THE MODEL 64 CASH BOX
Here is the Model 64 cash box overall view.  The box is released from the register by raising a lever at the back of the box that is "L" shaped with the downward going leg normally behind the register frame.  When it is raised the leg clears the frame and the box can be removed.  The mechanism can be seen near the divider between the right two folding money bins.  The bin has delightful patina.  At the back of the front four change bins the bottoms of the rear dividers are worn away from countless finger trips in to scoop up change.  The right rear bin has almost no wear at all.  It also appears that the top of the very front board is worn in a "U" shape with the wear highest on the left and getting less to the right.  This would follow the convention of lowest denomination bills on the left for a right handed clerk.

The front panel shows very little wear and the lines are crisp and clean.  This is typical of almost every square inch of this cash register.

The rear of the drawer (upside down) shows the release mechanism and the (in my view) Rube Goldberg spring that throws the drawer forward when a key is pressed.  It is fairly powerful.  Do not defeat the drawer release mechanism and strike a key if the drawer can be propelled out of the register to fall to the floor.

The under side of the drawer has lovely patina and carries most of the original delivery document.  Unfortunately the year is missing from the paper.  However, as I recall, it said 1904 and that agrees with the serial number date.  It originally went to Springfield, Illinois.  My dad found it in Staunton, Illinois and the story was that it had been retired from a business there and stored away in a garage.

Here is a blowup of the paper:

For human interest, the bins were full of change that had been put into the register over the many years since I have had it.  In one drawer had been put memorabilia including some British coins, a P-38 Vietnam era folding can opener and prizes from Cracker Jacks packages dating from my childhood in Chicago during WW II.  One bin was full of Susan B. Anthony dollars that were given out for match winner or small groups in rifle shooting.  Several of the original screws (which have been replaced are seen.  The largest screw fits the top sign mounting holes.)  Notice that there are two artillery pieces and an old train from the Cracker Jacks boxes.  The small gold train comes from a later period.

NOTES:
The images were all taken with a Nikon D5 hand held in available light.  Background clutter was removed from around the subject matter in Photoshop.  A layer added below that and filled with a foreground color that then becomes the surrounding background color for the finished image.  This was all done rather quickly and is not up to professional standards but will do for this post.

Top Sign for the Model 64 Cash Register
I ordered a top sign just to "finish up" the image of the cash register and take some pictures.  It does not fit the 64 but it is close enough that a couple of little brass tabs will make an adapter.  So I took a couple of pictures.  One more "politically correct" than the other.  But, think about it ... when was the last time you heard of a 7-11 getting robbed with a cap and ball revolver??

Model 64 National Cash Register

MODEL 64 NATIONAL CASH REGISTER
I recently uncovered my Model 64 Cash Register from the accumulated pile of collectibles my wife had acquired over many years.  It was dusty and grimy but will clean up nicely.  It has (as I recall) three counters.  The cash total, no-sales, and the number of times either the front cover or cash drawer was cycled.  I don't remember now but it worked 100%.  It has the sales slip under the cash drawer and was sold in 1904.  I had asked my dad to look for a register back in the '70s and this is what he came up with.  I paid $100 for it.  It had been stored in a garage by the family of the store where it had been used when it was retired.  The thing is extremely heavy (cast iron by the magnet test).  Too big for one person to handle.  It needs a top sign but otherwise is perfect.  I understand that the model 64 is fairly rare so one in this condition should be even more rare.  The top is drilled for a sign on 11 7/8 centers (11 3/4?).  It has joined my old (also 100%) Toledo scale on the kitchen island as conversation pieces.  I see reproduction dolphin signs that could be made to fit with a brass shim piece (a bit too wide) and might use one.  Comments or advice welcome.