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The Slot Card BBS Archive 01

Unusual card type found at Jumer's Casino Rock Is.

I was at Jumers Casino Rock Island in the Quad Cities the first Saturday of September, and I found an unusual card on a machine top, as I show below. It was a white Type 4 (which was a type 3 in the 2nd Guide) card, but the name area on the front had this weird silver box. Could not recall ever seeing or hearing about any such animal and thought I should scan it and ask what everybody else might know. As it happens, just after I got it, Scott at Able Card Co. posted a message on his board... "A little information about their 3rd issue (white "Enterfunment Club"). The casino bought the cards from DataCard in the early 90's, and there was actually a gold level that is not listed. I don't have one to scan, but it's exactly the same as the white version, except it has a metallic gold bar across the bottom of the front of the card about 1/2" high (not foil stamping, but a silkscreen metallic gold print). They only ordered it once, and only 5,000 if my memory serves me correctly. They ordered 100,000 of the white ones 2-3 times (to give you an idea of the ratio)! " I took another close look at my mystery card, wondering if the gold foil area could have discolored to silver over time. It didn't appear so, and to find out I sent this scan to Scott. He replied, "That is EXACTLY what I was referring to, but that is a silver version (I had forgotten about the silver version). It was made in the same quantities as the gold, so just as rare (in my opinion)! " So, these two new versions of the Type 3 white Jumers cards (a gold bar and a silver bar version) will have to be added to the Price Guide. Just so you know, Steve and Pat, since I have the only silver one, it is worth at least a million billion dollars!


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