They were assayed by Tom Guida(one of the early days collectors) years ago. He assayed both some of the $10's and $40's.

Here are his results...

Two $10.00 tokens were selected one from the Hard Rock and one from the Gold Coast Las Vegas. We also assayed a $40.00 silver premium token from Trop World Atlantic City. The tokens we used can be identified as:

HRLV-1 (Marv's Numbers) GCLV-2 (Marv's Numbers) and Trop World Steel Pier $40.00.

As you may or may not know the construction of the $40.00 tokens is a one piece stamping in .999Fine Silver and 24 Karat HGE (Heavy Gold Electroplate), while the $10.00 tokens are a twopiece stamping , the center .999 Fine Silver Token and the outer ring.

The outer ring of HRLV-1 weighed 12.25 DWT(pennyweights) (1/20 of a troy oz) and contained no precious metal.

The outer ring of GCLV-2 weighed 11.85 DWT(pennyweights) (1/20 of a troy oz) and contained no precious metal.

HRLV-1 Center weighed 11.98 DWT and contained 11.83 DWT .999 Silver. Actually the center was .9874 Fine Silver.

GCLV-2 Center weighed 11.63 DWT and contained 11.27 DWT .999 Silver. Actually the center was .9690 Fine Silver.

The $40.00 Trop weighed 34.60 DWT and contained 34.08 DWT .999 Silver. Actually the center was .9850 Fine Silver.

Additionally the $40.00 Trop contained .0102 DWT .9999 Fine Gold.

At the Spot Gold and Silver Prices on Fri 1/12/96 of $5.55 silver and $399.00 gold the following are the bullion values.

HRLV-1- 11.83 DWT =.5915Oz Troy .999 Fine Silver @$5.55=$3.28

GCLV-2- 11.27 DWT =.5635Oz Troy .999 Fine Silver @$5.55=$3.13

$40 Trop- 34.08 DWT = 1.70 Oz Troy .999 Fine Silver @$5.55=$9.44

$40 Trop- .0102 DWT =.0005Oz Troy .9999 Fine Gold @$399 =$0.20

..............................................................................................Total $9.64

LAUREN GUIDA AND DAD (TOM)

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HSP tokens...

HSP (Heavy Silver Plate) tokens are being found from Cruise Ships. Be aware that these tokens contain essentially "NO" silver as reported again by an assay performed by Tom Guida.

A $10.00 Hollywood Cruise ship HSP token was assayed. To insure accuracy because only trace amounts of silver were expected, four samples were done and all results were within acceptable limits of each other.

This token, was of two piece construction. The outer ring weighed 12.077 DWT and contained no silver. The center insert weighed 13.110 DWT and contained less than 1% silver by weight or .0065 Oz Troy. At the current spot price of silver this token is worth less than $0.04.

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As for the $20 tokens if you look at the Gaming Commission's Chip & Token approval lists you will see that most all the $20's are now listed as two piece silver strikes.