Hi kids, I just recently found out about silver strikes from the casino's in Las Vegas, and bought this one, http://www.ebay.com/itm/O-039-Sheas...4-Leaf-Clover-999-Silver-GDC-MM-/151116438407 as a lucky token of sorts. I likely paid too much for it, and I'll remind my drunk self to not do things like this in the future. My question is though, has anyone bought these things lately? Is there a better place than eBay to pick them up? I'm just curious and looking for opinions.
Hey Greely. (World famous Battle Mc?) Silver strikes from 2009 onwards are silver plated only. I collect(ed) casino chips and have a few silver strikes.
Hah! I paid 250% the silver value for it. Oh well, I don't generally collect things for their value. Just need to pay closer attention in the future.
250% over the silver value hopefully translates to 250% increase in luck! Also: http://www.silverstrikers.com/
I made a better purchase at an antiques shop this past weekend. Bought two for $20 each, they're both worth between $45 and $65 on the collector's market. Here's to informed decisions. Huzzah! http://www.silverstrikers.com/Img/C...-Express-1-Of-1-Nevada-Series-10-G-9LI-BC.jpg
In 2004 I made the circuit of the Vegas casinos with silver strike slot machines and collected about 40 of them. I was hoping to get them framed someday. I'd forgotten about them until this thread came up. Thanks for the reminder.
I was in Vegas in Aug 2013 and found a silver strike machine on Fremont St. They had actual silver tokens in the machine, about 1 out of 20 and the rest were clad. I ran about $200 thru the machine and got all $200 back plus 2 of the .999 strikes. The good news is the casino paid $10 in currency for the clad versions, so all said and done I won an ounce of silver. I went back in Feb 2014 and all the actual .999 silver strikes were no longer in the machines, so I didn't play. I'll find out if that's still the case in August when I go back.
