated by a single bowtie

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND  89% Variety 1
ND  12% Variety 2
ND  1.5% Variety 3

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