
Small cash registers are particularly sought because of their smaller footprint, otherwise value is determined by the condition, number of features and rarity of the model. Cash registers are bought by home-makers to add a decorative piece of history to their house, by businesses as a feature in a store, and by collectors. 1890s Nickel Plated Cash Register Front Main Cover Counter Cover Antique Empire Model National Cash Register Ornate Design by Tiffany BeeVintage41. By the early 1900s, elaborate brass cash registers were made that were works of art. The machine has been profesionally polished, the wooden base was spray painted with a clearcoat and all the glass. The contrast between the dull black and the shiny, polished bronze highlights the beauty of these old machines. Later improvements were a drawer to hold cash and a roll of paper to record transactions. Yesterday we finished restoring this beautifull 1909 National cash register. to KASH To make this nice feature Antique crank-operated cash register. Interestingly, there does seem to be a split. Kash Muni (Cash money) Kate Terrin (Catering) Kathy Dralspire (Cathedral spire). The employee was required to enter every transaction, and when finished the total key was pushed, the drawer opened and a bell would ring, alerting the manager to a sale taking place. Mint or near-mint registers are worth a few thousand dollars, with NCR being the most valuable collectors brand.

The first registers were entirely mechanical, and did not keep a record of transactions, or print receipts. who clear invoices, file price lists, collect and check cash register receipts and. Soon after the patent was granted, James Ritty sold the business, and it was quickly on sold to John Patterson who renamed the company National Cash Register Company and it dominated the market for cash registers for the next 100 years, over the period diversifying into other business equipment including point-of-sale terminals, auto teller machines, cheque processing equipment, barcode scanners and small computers.

In 1883, he patented a model that resembled a clock and registered amounts of money. The cash register was invented in 1879 by James Ritty, saloon owner in Dayton, Ohio, to keep employees from stealing from the cash drawer.
