.999 Silver with Gold Coins?
A few years ago, a casino in Reno, NV had a $1 slot machine that randomly paid out these coins that were the same size as a Silver US $1 piece, but instead of it having the normal appearance, they were stamped with an Old West scene and each was different (I think I have about 10 in all, with one or two duplicates).
I have also recently seen on tv, an advertisement for a similar coin that was suppose to represent the World Trade Center.
I am just curious to know what exactly I have and what it is worth, if anything. Also, who would buy such coins?
These are called “casino tokens” and there’s an active market for them on eBay. Here’s a search that brings up listings for some of them:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=casino+token+silver&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&ebaytag1=ebayreg&srchdesc=n&maxRecordsReturned=300&maxRecordsPerPage=50&SortProperty=MetaEndSort
Web Site for the Carson City Coin Collectors of America
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