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Re: Binion $5 Token 1967 Info
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You have a Franklin Mint circulation strike in silver-clad material, Bennie.
Mintage was 1,003. It's likely that many were melted in the 70's silver speculation. A number of these turned up at the convention last year, probably from the Binions vault. Till then, I'd never seen one. I believe they are scarcer than the proof-like and proof tokens from the collector sets.

There were 252 proofs and 1551 proof-like tokens made in sterling silver (and marked sterling). These were all in sets sold to collectors and shareholders and to the casinos who bought the tokens for casino use. Many of these sterling tokens were also melted. I've seen several of the sets with the $5's removed.

Retail prices for the proof-like sterling tokens are from $25-50. Although probably scarcer, the circulation strikes don't usually bring this much. The proofs seldom trade outside the complete sets.

DonL

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