Nevada Bicentennial Chip & Token Gallery


Holiday Casino Tokens Story


Only two clubs in Reno commemorated the bicentennial, but one of them, the Holiday Hotel, went all out with five, twenty-five and one hundred dollar gaming tokens which were made of bronze, .999 fine silver, and ten-karat gold, respectively. Their purpose was twofold, in that 1976 marked the hotel's twentieth anniversary as well as the bicentennial. On January 26, 1976, the tokens were put into play and were also put on sale to collectors. The original order of the gold 100-dollar token sold out on the first day! The twenty-five and hundred dollar tokens showed a mustang on the obverse and the Liberty Bell, bald eagle, and thirteen-starred flag on the reverse, the only difference being the denomination noted on the obverse. The five dollar bronze token pictured the hotel on the obverse and Washington crossing the Delaware on the reverse. Medallic Art Company of Danbury CT struck the pieces.


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