Author Topic: Silver Strike (Read 5777 times)

cowboygames · « **on:** May 01, 2014, 08:29:51 pm »

OK, so I bought this on eBay for $20.50 w/ shipping. If it's an ounce of silver I broke even and it looks cool. Anybody know if it's a full ounce? For that matter, is it gold plate around the edge? I know the current ones aren't worth anything but whatever it might say and only at the casino where you got it. The original ones were actually a prize though

buybestslots · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2014, 05:22:20 am »

about 1/2 oz only centre is sliver

rickhunter · « **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2014, 07:38:43 am »

Since the coin is not dated, it is hard to say how much silver with just looking. Sometime in 2005 the silver content went from .6 troy ounce to .5 troy ounces. The outer ring is brass, so no gold plating. There were some that were gold plated, but the plating happened on top of the silver part, or the higher denomination silver strikes like $40 or even $200 had some gold plating on it. Here's a $200 sample gold plated back when they used to be 12 troy oz. Now, they are $300 denomination but have only 6 oz. The Four Queens has a very active Silver Strike Program and come out with some really cool $300 and colorized $10 gaming tokens.

cowboygames · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2014, 08:54:34 am »

Hell, $20 is still cheaper than paying a machine to cough one up and the new $10 ones have barely any silver. I'm happy, thanks for the info guys

cowboygames · « **Reply #4 on:** May 02, 2014, 01:33:29 pm »

OK, is there a difference between the ones that have the soil er designation on the middle silver part and the ones that have it on the brass outer edge?