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Charles Fey Tokens [136655]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Exonumia - Tokens Start Price:30.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 100.00 USD
Charles Fey Tokens  [136655]
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This item SOLD at 2021 Aug 09 @ 16:01UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of eight tokens from the Charles Fey Company, the first slot machine manufacturer. Fey opened a slot machine workshop in 1896 in San Francisco. In 1898, he designed the "Liberty Bell Slot Machine," the most famous slot machine of its day. When three bells aligned, it paid fifty cents. Fey installed and managed his machines in saloons throughout San Francisco. Because gambling was illegal in California, Fey could not patent his device, leading to many competitors.

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State: California
City: San Francisco
Provenance: Benjamin Fauver Collection