Happy Wednesday! Today I thought I would go back to the Silver Strikers. The one I'm sharing today is an interesting token from a very small defunct casino in Jean, Nevada by the name of Whiskey Pete's. They still operate a casino in Primm, Nevada just off the I-15 as you cross from California into Nevada if you're interested. This one in particular features the infamous criminal couple Bonnie and Clyde.
About the token
Casino: Whiskey Pete's, Jean, Nevada, US
Mint: Casino Token
Composition: 99.9% silver surrounded by a brass ring
Silver Weight: About 0.6 ounces
Edge: Smooth
Denomination: $10 US Gaming Token Value
Design side: Bonnie and Clyde
Logo side: Whiskey Pete's logo
This Silver Striker token I believe I picked up on eBay in a lot with several others. I always love the tokens that come from the casinos that no longer exist, in this case the one in Jean, Nevada. The best part about these is the center is 99.9% silver! You can win these playing Silver Striker slot machines but are usually cheaper to buy on eBay or pawn shops. They are also a lot of fun to collect because there are just so many different ones out there.
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Bonnie Parker was born in 1910 in Rowena, Texas and Clyde Barrow in 1909 in Ellis County, Texas. This pair of star crossed lovers ran a criminal gang in the early 1930's that robbed banks, small stores and funeral homes throughout the central United States. It was the period of the great depression and little work was available so many such as these two chose to rob as a mean to live. From 1932 to 1934 the couple and their gang stole vehicles, robbed, and killed 9 law officers and 4 civilians during their brief criminal careers.
The couple met in January of 1930 and was said to be love at first sight. Clyde was sent to prison on a weapons charge the same year, escaped once with the help of Bonnie, but recaptured and released in 1932. They then started a robbery and killing spree that lasted until 1934. By the time they had federal and Texas state authorities on their trail. Having a tip on their location an ambush was set up in Louisiana on May 23, 1934. As the couple drove up to the ambush point they opened fire with 130 rounds into the car killing them both never giving them an option to even surrender. Although they likely wouldn't have surrendered and been shot down anyway.
Since then Hollywood movies have been made about them giving them an undying place in American history. Their bodies were difficult to embalm due to all the gunshot wounds. Bonnie had more than 20,000 people attend her funeral and Clyde's was a private ceremony. Although they wanted to be buried together their families wouldn't allow it. Thus came to the end of the violent criminal careers of Bonnie and Clyde.
That will wrap un today's post. If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments feel free to leave them below. Thanks for taking the time to stop on by! Happy Wednesday!
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And my disclaimer:
Gold and silver collecting and stacking can be a fun hobby but isn't for everyone. You can lose money. I'm not a financial advisor and this isn't financial advice, please always do your own research before spending your hard earned money.
All pictures are mine unless otherwise noted.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde
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Nice one
Thanks!
Cool! Depression Era piracy.
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Easy to see why people did it, no jobs, no hope, and the government actions actually made it worse. Pirates in the Caribbean would have loved to have had Tommy-guns!
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Keep up the great work and that's really cool chunk of silver right there. Actually got to go to Vegas and be a weed delivery driver for a little while. It didn't work out however it was an excellent adventure for a little bit.
Vegas is an interesting town! You can have a lot of fun there!
First of all, thanks so much for the HSBI! Secondly, what a cool gaming token! Whiskey Pete's was always our first stop, driving from LA to Vegas. Lot's of great memories there! We saw the Bonnie and Clyde car there more than once.
My memories of the casino across the freeway, Buffalo Bills, aren't as nice. They had the World's Tallest Rollercoaster. My daughter and I rode that coaster once, and felt moisture hitting us. We were grossed out to think it was someone's saliva, screaming in front of us. Worse! Exiting the coaster, we saw the car in front of us full of vomit. :( Yuck!
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Stay away from Buffalo Bills! Sounds like a very bad experience! I never understood why they had a location in Jean... It's not far from Primm. The rooms there are really inexpensive, I once was headed to Vegas late in the evening and was just too tired and stopped there. It's a not a bad place!
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I have seen at least one movie that depicted the wild criminal spree of Bonnie and Clyde! What a wild life, they lived…… and died !🙄
It was a wild ride albeit a very short wild ride! They were too scared of them to even give them a chance to surrender!
Probably would’ve been much worse if they had asked them to surrender!🙄😳
It was safer for them just to shoot them!
Absolutely……. They would’ve lost a lot of men if they had done it any other way!🙄
I don't think I have ever seen a silver striker slot machine.
Most bigger casinos have them, they have their own little section usually.
Cool! It's mostly small tribal casinos around where I live.
A lot of tribal casinos are pretty limited in what they offer. But I've seen some tribal casinos that rival Vegas!
Very nice token,
thanks for the history brief
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She was a very pretty and dangerous girl. An interesting time in American history.
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It's always interesting to collect such items, especially if they have silver and an interesting history
It's always going to have value since it's silver! Thanks!
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