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Fun set to add to the game room decor, or actually use. One domino is missing the spinner. There is some rust on metal spinners, and some discoloration. The bottom of the case has a T shaped crack, and the corner is chipped off. See photos. Case is 5 3/4" x 3 1/4" Spiners are small brass pieces of metal sticking out of the center of a domino tile. They make it a lot easier to mix the tiles around when setting up each hand. At one time dominoes were make of two discrete materials (often ebony and ivory), and the "spinner" was actually a small pin whose purpose was to hold the white ivory face to the dark ebony side of the domino. In other words, the purpose was purely mechanical. The spinner is located in the middle of a domino's dividing bar, and is generally made of metal and rounded off so as to avoid scratching the table top. Spinner pins are only used in western-style domino sets. They are not used in Chinese dominoes, since the spinner prevents tiles from being stacked cleanly