50 Cent Gaming Token - Empress River Casino Joliet, Illinois

50 Cent Gaming Token - Empress River Casino (Joliet, Illinois) - obverse50 Cent Gaming Token - Empress River Casino (Joliet, Illinois) - reverse

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Features

Location United States
Type Miscellaneous tokens › Casino chip or token
Years 1992-2009
Value 50 Cents (0.50)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 11.4 g
Diameter 31.3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
130289

Obverse

The logo of the Empress River Casino in the centre

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FIFTY CENT GAMING TOKEN
EMPRESS
CASINO JOLIET
NOT LEGAL TENDER

Reverse

The value in the centre

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ACCEPTABLE ONLY AT EMPRESS CASINO JOLIET
50 CENT
GDC
JOLIET, ILLINOIS

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Mintmark of Green Duck Corporation (GDC) Green Duck Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, United States (1906-1962)

Comments

Argosy's Empress Casino (also known as Empress Casino Joliet) was a Riverboat casino and hotel located in Joliet, Illinois. Built in the 1990s by a group of investors headed by T.J. Lambrecht, Empress Casino become one of the first riverboat casinos in Illinois. It was destroyed by a fire on March 20, 2009.
Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argosy_Empress_Casino

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1992-2009) GDC

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