The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 23, June 6, 2004, Article 10

THE NEVADA "FITZGERALD" HOARD

  The numismatic press has already covered Ron Gullio's
  recent purchase of a Nevada casino warehouse hoard
  of U.S. silver dollars and other material.  Here are a few
  excerpts from a June 3 Associated Press article about
  the find:

  "When coin dealer Ronald J. Gillio gazed in the musty
  warehouse on the outskirts of Reno last year, he could
  not believe his eyes: Inside were boxes and boxes of
  commemorative casino spoons, matches, key chains
  and coasters - gambling junk accumulated over decades.

  Locked in safes in the warehouse was what he really
  was after - bags and bags of silver dollars, more than
  100,000 in all. There were also thousands of casino
  chips in denominations from $1 to $100, old casino
  counting machines, a Seeburg jukebox and three
  vintage roulette wheels, including one with a rare
  single zero slot.

  Gillio, of Santa Barbara, Calif., bought it all - junk and
  treasure - for an undisclosed price. The property had
  been accumulated by the late Lincoln Fitzgerald, who
  at one time owned the Nevada Club in downtown
  Reno, the Nevada Lodge at Lake Tahoe and
  Fitzgeralds in Reno.

 Gillio dubbed the find "the Fitzgerald's hoard."

  "Some of the items were displayed in Las Vegas
  recently at an antique arms and coin show. Gillio
  figures the face value of the coins and chips is about
  $500,000.

  "It is amazing what some people keep," he said.
  "Things other people would throw away, Fitzgerald
  kept. I guess he had a sentimental attachment to them.
  It took us 60 days to clear out the warehouse."

  "In the Fitzgerald stash, he found empty bags from the
  Carson City Mint dating to the 1880s. While not
  particularly valuable, Gillio figures the bags and other
  gambling memorabilia have historical significance for
  Nevada.

  He plans to donate some items to the Nevada
  Historical Society in Reno and the Nevada State
  Museum in Carson City, which is in the same building
  that housed the mint."

  To read the full article, see the Las Vegas Sun web site:

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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