FDLmold: Rat Rod mixed .25/.25 and up leaded THC poker set (2 Viewers)

[FDLmold]

Forgot about the Bird Farm $5. New picture:

 

[Okku]

Whaaat?

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After it went past my max bid, I ignored it. It's a great chip, one of the best hot stamps ever. Glad I have one. And for much less than $20.50 + tax + shipping.

you're telling me that this chip sold for basically triple than what it's listed here.....
https://spinettisgaming.com/product...d-wa-50-cent-chip?_pos=2&_sid=0fed19953&_ss=r

 

[FDLmold]

you're telling me that this chip sold for basically triple than what it's listed here.....
https://spinettisgaming.com/product...d-wa-50-cent-chip?_pos=2&_sid=0fed19953&_ss=r

Yes. My bid was around $7.50 if I remember right, since I was winning some other cNc chips anyway.

 

[FDLmold]

I got this new single this week. And it has nothing to do with my Rat Rod set. Anyway, I had the single out, in my hands, because un-slabbed poker chips allow this, and handling them has zero chance of affecting the value, unlike a lot of other collectibles (looking at you coins, sports cards, and Magic cards). With all the chip weighing I do, the chip just felt DENSE. On a hunch, I weighed it.

The hunch was correct. 11g is a lot for an inlaid THC, but anything at or near 12g is super rare. Makes me love this chip even more.

 

[FestiveKnight]

I got this new single this week. And it has nothing to do with my Rat Rod set. Anyway, I had the single out, in my hands, because un-slabbed poker chips allow this, and handling them has zero chance of affecting the value, unlike a lot of other collectibles (looking at you coins, sports cards, and Magic cards). With all the chip weighing I do, the chip just felt DENSE. On a hunch, I weighed it.
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The hunch was correct. 11g is a lot for an inlaid THC, but anything at or near 12g is super rare. Makes me love this chip even more.

The $1 I have always feels pretty hefty too but not like that!

 

[FDLmold]

The $1 I have always feels pretty hefty too but not like that!

To be fair, your chip was used on the casino floor at some point. There is no record of my chip in any price guide, and only a couple have sold in public that I've seen, so it was never in play. My best guess is that my chip was made at the same time all the horseshoe mold $5k chips were also being made (different manufacturer), and none of those were in play either, although they are MUCH more common and sell regularly for $20-40.

 

[FestiveKnight]

To be fair, your chip was used on the casino floor at some point. There is no record of my chip in any price guide, and only a couple have sold in public that I've seen, so it was never in play. My best guess is that my chip was made at the same time all the horseshoe mold $5k chips were also being made (different manufacturer), and none of those were in play either, although they are MUCH more common and sell regularly for $20-40.

Yours is heavier AND cooler!

 

[FDLmold]

These chips all got a bath. They were new and dirty, or old and dirty, or they were clean and needed oiling and I threw them in anyway. I'm under the weather for what feels like the 14th time this year, so the oiling can happen tomorrow.

 

[FDLmold]

18 chips for my Rat Rod today. The two 25-cent bookend chips are NOT new to the set (just a Sahara and a Pioneer Club).

The other 16 chips ARE new. And that pushes my unique fives OVER 250. That calls for a photo session. Later.

 

[FDLmold]

One of my favorite things to do while curating my Rat Rod is to collect a "full set" from a casino. I got three more from this set today, and the rest *are* obtainable (no idea why a Vegas World $5 NCV sold for $120 once, but it did). I'm in no rush, though, and certainly not enough to pay too much for any of these chips. Stupak's casinos had some great chips, and Vegas World was probably the best.

 

[Okku]

One of my favorite things to do while curating my Rat Rod is to collect a "full set" from a casino. I got three more from this set today, and the rest *are* obtainable (no idea why a Vegas World $5 NCV sold for $120 once, but it did). I'm in no rush, though, and certainly not enough to pay too much for any of these chips. Stupak's casinos had some great chips, and Vegas World was probably the best.

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Really should only pay around this price or lower for that $5 NCV. $120 is crazy.

 

[FDLmold]

And then there are chips that would fit in my Rat Rod, but which will never join it, unless a hoard is found.

Chip on the left is a $200 single, chip on the right is a $250 single. Ouch!

 

[LeLe]

Loved the idea and concept behind building a Rat Rod Set.

Thanks for sharing

 

[FDLmold]

Really should only pay around this price or lower for that $5 NCV. $120 is crazy.

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$19 might even be above my limit for that one lol. E in Chip Rack means about ten bucks, with a few exceptions.

I'm guessing the $120 I saw for one was a Chip Chat auction price, and those go way too crazy high sometimes.

 

[FDLmold]

Work today. Had some dirty chips and some thirsty chips. A curator’s work is never done!

 

[FDLmold]

Clean but wet

 

[FDLmold]

Oiled excessively

 

[FDLmold]

After a bath and a drying off, leaded Paulsons are sooooooo thirsty. They look just flat out parched.

 

[FDLmold]

Not thirsty anymore…

That Concorde Curacao chip...WOW

 

[FestiveKnight]

Not thirsty anymore…

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That Concorde Curacao chip...WOW

I’m obssessed with the Crystal Casino

 

[louBdub]

Your new chips coming into your set all like

 

[FDLmold]

I’m obssessed with the Crystal Casino

I have both $5s and both $25s now, cleaned and oiled, and I agree with you.

The hundos are ugly compared to the 5s and 25s, but I don’t ever expect to find those anyway.

 

[FDLmold]

Your new chips coming into your set all like

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I have over a rack of unique 25s now, so they are due for a photo shoot. I also have 250+ unique fives, also due for a photo update. I have about fifty duplicate fives, and I think it might be time to sell those. Some of them are REALLY nice.

 

[Thomacetti]

Not thirsty anymore…

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That Concorde Curacao chip...WOW

Curacao back in the day was harvester paradise imho

 

[FDLmold]

Curacao back in the day was harvester paradise imho

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Pretty sure those chips are not in chipguide. Nice!

 

[FDLmold]

So it's a Rat Rod set of chips, right? I can put whatever chip I like into it? Good, because this guy is going in.

That is a leaded, textured inlay, Paulson chip. It sounds and shuffles identically when mixed in with THC chips. Its mass is appropriate. It just looks a little different, but that's not a problem in a Rat Rod!

 

[FestiveKnight]

So it's a Rat Rod set of chips, right? I can put whatever chip I like into it? Good, because this guy is going in.

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That is a leaded, textured inlay, Paulson chip. It sounds and shuffles identically when mixed in with THC chips. Its mass is appropriate. It just looks a little different, but that's not a problem in a Rat Rod!

Sigh, and if only the RHC mold had never come to exist and this could be a truly glorious THC. What a chip! Thanks for sharing

 

[FDLmold]

Not a Rat Rod chip, but I do own TB's cousin here. I guess this week was a family reunion. The $1 is no good to me, but I will seek out the $5 chip.

 

[FDLmold]

All acquired recently.

Unrelated to these, I'm currently culling extra fives, plus a few that aren't in the condition I like. Going to have over fifty fives, with very few duplicates, available soon...

 

[FDLmold]

* MILESTONE REACHED *

100+ unique $25 chips. Time for some pr00n!

(I *was* over 250 unique $5s, but after some culling, I'm not anymore. I need to finish my next transaction, THEN I'll have over 250 again.)