Coupe D'Argent

The Coupe D is a 1934 pinball machine manufactured by Bonzini et Sopransi of Paris, France. It represents an early example of European pinball production, though it does not predate American pinball manufacturing -- by 1934, companies like Bally and Gottlieb were already well established in the United States with games such as Baffle Ball (1931) and Ballyhoo (1932).

Very little specific documentation survives about the Coupe D's playfield layout or gameplay features. As a machine from 1934, well over a decade before the invention of the flipper in 1947, its gameplay would have relied on a plunger-launched ball navigating a fixed field of pins, targets, and scoring lanes, with no player-controlled flippers.

The name 'Coupe' suggests a possible automotive or racing theme, though this remains speculative without surviving artwork or documentation to confirm it. The Coupe D stands as an interesting, if under-documented, example of early French pinball manufacturing.