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Nevada Casino Dollar Tokens Quickly Become Hot Commodity
1965-1966 When Nevada’s casinos switched the form of currency accepted in their $1 slot machines to a token from the nearly extinct silver coin in 1965, it had an unexpected result. People around the world…