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 50 Cent Gaming Token - Empress River Casino Joliet, Illinois ND
| Copper-nickel | 11.4 g | 31.3 mm | 
| Location | United States | 
|---|---|
| Type | Trade tokens › Casino chips and tokens | 
| Years | 1992-2009 | 
| Value | 50 Cents 0.50 USD = EUR 0.47 | 
| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) | 
| Composition | Copper-nickel | 
| Weight | 11.4 g | 
| Diameter | 31.3 mm | 
| Shape | Round | 
| Technique | Milled | 
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ | 
| Updated | 2024-11-14 | 
| Numista | N#130289 | 
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| Rarity index | 94% | 
Reverse
The value in the centre
Script: Latin
 Lettering: 
 ACCEPTABLE ONLY AT EMPRESS CASINO JOLIET
 50 CENT
 GDC
 JOLIET, ILLINOIS 
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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
 
  
  
 