UNITED STATES. Morgan dollar. 38 mm. 1879 O. A bit banged up Uncirculated; slabbed by NGC "BINION COLLECTION" Photographed through plastic.

Ted Binion was a Las Vegas gambler, racketeer, and silver enthusiast who had an up-and-down life that ended with him dead "of a suspicious drug overdose." Over his lifetime he accumulated a hoard that included over 100,000 silver dollars that Spectrum Numis. Int. purchased and had slabbed by NGC. (Read more about it by searching for Binion Collection online.)