Private U.S. Mints and in house metal refineries have numbered in the dozens over the years. Major minting errors from silver rounds to gambling tokens are very popular and eagerly sought by collectors. Erratic record keeping of mintage numbers and identifying which private mint produced major errors can be a challenge to research. It is in-fact on occasion impossible because many rounds and tokens were struck with no identification such as a specific mint's name, privy mark, or mintmark.

Here is a $1 brass Horseshoe Casino (now Binions) gambling token. It is both a double strike and a chain strike. Chain strikes often resemble a curved clipped planchet error because of their concave shape. During the second 40% off center strike this coin was adjacent to another planchet.





This gambling token was struck by United Silver Mint (USM). I have been unable to find any specific background or historical information on USM.

Next, is a 1 oz "IT'S A BOY" silver round. It is struck off-center with a fantastic mirror brockage of the obverse design on the reverse.





The normal reverse was designed with an open space for engraving a sentiment. A normal reverse would read "One Troy Oz. .999 Fine Silver" in fancy script struck near the rim where the brockage is located.

An interesting detail is the date 1984 that can be seen in the stacked square toy boxes to the right of the infant. This round was struck by the American Medallion Corporation (AMC) in the mid 1980's. AMC was based in Houston, TX and ceased operations in 1989.

Next, is a $1 Truck Inn casino token. This token is a die adjustment strike.

Missing on both the obverse and reverse round the outer rim are the letters and numerals ONE DOLLAR * GAMING TOKEN * TRUCK INN * 2002 *.





The Truck Inn casino was located in Fernley, NV. It was a very popular stop located in western Nevada just off of Interstate 80. Its mascot was a vintage three axel Freightliner hosted 40 feet up in the air. The casino and Inn closed in 2008. Although the buildings are all now gone the mascot 18 wheeler is remains present to this today high up in the sky.

This Truck Inn gambling token was minted by Nevada Coin Mart (NCM) which was started in the late 1960's and is still operational. NCM is located in Las Vegas, Nevada.