1999 Elvis Teddy Bear Grand Casino $5 token UNC ~ 1999 Grand Casino Collector Coin - Elvis Artist of the Century / Teddy Bear / 1957

Grand Casino Gulfport was operated in Gulfport, Mississippi, by Caesars Entertainment prior to being sold to Harrah's Entertainment in 2005. The property consisted of two hotels with a total of 1,000 rooms, and a 90,000 square foot casino barge. Before the name of the property could be changed, Hurricane Katrina made its second landfall as a Category 3 storm on the morning of Monday, August 29, 2005, and, among other things, destroyed Grand Casino Gulfport. The casino barge washed ashore and partly blocked Beach Boulevard (U.S. Highway 90), the beach front's main roadway. In an effort to clear the road, the casino was imploded on September 21, 2005.

The Grand Casino chain issued a number of attractive tokens for their various casino properties. Most measured roughly 39mm (3mm thick) and were struck in a gold colored alloy. Those that were denominated carried a $5 face value.

The coin/token offered in this lot was salvaged from the wreckage of Grand Casino Gulfport and legally acquired. The coin is uncirculated and housed in the original coin capsule. While the coin is uncirculated, the capsule has picked up a degree of wear. Defect seen in my scans are on the capsule not the coin.