1967 Franklin Mint Domestic Gaming Tokens?

[ThinIce]

I saw these at a local thrift store a couple months back and waited for them to become 50% before purchasing them. There were 6 sets in the total lot, with only a couple them with sterling silver tokens.

When I got there yesterday, 3 of them were gone, though I believe I got the only ones with silver tokens in them, lucky me. Both packages have identical coins to the same casino, Landmark Tower in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bottom one has a Morgan Silver Dollar adjacent to it for scale. The thickness of the tokens are maybe a mm or so thicker than the morgan, and contain a tad bit more silver than coinsilver.

What are the value of these sets?

I paid roughly $21 for each with a coupon and the 50% off. These were originally marked 50 a piece.

 

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[enamel7]

I'd say you got a good deal. My guess the tokens are probably 1 once each.

 

[cudamark]

Franklinium? What the heck is that? At least it's "solid Franklinium" and Franklinium II........heaven forbid if they were Franklinium I or not solid!!

 

[coinsareawesome]

I read that Franklinium is a copper-nickel alloy with a little bit of Columbium added so it could be patented. It was actually created by the Franklin Mint. Wikia states that it is element 130 and is also known as untrinilium.

 

[Mackaydon]

As mentioned above (beat me to it)...."Franklinium" was a proprietary alloy created by the Franklin Mint as it embarked on its meteoric rise.
It was a glorified copper-nickel alloy (not bronze) with an added dash of Columbium that made it possible to patent.
Don........

 

[Mackaydon]

Unless you attribute some value to brass or clad-like coins-or the Franklin Mint Collection name, the silver in each set (assuming the sterling silver coin contains one ounce of weight), the value of that silver coin is about $13 today, based on $14 silver.
Don.../

 

[ThinIce]

Probably better to hold them for their collector values, as $14 for a coin like that isn't much at all. Between 500-1000 of the silver ones were made for each casino, mentioned in some article I read. Thanks for the info.

 

[cudamark]

I read that Franklinium is a copper-nickel alloy with a little bit of Columbium added so it could be patented. It was actually created by the Franklin Mint. Wikia states that it is element 130 and is also known as untrinilium.

Thanks for the info! I figured it must be some sort of "Frankenstein" concoction of metal by them.....just didn't see it listed on the precious metals index!