Coal Town

Coal Town is a rare and enigmatic electro-mechanical pinball machine credited to Bally Manufacturing Corporation, though its exact year of production remains unknown. It is actually a backglass conversion — likely of Bally's 1948 'Citation' or 'Lexington' — with the original Bally logo removed from the glass; it is not known who performed the conversion or when.

As a one-ball horse-racing game, Coal Town belongs to a category of early pinball built around wagering-style racing themes. Details of its specific play mechanics are not documented, so its exact scoring and layout remain a mystery.

Little is known about Coal Town's designer, artist, or original release circumstances beyond its horse-racing theme and its status as an altered, converted machine. Its obscurity and unresolved provenance make it an intriguing curiosity for collectors and historians researching Bally's early one-ball racing games.