It is with great sadness that we inform you that Richard Nelson has passed away. He was a strong advocate of the Silver Strike program and a good friend. I know he will be deeply missed by all of you, the staff at the Four Queens and myself. He was a visionary when it came time to come up with an idea for a Tournament coin design. This June Tournament is the last one that he and I worked on together and he was very passionate about which design would be on the the 1/4lb Tournament coin.