Just a week after the SCNA Convention/Show I attended a 1 day show put on by the Midlands Coin Club. Despite the fact that both Gold & Silver prices had dropped dealers were asking Higher Prices for both at the Columbia show. Low Grade Common Morgans were selling for $20 at the State show but dealers were asking $24 for them at the show in Columbia. Bulk Silver was bringing 12X Face at the state show but the average price in Columbia was 13.5X Face. Not sure how the sales were going. My first Purchase in Columbia was Ten Limited Edition Nevada Gaming Tokens with the .999 Silver Inserts (I think 0.6 Troy Ounces Each) Next I Picked up a PCGS MS-62 1890-S Morgan Dollar. A NGC Slabbed Bi-Centennial Proof Set PF-68 Cameo. I then purchased a 1934-D Mercury Dime ANACS MS-65. 4 Assorted Civil War Tokens. A NGC Slabbed 1812 Great Brittan Token W-765 in AU-55 BN from Hull Lead Works. My final purchase was a Russian Denga coin struck in the Mid 1550's Under the Rule of Ivan the Terrible. A tiny little coin...not sure how they kept from losing them. Below are a few of the items I still have left.
FYI......If the $10 gaming tokens were produced after 2005 (I think) they contain one-half ounce of silver. Chris
Bring Vegas home with a Limited Edition Ten Dollar Gaming Token (random designs). These tokens were struck from .999 fine silver and are featured inside a brass ring. They are better known as “Silver Strikes.” Each ten dollar gaming token contains a total of 0.60 troy ounces of pure silver. These are all Pre 2000 Gaming Tokens
When I was in Vegas in 2006, I spent about $80 at Slots-A-Fun on their gaming token machines. I brought home 70 of the $10 "Nevada Wildlife Series" silver strikes that were produced using .5 ounces of .999 FS.
Wow that's a LOT of Tokens. Never been to Vegas Myself...maybe one day. My daughter went last year and brought me a few tokens...but no silver ones.
Those are nice coins; thanks for sharing your experience at the show and the pics. I like the 1812 token - if that one could talk it might have some interesting stories to tell.
