Auction 903 chips travelodge hotel Carson City NV. Oldschool thcs (1 Viewer)

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903 chips Travelodge Hotel Carson City NV set.

These were originally dig chips that were buried under the hotel.

I put this set together from 3 or 4 different sources. It is the only playable set of these I know of.

Breakdown

694x 5s

168x 25s

41x 100s

I cleaned and oiled (all by hand) all but about 40 of the 5s. The chips are in very nice shape with square edges. They are however fairly warped from being out in the heat all that time. The inlays are faded. I put alot of oil in these chips and they could probably use another light coat to really make them shine. Some of the chips do have knicks or scratches but I already weeded out most of the bad ones.

These chips still need to be flattened and are still a bit of a project. That is why the starting bid is where it is. If these were finished the starting bid would be double what it is.

Please feel free to pm me with questions.

Last couple pics are from when some of them were being cleaned and oiled.

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Thanks

Colter
 
Are these leaded? :)

I can't be 100% sure, but with the issue date and the shaped/textured inlays I'm pretty sure they are. They also feel like it to me. I have almost exclusively leaded chips and I'm like 99% sure these are. Now what % of lead for what colors etc I couldn't tell you. I dont have a scale or I would weigh them, but they feel like they are around 10g.
 
I can't be 100% sure, but with the issue date and the shaped/textured inlays I'm pretty sure they are. They also feel like it to me. I have almost exclusively leaded chips and I'm like 99% sure these are. Now what % of lead for what colors etc I couldn't tell you. I dont have a scale or I would weigh them, but they feel like they are around 10g.
That's excellent insight. Thank you :)
 
A little background information about these chips if anyone as wondering.


http://nevadamag.blogspot.com/2011/08/travelodge-chips-unearthed-in-carson.html

Travelodge Casino, Carson City, Nevada: Back in the early 1980’s when these chips were to be destroyed, they too were buried. Records kept by collectors indicated there were only $5 chips. Yet, in the dig they found not only $5 chips but also $25 and $100 chips.

Records indicate the casino was only open for about a year then became the Mother Lode. Both casinos were owned by Nevada’s then-Senator Paul Laxalt.

Those familiar with the dig estimate 20,000 to 30,000 chips were unearthed – none higher than $100 or lower than $5. The quantity was so vast the construction crew used a Bobcat front loader to dig into the sand pile and collect the chips.
 
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