Nevada Landing Jean NV Silver Strike Token 1995 Riverboat 24 KT HGE

Description

Nevada Landing, Jean Nevada
Silver Strike Gaming Token
- Riverboat
Released 1995
Approximately 1.53 Oz of Silver (according to William Cohenour's Comprehensive Nevada Silver Strike Reference Catalog)
LM Mint Mark (Letcher Minting - Closed)
Smooth Edge
Case/Capsule measures approximately 2 1/16 inches in diameter
SSC#:
NLjenv-003 - 24 Karat HGE - Gold Wake
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Logo/Front/Face -
Center: Nevada Landing Hotel & Casino, Jean, Nevada, LM mint mark
Rim: Forty Dollar Redeemable Cash Value, 24 Karat HGE
Design/Back/Reverse -
Center:
Riverboat
Rim: Forty Dollar Redeemable Cash Value,. 999 Pure Silver, Nevada Landing
Please look closely at the photos as they are part of the description.  There are photos taken with the case off and on to show the beauty, detail and condition of the token.  The case will have some scratches typical of
circulation
through a silver strike machine, storage, and handling.  The last two photos show the token with the case on.  The token may have some toning due to age.
The Nevada Landing released Silver Strikes only in 1995.
About the Nevada Landing Hotel & Casino in Jean, NV:
About 30 miles southwest of Las Vegas, on Interstate 15, is Jean, NV - a quick stopping point on the way to or from California in the Nevada desert.   In 1987, three partners, who owned the original Gold Strike Hotel near Boulder City, NV opened the Gold Strike in Jean.   Two years later, 1989, they opened a sister property called Nevada Landing on the opposite side of the freeway.  It had 303 rooms with 35,000 sq. ft. of gaming space.  It had a riverboat theme throughout.  The three properties were bought out in 1995 by Circus Circus Enterprises (Mandalay Resort Group, MGM Mirage).  Nevada Landing was closed and demolished to make way for a master planned
community in 2007.  However, with the economic downturn, that did not materialize.  The tall Nevada Landing sign along Interstate 15 was removed in 2010.
What is a Silver Strike?
A Silver Strike is a Limited Edition Gaming Token which is won from a special slot machine and is in a protective plastic holder.  People from all over the world collect, buy, sell and trade these unique gaming tokens.  The first Silver Strikes were won from special slot machines in the Reno/Tahoe area of Nevada in 1992.  The tokens have been issued with redeemable values of , , , , , , , 0 and 0. The most common denomination is .
Did you know that the older silver strikes have a higher silver content?  As the price of silver increased, the amount of silver used in a silver strike decreased.  It was almost impossible to make a silver strike for .  Today, most of the silver strikes are CLAD, brass with heavy silver plating.  Some of the "chaser" strikes will contain .999 fine silver.
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