50 Cent Gaming Token - Empress River Casino Joliet, Illinois
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Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Trade tokens › Casino chips and tokens |
| Years | 1992-2009 |
| Value | 50 Cents (0.50 USD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 11.4 g |
| Diameter | 31.3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Number | N# 130289 |
Obverse
The logo of the Empress River Casino in the centre
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FIFTY CENT GAMING TOKEN
EMPRESS
CASINO JOLIET
NOT LEGAL TENDER
Reverse
The value in the centre
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ACCEPTABLE ONLY AT EMPRESS CASINO JOLIET
50 CENT
GDC
JOLIET, ILLINOIS
Edge
Plain
Mint
 (GDC) |
Green Duck Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, United States (1906-1962) |
Comments
Argosy's Empress Casino (also known as Empress Casino Joliet) was a Riverboat casino and hotel located in Joliet, Illinois. Built in the 1990s by a group of investors headed by T.J. Lambrecht, Empress Casino become one of the first riverboat casinos in Illinois. It was destroyed by a fire on March 20, 2009.
Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argosy_Empress_Casino
Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argosy_Empress_Casino
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1992-2009) GDC | |||||||||||||||
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