Welcome to the BB Jim.
Best to put your name where you have "Diceman" Many on the BB do not reply to an "Alais" post. I am one of them but did not notice when I replied. Even "Jim The Diceman"

There was an agent named Trimble, but not me.

The change did come post 96, I'm guessing 98.

No clue what the $25,000 is worth as it is not for sale. We had notched chips made for surveilance checks before we opened. We managed to screw up even with the surveilance check. All The real $25,000 had to be destroyed as they could not be read when the $5,000 were mixed in. When I say all, I mean all but the ones that was on Paris Hiltons dress on opening night. They are still on the dress locked up in double custody.