"His answer was that people had suggested that he not include it because it was not won from a strike machine"

Ric

It is as much a souvenir coin as any other. He should have put it in his book with a footnote that some collectors don't consider it is a silver strike even though it looks like one.

Also the two Caesars $200 strikes should be melted down as they were not won thru slot play.

Norman