Brad,

First of all, welcome to our club board. If you get serious about silver strikes, I hope you'll consider joining the club. You can find more info about it at www.silverstrikers.com.

Although the Aladdin $28 strike you ask about precedes my days of collecting, there is some great information about it in Richard Anderson's guide, Nevada Silver Strikes.

There were actually two different versions of this strike. The one issued in 1993 had a silver center on the Logo (face) side. The one you show in your post has a gold plated center on the Logo side. It was issued in 1994.

According to Richard, only 3 casinos issued $28 strikes. In addition to these two versions from the Aladdin, there were 3 strikes from the Golden Nugget in Laughlin and 1 from the Rio. These casinos wanted a $1 Silver Strike slot machine in addition to the the quarter slot machine from which one could win a $7 strike. Since four quarters equaled one dollar, the redeemable value of this strike was 4 times $7 or $28. Apparently, cashiers hated having to deal with a $28 face value redeemable strike.

These strikes typically sell for quite a bit, not because they are obsolete, but because they are simply not that common.

There are seven $2 token designs from the Aladdin, representing the seven wonders of the world. These same designs were used at the Edgewater casino in Laughlin and Harrah's Reno, in addition to some non-Nevada casinos. They typically sell for $3-5 each.

--Norm