project, and in my desire to muddy the waters even further ..... Did you know that Harrah's Laughlin (and perhaps other places as well), in their High Limits area, has several slot machines that use $100 silver tokens? These tokens are 99.9% silver, they are fed into to coin slot and they actually operate the slot machine. Winnings are paid out in these tokens and they are taken to the cage for redemption. As they get scratched up, the cage pulls them from service, returns them to the maker (I don't know which one), who then replaces them with freshly struck tokens.

I'm not sure what to call these. But since I will be in Laughlin later tonight, does anyone want one? You will have to wire me the money.

Happy Holidays,

Jim Follis