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I have spent the week in Las Vegas, in between meetings and other work duties, seeking out the last remaining coin slots. First the results…

2 Silver quarters, 1962 and 1944!
2017-S Ellis Island
2020-W w/privy Weir Farm
2 2026-D
1 2026-D Pilgrim
At least 5 each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Mostly Ds.
A few states and 2 Eagles that were in great condition
More American Woman Ds than I can shake a stick at.
A nice bunch of damaged
And one lonely Panamanian quarter

I have to come to Vegas every year for work, sometimes more than once. This year I decided to see if I could find any actual coin op machines. I did some googling, and then talked to a bunch of locals when I got here and and took way to many taxi rides around the city. There were a lot of rumors and “I remember”s, but there ain’t many coin ops left.

Bunions and The D on Fremont Street had nothing. (Sigma Derby moved)

ElCortez, also on Fremont had dollar token machines, but no actual coin machines. Evidently they recently got rid of their last quarter slots.

One rumor I couldn’t track down was Skyline Casino in Henderson, they supposedly had quarter and dollar poker machines. Maybe someone else can go and check them out.

Where I did find quarter slots was a small place called Slots-O-Fun right next to Circus Circus. They have mostly dollar token machines (both slots and poker) but about 15 or so actual quarter machines. A little run down, but with $2 hot dogs, $5 BlackJack, and quarter slots how can you go wrong?

The only other quarter machine I found was something called Sigma Derby which evidently is a pretty famous machine. It is no longer in The D, but has moved to the Golden Gate Casino at 1 Fremont. Evidently it just moved about a month ago.

Sigma Derby is a very fun game but hard to actually win big at (which I guess is the point) It has a strong social aspect like say Craps or roulette with players cheering each other on. Basically you put a bunch of quarters into the machine and then press a button to indicate how many quarters you want to bet of a 1-2 combo of horses winning based on the displayed odds. It sounds complicated but after like 2 games I felt like I was a master.

However, when it comes to quarters the Sigma Derby had almost all newer quarters, very few Eagles, mostly states and American Women. I suspect that when they moved the machine to its new home last month they got all newish quarters from the local bank.

The coins at Slot-O-Fun though were old, at least half Eagles, and that’s where I found both Silvers. (But I also found the W and the S there, so…)

As for actually hunting Sigma Derby is fairly fast paced and its difficult to have time to look at more than the front and back of each coin let alone mint marks, and errors and most die chips are right out. At Slots-Of-Fun you can just sit there and examine each coin before you drop it in but the casino lighting makes it difficult.

I probably spent (lost) about $160, but I searched maybe $1K worth of quarters with hit rates far exceeding anything I get at my local banks, especially for D mint marks which on the East Coast don’t get to us until they are all beat up.

Now if anyone finds any Nickel slots anywhere…..

Small room off to the side of CircusCircus still has some quarter machines. They have dollar machines to but those use tokens. Went through about $60 worth in quarters until I hit for $100! In the process had some great finds. No Ws, but almost a complete set of American women Ds, (hard to get on the East Coast), several low mintage America the Beautifuls my first 2026, a few to add to the damage/jutebox collection and one glorious (albeit dirty) 1962. I’m here all week so hopefully have time to go back.

2016 Ford Explorer Sport 80K

Intermediate Shaft replaced last month

Took to dealer to fix oil leak, which they are fixing free of charge because they installed the intermediate shaft incorrectly. Now they are telling me I need to replace the entire front Turbo because the actuator rod has popped off and set a P0299. Evidently Ford does not sell the .42 cent C-Clip required to reattach the actuator arm by itself and they want me to replace the entire turbo at $2653!

I can get a set of C-Clips from Autozone for $7.49.

How likely is it that I just need to reattach this with a C-Clip and that's it?

How likely is it that the mechanic that replaced the intermediate shaft forgot to reattach the actuator arm or did it in incorrectly?

I would like to change the color of my pinstriping from this bronze/gold/brown color to black. I can source the pinstriping off Amazon so that’s no problem. Can I just put it over the top or should I remove the old stuff first? What’s the best way to remove it, heat gun? How do I not damage the polymer panels?

I seem to have a very slow oil leak from whatever this part is underneath the car.

It’s a 2016 Ford Explorer sport with 80K

What is the most likely part that’s leaking and how much should I expect to pay to get it fixed?

does not seem to match DDR-001 on VV but my untrained eye cannot tell if this is machine doubling or not.

Can anyone confirm that this is in fact 1964 DDR-008 PR-8-R-II-C. ???

varietyvista.com/01b%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%202/1964PDDR008.htm

Thanks

Pretty sure this dollar is gold plated it’s way shiny than any other ones and has a different color. How can I tell for sure?

Doing my larger bank loop to get MWR’s today searching for the new W with the privy so needing some MWR quarters, of course I asked for halves as well, wasn’t expecting the teller to have a whole box sitting right there on the counter full of new 2024s. I didn’t have enough to get the whole box so I got what I could. Thank you!

I’m pretty sure the middle one is just toned, but how do I tell if the other one is in fact a black beauty?

Looked on eBay and Amazon, nothing.

at first, I thought this was just PMD, but it doesn’t look like the metal has been pushed anywhere. Is it a strikethrough error? (note the die chip on the hat.) I tried to Google, but didn’t see anything similar for this specific coin.

Had a rather small haul at my usual banks last week so I branched out early and hit some new places yesterday.

When trying new banks I usually just ask for $40 quarters to gauge their reaction and see what I get.

First Bank gave me a ton of attitude and then told me it was federal law that they couldn’t make change unless I had an account with them. I was polite and just said OK, thanks and walked out. (didn’t want their stupid coins anyway.)

Second bank was was my usual dump bank, but it was on the way so I stopped in and asked for halves and two dollar bills. Got five $2 and two halves!

I’ve been to the third bank once before many months ago and they gave me CWR but then told me I had to have an account so I didn’t go back. but again they were on the way so I tried them again and I got four rolls of CWR quarters. I might have to open an account at this bank seeing as they give out CWRs.

I had never been to the fourth bank, but it’s right near my house so I don’t know why I haven’t been there before but I got four rolls of MWR quarters and then asked for dollar coins or halves and the other teller speaks up. “How many do you want?” my response as always “How many do you have?” she had 36. And as she’s pulling them out of her drawer, she starts telling me how her grandmother used to collect coins and starts dropping them on the counter to hear the pings and I noticed there is some silver and I’m trying to stay calm without jumping up and down and saying gimme gimme gimme.

For the quarters I ended up with a couple of die chips and cracks and a stack of better conditions. The halves are all in great condition, including the two 1964s.

Now I get to go hit my usual banks this afternoon!

Weekly pickup of CWRs, just $45.50 this week.

1 entire roll of 1976 quarters! some really nice ones but no varieties. Keeping them all!

a few shiny newer date quarters worth keeping, two old beat up nickels, a few shiny dimes and some with random die chips/cracks. For cents I found one wheat (1945), one Canadian, one 2009, one 2025, a couple of die cracks, and a good handful of coppers

2016 Ford Explorer Sport, Auto, 80K

Cant tell if oil, coolant or trans fluid. it is on the passenger side. any idea on what it is, where it is leaking and how much to fix? Thanks.