This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/28/2020
Scarne, John. John Scarne’s Gambler’s Shiner. Circa 1960. Specially-machined walking liberty half dollar with a concealed mirror inset into its reverse. Using the mirror allowed the cardsharp to glimpse the identity of cards dealt off the pack. Owned by the gambling authority John Scarne. With a LOA from Jack Flosso, son of Al Flosso, to whom the shiner was presented by Scarne.