Are you looking for the information about vintage cash registers? In this article, we will discuss about the vintage cash registers. They are very beautiful in designs and they are very hard to be found. You may only find old cash registers at antique stores or antique items auctions.
Before vintage cash registers, there was abacus that was used to help people in making arithmetic calculations of the items sold to the customers. Cash register was invented by James Ritty in 1879. He patented this machine that later caught the attention of John H. Patterson. Patterson purchased some of the machines for his stores. Later on he bought the right for this invention and he made his company that is known as National Cash Register or NCR.
The vintage cash registers recorded the sale on a paper roll. This could only help a little with the transaction summaries. Then there was invention of cash register that never stops recording sales transaction. And now we are using the computerized cash register that can make our sales analysis a lot easier.
In this article we have selected some antique brass vintage cash registers that come in beautiful design. We do not list the Tom Thumb vintage cash register as it is actually for children and not for real store cash register. It is very possible to find those cash registers in many antique stores.
St. Louis Cash Register
This unit comes in metal case. It is a lever operated model of vintage cash registers that can be added into your collection. This unit is nicknamed as “The Cheese Cutter”. This model was produced in 1019-1925. There are not many people who have this St. Louis cash register. It is a rare cash register that cannot be found easily on the antique stores.
It is kind of hard to find the one that can work perfectly. If you can find the one that can work like new, you are very lucky. You may be able to re-sell it at way higher price. Once you find the one that comes in good condition, you better purchase that antique cash register. Although it is not as famous as Remington vintage cash register in the marketplace but this item has many fans that want to get vintage cash registers.
National Model 313
National Model 313 is a really good model of vintage cash registers that comes in nice design with brass finish. It is a nicely designed vintage national cash register that will surely make yours vintage collection nicer. This antique national cash register was manufactured in 1911. It is a very old brass cash register that was used by people who owned stores. It is a high durability mechanical cash register that survives for a century.
National Model 313 Special Edition
This is the last model of vintage cash registers that we recommend to you. This NCR cash register was made in 1984 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of NCR. This unit was only made available for NCR retires, employees, and also the stock holders. It comes in original paperwork. We are sure that this special edition NCR cash register is not hard to be found.
It is a brass national cash register that can be a great addition to your collection of vintage cash registers. It has nice cash drawer in white colour. Just like the previous NCR cash register, it is a beautiful and ‘like new’ because this one was dated in 1984. It is not too old but it is valuable because it is a limited edition.
From all of the vintage cash registers that we listed above, you will be able to find one of those cash registers that available in antique stores. There are also people who want to sell their collections of antique items. It is not impossible to find the person that own the cash register.
