Dennis-I remember, many years ago, United Silver Mint (USM) had a storefront operation on Boulder Hiway. There was a couple presses
and some display cases set up so you could take a self-guided tour of the minting operation. There was a bowl on one of the counters
with "error" tokens that you could buy for $2 each. I asked the guy about them and he said just he just made them up whenever he
needed some to sell. He said one time a guy wanted 5000 of them so he made them. They also had a store on Paradise road and a display
in the Mint Hotel. I remember the owner got in trouble for trying to scam the state of Nevada on a silver deal. It was pretty serious and the
state was trying to put the guy in jail. It was a long time ago and I don't remember the details. I guess the tokens are worth what someone
will pay!