6 Pence - Aristocrat ND front 6 Pence - Aristocrat ND back
6 Pence - Aristocrat ND photo
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6 Pence - Aristocrat ND

 
Brass 3.05 g 20.70 mm
Description
Location
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type
Amusement tokens › Game machine and arcade tokens
Value
6 Pence (1⁄40)
Composition
Brass
Weight
3.05 g
Diameter
20.70 mm
Thickness
1.78 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#56940
Rarity index
83%

Reverse

Denomination and legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NO CASH VALUE
6
EXCHANGE FOR GOODS

Edge

Plain

Comment

First introduced 1967, withdrawn from use 1968, face value 6d. Made by Imperial Metal Industries. mintage of over 1 million, designed by Aristocrat.
ARISTOCRAT AUTOMATICS Ltd.
 Aristocrat Works
 Rookery Way
 Hendon, London, N.W.9

Parent company, Ainsworth Consolidated Industries of Australia. First began operating in Great Britain in 1958 as a sales outlet for fruit machines imported from Australia. In 1965 acquired J.H. Amusements Ltd. as an operating division. This part of the company operated amusement machines in an area roughly bounded by Quorn, Shrewsbury, Hereford and Oxford. The company also owned a large share of Easy Serve Ltd. of Liverpool, who were distributors and manufacturers of A.W. P. machines. Aristocrat's main business was the assembly of fruit machines from parts imported from Australia and Europe, and the sale and servicing of the finished machine which were also exported to Europe and Scandinavia. Fruit machines were the only type of gaming or amusement machine they were concerned with. Machines were exported either with supplies of standard Aristocrat tokens or with specially designed mechanisms for accepting the customers tokens or coins of the country to which they were being sent. The majority of sales in Britain were to private clubs where tokens were not used. Serial numbers found on the jackpot tokens are stamped by Aristocrat to suit each customers requirements.

(The Ainsworth Dental Company (Aristocrat) began production about 1952.)
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