Craig, where would you have two different denomination strikes? If you change the Ten Dollar to Twenty Dollar with Red Caps included in this change, where would you have two different denominations? You would only have $20's and $200's instead of $10's and $200's because you would send the $10's back in for credit and if someone came in to cash in their $10 Strike, that's what they would get, $10, just as the Casino's are doing now. As far as changing the percentages, the Casino's are also doing that now with this recession, so the house comes up with a higher percentage in their favor and not the player. Craig, I really don't want to get into talking percentages on this board, I know how these percentages work and with the Technicians that are on payroll at all Casino's, the percentages can be changed as long as they are within the guidelines of the NGC! These changes were supposed to take place with HSP Clad Strikes so that the Casino's could go back to 24KT. HGE on the $200's with the money that they would save going to HSP. Now you are saying that it is costing you the same amount of money to mint the HSP Strikes as it did a couple of years back when you minted the .999 Fine Silver $10 Strikes. You also stated that it would costs you $225.00 each for the 24KT. HGE on a $200, well I think with the difference that you are paying for the HSP compared to the .999 Fine Silver, you could put the 24KT. HGE back on the $200's!

Jerry Sacco SS#673