1993 Silver Treasure Island $10 Limited Edition Gaming Token Type 2

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” Blackbirds tend to like shiny objects” ~ The Bloody Raven

This month I was so excited to land one of these gaming tokens as shown by @summertooth last month. I was aware of this token’s existence but for a long time I couldn’t spring for one because of the high shipping cost for just one game token until I found this Ebay Auction seller offering free shipping to Canada. (Dance a Rummy Jig). 💃
I had about $30 CAD in the tin from my recovered Bottle Deposit fund and prayed the bidding didn’t go over $30!

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My first impressions? And thoughts.

The 0.7 oz. outer brass ring gives it the feeling of a BIG COIN for a total weight of 1.30 oz. The Bimetallic color scheme gold-like contrast imply the Token as ‘Pirate Money’ and providing space for a big Legend while protecting the 0.6 oz. pure 0.999 fine silver core.

This Gaming Token is more in the Collecting Appeal rather than that of an Investment component of the Stack, since it is after all, a product of a mature market and purposed as a Marketing asset for the Mirage Casino as a recreational destination and most patrons likely kept them as a souvenir of their stay.

So as a pure Investment vehicle this may not likely be your cup of tea, but as a Silver Stacking Pirate, it’s worth it’s FUN Premium!

Design Side
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Outer Ring 0.7 oz. Brass, Inner core: 0.6 oz., 0.999 Fine Silver
Reference SSC#: TIlvnv-001
Issued 1993, Treasure island casino

Contrary to this token’s illustration, according to the book by Robert Louis Stevenson, Long John Silver’s parrot was a green Amazon parrot rather than a Scarlet Macaw and didn’t wear a Bicorn hat with a Skull and crossbones.

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1911 Cover of Treasure island From The Beinecke Library under Public Domain

Treasure Island Logo side
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The fancy letters T & I Center crossed by a naval Falchion sword on the left, Cutlass on the right.
CT indicating that the token was supplied by Casino Tokens Mint
Mintage Unknown yet Limited Edition?

Thank you @summertooth for renewing my interest in this type of collectable silver token and I may yet need your help acquiring one or two other varieties should I get more of that Pirate Luck come my way!

A little bigger than a Kennedy Half
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Size comparison.

In Closing

I will be celebrating my good fortune wresting backwards in time to grasp this beautiful 1993 gaming token but I’ll have me un-patched eyes out for the 2002 Version. TIlvnv-006, or the 2003 TIlvnv-007 Pirate Ships.

According to Silver Strikers there are eleven variations of the Treasure Island Game Token and looking at the mintage it would be a considerable stretch to get my hooks on all of them.

I hope you enjoyed this coin feature, thank you for stopping by my Blog today.

The #piratesunday tag is the scurvy scheme of Captain @stokjockey for #steemsilvergold and #ssg-community pirates to proudly showcase their shiny booty and plunder for all to see. Landlubbers welcomed to participate and be a Pirate at heart so Open yer Chests an’ show us what booty yea got!

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References

1. My own pictures shot with a Samsung SM-A530W
P. Image under Pixabay
R. Clip art from 123RF
W. Wiki Commons

Other References

@summertooth’s Original Treasure Island article
Website of Silverstrikers

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“Et lux in tenebris to serve laboro, sum sicarius” “I work in the shadows to serve the Light, I am an Assassin”

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Good Stuff, I Remember Being At Treasure Island in Las Vegas the FIRST Night That the Hotel Opened. For a Pirate it was Like going to Heaven Seeing The Pirate Theme throughout the Hotel...........

Oh I wish I was there to take it all in. Thanks @stokjockey

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Congratulations on snagging that treasure island token! @summertooth knows only too well that you are the truest of pirates of Ssg land! Thanks for sharing, take care 🌺🥰🤙 and million hugs and kisses 🤗❤️😘

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Tis a long voyage for this little pretty coin, a treasured piece tha'l 'ave a place in me Chest.
Always, with love 🌺 💝 🌹 💓 🌸

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Great token! I bought a few on Ebay, not this, two years ago. If I remember well, the price was around U$16 each.
!trdo

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Thanks @ronaldoavelino
The prices are not really outrageous, it's the shipping cost that most retailers add 70 to 80% on top of that until I found a pure Auction that included shipping. I need at least a second token so as my two boys don't argue over one in the future when I pass this treasure on.

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😍😻❣💕💘🥇👍😎

💋

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Thank you Undy-kins. 💖 💋 ☠

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Did Summertooth put you up to this.....🤣🤣🤣

Arrrh, as a teller of tall tales a total coincidence methinks. ☠

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That's a rather nice token!

I love that GIF at the bottom of the post, chopping the pumpkin!

The crew of the Storm Crow knows,
When The Bloody Raven is happy,
She bakes Pumpkin Pie!

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I'd say that's good use for your bottle return money! For sure!

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Diverting them from the landfill, pocketing the off grid cash and putting it into off grid savings, plastics and aluminum get recycled properly, and the environment is better for it. Everyone wins!

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Very, very nice gaming token......I think I saw another one of these somewhere here..🤗😀😇

I believe you are right, I think I saw by your neck of the woods.

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I remember now!!!!🤔🤗

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