Treasury stockpiles of the coins dwindled in the 1960s, which left the gaming industry with a bit of a dilemma.
However, as demand for these silver dollars increased, the supply began to dwindle. Nowhere did American silver dollars flow more freely than at the gambling cities of Reno and Las Vegas, where silver dollars were the currency of choice for casino slot machines. While large silver dollar coins saw little practical circulation in America’s more populated regions, the coins did see use in the American West, where the durability of metal over paper gave coins a clear advantage.
