Ellis Island (Restaurant) – P&M Coin, Las Vegas, NV $1 1988
Obsolete
Nickel Slot Token
Denom: $1
Issued: 1988
Added: 2024-03-02
Color: Nickel
Mftr: NOM
Contributed by: A.J. Giametta
"First Edition" USED IN Casino's RESTAURANT AT 4178 Koval Lane.
NOTES — This is early token used by Ellis Island and has both Ellis Island and P&M names on opposite sides of each token. P&M Coin, at one time operated 17 locations in Reno, Sparks, Gardnerville and Carson City in the early 2000s.
Golden Route Operations, a subsidiary of Las Vegas-based Golden Gaming, Inc., acquired the northern Nevada slot route assets of P&M Coin in June 2005.
Tokens were used in simple, early design slot machines. The link show one being serviced.
This Video show early use in simple machine:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=P%26M+Coin%2C+Las+Vegas#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:358b5817,vid:5eRg3EsoyMg,st:0
P&M's website name has been abandoned and is up for sale.
