Kind of Feels Like a Silver Dollar but There Not, I Miss The Old Las Vegas...........

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I Have Been to Las Vegas Many Times in my Life and it is So Much Different Now Days than it was 20-30 Years Ago.........

Here is a Picture of The OLD Las Vegas Sands circa 1995...........

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The Reason I am Bringing up Las Vegas I Because I went through some old boxes that I have at my House and I Found a Couple of Those Dollar Gaming Tokens that Most Las Vegas Casinos Used to Use For Their Slot Machines..........

Here is The First Token I came Across From the Old Sands Hotel Pictured Above.............
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Now Since The Original Las Vegas Sands is Gone I Guess my $1.00 Gaming Token Will Never Get Cashed back in for a $1 Federal Reserve Note........
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Slot Machines Used to Pay These Things Out at the Machine and What a Beautiful Sound they Would Make if You Hit a Big Jackpot, Just ask Charles Fuchs @stackin, Here on Steemit, He Knows !!!

Then The Other Token I came Across Was From This Place on The Strip........For Some Reason I Always Think about The Wizard of OZ when I see this Hotel...........Emerald City Maybe ??

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Now I Remember Going to the New MGM Grand Hotel the First Week it Opened in Las Vegas, That was December 18, 1993........

Here Was What Their One Dollar Gaming Token Looked Like from Back in the Day............
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So There You Have It My LIttle Trip down Memory Lane to Share Two Dollar Tokens That I Came Across Today That Brings Back Memories of The Old Las Vegas.............
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No More Ching, Ching, Ching, Ching of The Change Drop in The Slot Machines Anymore Now Days..........

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As a young boy, I handed my Aunt a “Real Silver Dollar” to put in a Slot Machine, at the Golden Nugget... I’m happy to say, that three Plums lined up, and 14 “Silver Dollars” came pouring out...
December 4, 2019... 2.6 Hollywood Time...

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The first time i came to vegas was in 1998... man, it sure has changed! I haven't been to the MGM for a long time with all the other new casino out there these days. I do remember the metal $1 casino chips, those are long gone these days haha

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I know You have Seen a lot my Brother. You are Consistent and an Inspiration to many People. We are Getting towards the END of The FIAT System and You know What ? The Silver Stackers will Have Their Day. They don't Call Nevada The Silver State for Nothing ! @stackin

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Interesting... I guess after they got rid of "real Silver Dollars" they needed a replacement...
Oh ...To have been there when you could pull the lever and Morgans came out if you hit the jackpot!!🤗

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I use to Spend "Real Silver Dollars"... I know the way back, with a few minor changes... Naturally, Silver will be worth more, then when I was Growing Up... The "Spending Power" of Silver is more than likely, returning to the Year 1792 or Earlier...
December 4, 2019... 14.1 Hollywood Time...

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I remember the sound of "real " Silver at the bank.
People today don't have a clue.....🙃

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My Father let me use $50 to go to the Bank to look through Silver Dollars... I was looking for Carson City Mint Marks... I never did find any in Circulation...
December 4, 2019... 9.6 Hollywood Time...

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That sounds familiar, I would go get rolls of Silver Quarters and exchange Fiat.....😇

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Back then, I didn't think of Paper Money as Fiat, but I sure do now...
December 4, 2019... 23. 7 Hollywood Time...

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What are those game tokens made of @stockjockey? It is great that you were able to keep those three from your days of playing slot machines in LV. Great mementos of the old days. I think that nowadays, you bring your 1K fiat to the cashier, and they give you a ticket (hehehe, worst than federal notes) which you use to play the machines... that's what I saw anyway when I was there. And those who chose to play small amounts, insert fiat onto the machines. So interesting!
Have a great day, my friend, and take care 🥰🌺🤙

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I am not sure what they are made of maybe nickel and copper. I found them in a box of Stuff and I don't recall ever playing slot machines to use them. They are neat though Ms. Saver @silversaver888

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