I didn't know about this one when I only collected Franklin Mint tokens. They stopped most token manufacture in 1968, resuming in 1979. This Gold Strike Inn came from inside an old slot machine that someone bought and put the token on eBay about 10 years ago. I've seen a few others from Gold Strike Inn, but it's still pretty scarce. Size is to the current $2 token standard, smaller than those made in 1967 by FM.
Collecting $2 Nevada slot tokens is a good specialty. They aren't making them any more for Nevada and a complete collection amounts to a little over 50 tokens. Even adding in all the other gambling areas in the USA, you will only add another 20 or 30 to the collection.
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