If it helps, I don't consider anything close to 1992 a classic, and Virtua Racing is a 1992 game.
The topic is high counts on a coin meter. I also mentioned most of my classics have what appear to be original coin doors. I never said anything about whether or not VR is a classic.

I have several games that aren't classics by anyone's definition. It just so happens that one of my VR's has much higher numbers than any of my other games, that's why it's mentioned.
Most games still have their original coin doors. What does that have to do with the counter?
To be more specific... When a game appears to be entirely original, the coin door appears never to have been removed, all the original wiring is intact, to remove or disable the coin meter would require disassembling large amounts of the coin door to do it cleanly, and there are no hacks/splices/solder joints...then the assumption would be the coin counter is also original.
If the coin counter is original, it is probably reasonably accurate. As accurate as possible, given that there's no way to be absolutely certain how many coins really passed through a game, nor whether the counter has rolled over if it's only 5 digits.
Wade