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I am really interesting in collecting old coins.I want to ask you about some informations about an old coin in my little coin collection.It has circle shape,around the edge of two faces,there 're some words : "..LIMITED EDITION TEN DOLLAR GAMING TOKEN.. .999 FINE SILVER..".On the head,it has a picture of two builings and a fountain with a statue - "4 QUEENS" on the bottom of the fountain,there 're some words : "Hotel/Casino On Fremont Street Las Vegas Nevada".On the tail,it has a picture of 4 "Queen" cards...It 's all the features of my coin that I could describe...Can you tell me about the time when it was produced,the area where it was used.I look forward to seeing your answer
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2007-01-11 22:40:23 · 2 answers · asked by crystal_heart100 5 in Games & Recreation Gambling

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Found the website that make the coin.
However not able to see clearly the coin that you describe.
Here is the link, you might able to make up from the website.

http://www.fremontcoin.com/silver_strikes.html

2007-01-11 23:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 15 0

"Four Queens" is the name of a casino on Freemont Street, in LV. Call them up, and they can probably be of some assistance. Their number is 1-800-634-6045. Those coins became popular as alternative prizes in slot machines during the mid-nineties. Special slot machines were made that could store and pay out those coins in addition to the quarters or gaming tokens that were standard fare before the ticket system came into play. If you got the right reel combinations on one of these slot machines, it would pay out one, two, or three of the coins. They're 999 one-thousanths of an ounce of sliver, and most of the ones i've seen had about a quarter-inch or brass plating around the edge of the coin to kind of frame the image in the center. If you won one or more coins, you had a nice little souvenir with some legitimate worth (about $7 as scrap silver those days), or you could turn them in to the cashier's cage for $10. The coins were dispensed in these clear plastic that were sealed originally, but very hard to reseal if broken open, and also somwhat fragile. So, from a collector's standpoint, what little value those coins have accrued in the decade or so since they were most popular could only apply to the ones still in their cases. Also, i saw some of those machines (though much rarer) the last time i was in las vegas, in 2004, so that coin could very well be much newer than 10-12 years, but that's my guess.

2007-01-15 06:43:26 · answer #2 · answered by butterat2001 2 · 1 0

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