TELEPHONE No. 123

This is a coin box mounted on a wall board, complete with Transmitter arm.  The Box Coin Collecting No. 13 has a bell receiver that locates on switch hooks fitted in the top left hand side of the casing.  This telephone has no bell or induction coil within the mechanism casing, so requiring a Bellset No. 1 to be fitted adjacent.

Used in Automatic exchange areas and modified for use on UAX No. 5's (Diagram E627 refers - 1929).

The coin mechanism (Mechanism No. 13) was superseded by the Mechanism No. 14.  The main difference being the bullet shaped brass connectors that locate on brass strips, fixed to the coin box case on the No. 13.  The Mechanism No. 14 was also a used on it's own along with different telephones.

Below is the makers imprint and date from the rear of the back board from the set shown to the right.

Fitted with a Lock No. 31 (Engineering cover) and a Lock No. 4 (Coin box cover).

Telephone included (1928):-
1 x Arm, Transmitter No. 1.
1 x Box, Coin-collecting No. 13, complete.
2 x Cords, Instrument No. 116.
1 x Cord, Instrument No. 222, waterproof.
1 x Cord, Instrument No. 613.
1 x Frame, Notice No. 18.
1 x Glass No. 22.
1 x Hook, Receiver F.
1 x Mounting, Dial, Automatic No. 5.
1 x Switch, Receiver No. 2.
1 x Transmitter No. 1.
1 x Receiver, Bell No. 1A.

To be requisitioned separately:-
Dial, Automatic No. 11 BA, FA, FS, FW, or LA, as required.
Lock No. 6.
Lock No. 31.
Key, Lock J (Fits Lock No. 31).

This telephone superseded the Telephone No. 119.

Circuit diagram - N223 (1926).

Circuit diagram - AT 1860.

Drawing for Frame Notice No. 18 - 8649.

Additional Pictures

Telephone No. 123 with glassed reject shute (1930)

Last revised: March 11, 2024