Most collectors seem to want the FM tokens in the original holders, but realistically, they would be better off removing them from the shrink wrap cardboard or the Dansco binder (Proof sets). The cardboard from the 60's was not meant for long term storage and many of the tokens get edge or rim corrosion, particularly if the wrap gets a hole in it. Also, if you want to sell the tokens, you will get a better price if offered individually rather than making the buyer take 4 or 5 at a time. Mine are still in the holders, though [g].

My info from HowdyH is that all the tokens were struck from the same kind of die; proofs struck first (multiple strike?), then proof like, then casino-run tokens. If you remove the PL and PROOF from their holders, you generally won't be able to tell them apart. Note that in some cases, the collector coins were struck in different metals from the casino-run coins. Chas Rogers book on these tokens list all the metal variations on the various sets, and you should buy the book if you're going to get involved in this complex collecting area. I'm trying to make a list myself of all the non-set tokens that are struck in different metals; I don't believe such a list has been assembled before.

Since the design of collector tokens and casino-run tokens is the same in every case, most collectors would prefer one of the uncirculated specimens from the set. Many casual casino token collectors haven't found out yet that FM token sets exist and are extremely happy to find these old tokens in new condition. Proofs do seem to sell for more if described that way, and of course any of the strikes with silver in them (sterling, or silver-clad) at least have a price floor of melt value. The $5 tokens in the '67 sets are all sterling (and so marked), while some of the casino-run $5's were sliver clad. In most cases, the clad 5's are scarcer since nobody saved $5 tokens in those days, while ALL the collector set tokens were saved, at least into the 1970's. During the great silver melt of the seventies, lots of these were broken out of sets and melted, but of course there's no record. In my opinion, uncirculated $5 casino-run tokens are extremely scarce today.

Someone else will have to comment on Route Tokens as I don't collect them. Janice, of course, knows a lot about them, as she does with all Nevada tokens.