Las Vegas NowExclusive: Who Will Get Ted Binion's Silver?

Exclusive: Who Will Get Ted Binion's Silver?

Contact Reporter Cindy Cesare.

Several different people say that thousands of dollars of Ted Binion's silver coins belong to them. They were all in court Monday to claim the former casino mogul's private silver collection. Eyewitness News takes an exclusive look at the coins and who wants them.

Binion's private silver collection contains Kennedy half dollars, Benny Binion silver pieces and even a heavy silver bar that you have to lift with a strap. Dennis Rehbein says that at least $25,000 worth of the silver is his.

Trevor Hatfield, Dennis Rehbein's attorney, says, "These coins might have historical value, intrinsic value, nostalgic value. And it's certainly of interest in value to Mr. Rehbein."

Rehbein is Rick Tabish's former brother-in-law. Tabish gave Rehbein the coins to secure a loan when Tabish needed to hire an attorney for Ted Binion's murder. Tabish got the coins from his co-defendant, Sandy Murphy, who took them from the home she shared with Binion.

Mark Saggese, Sandy Murphy's attorney, says, "She had access to the house, she lived at the house, and she and Ted shared everything. And she was given access to the house. She had the right to take anything in the house, including the two bags of silver."

The sliver coins as well as other evidence in the Binion case has been locked up at the Clark County Clerk's office since it became a murder case. Now a judge will have to decide who all of the coins belong to.

Joseph Caramagno, Rick Tabish's attorney, says, "Rehbein has the best argument to get it back. That wasn't silver that came out of the Jean sandpit or that was buried in the vault in Pahrump or anything like that."

Judge Bonaventure, who presided over the criminal case, sent the coin issue to the judge handling the Binion estate.

Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish were acquitted for Ted Binion's murder, but were found guilty for stealing his underground silver collection.

The coins in question Monday are believed to only be from Binion's home -- the home that was originally left to Murphy in Binion's will.

Murphy's legal team believes she also has a claim to the coins and Binion's home.