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In the early 1990s casino strikes begun to appear. They are coins, or even more properly, tokens, that were designed to be collected. However, they were redeemable for his or her face value. Currently, you can find no more available at most of the, if not absolutely all, casinos, due to the upsurge in the price of silver. The most frequent denomination, the ten dollar strike, frequently contained about six-tenths of a Troy ounce of fine silver. BIOWIN69 SLOT

They certainly were usually limited edition strikes that had silver as the primary metal. Indeed, many also carry a mint mark, and have the casino's name and an associated image on the obverse, and an artistic image on the reverse.

The most common denominations range from the seven dollar, the ten dollar, the twenty dollar, the twenty-eight dollar, the forty dollar, the one hundred dollar, and the two hundred dollar face values.

The ten dollar casino strikes normally have a big brass rim. The twenty dollar denomination normally does not have any brass rim, and contains additional fine silver. In fact, the more the denomination, the more fine silver the casino strike contains. The twenty-eight dollar denomination generally begins the sizes that contained huge gauge electroplating of twenty-four karat gold used to emphasize the image. Beginning with the forty dollar issues, the rim was also heavy gauge electroplated gold. For completeness it should be noted that the few twenty-five dollar casino strikes were issued.

Occasionally, some large casinos would add colorization to the forty dollar strikes. They are especially collectible.

A similar token, the bingo token, exists in a twenty-five dollar denomination for many casinos. These haven't any rim.

Larger casino strikes, when redeemed, were sometimes cancelled. Some had an opening punched through them, others had small indentations where the metal was gouged out by the casino. Cancelled casino strikes are less appealing to collectors.

Several of the Grand Casinos issued brass plated with gold casino strike sets of four themed casino strikes, usually as gifts to higher customers. They certainly were often five dollar strikes, but are not considered very desirable, even when still in the first attractive display case. However, they are generally quite attractive pieces.

Some mints used the same image on the reverse of casino strikes for multiple casinos.

Throughout the height of casino strike collecting, cruise lines, the airport in Las Vegas, and many small casinos offered strikes. They'd be visible, at the very least small ones, in transparent attachments to slot machines, and drop down as winnings. Larger ones were fat to drop out of a machine.

While casinos cannot offer these today, they are still highly collected. In fact, those from casinos which have ceased operations appear to go at a higher price compared to others.

Some people collect by casino, but others collect by theme. The themes vary greatly. Trains, automobiles, celebrities, and old west are but a few examples of themes frequently used.

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