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I’m missing the 5k
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I’m missing the 5k
We should both hate on @Psypher1000 . He’s the only one I know with the 5 kI need the 1k and 5k, sorry I gave you and angry face, it just jealousy.
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I’m missing the 5k
Pretty sure no@liftapint did the one I sell you have the $5k I forget?
That's why we need an inside man when it does go.You know what I mean.
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No no no, not that. These.
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So when I say casino rack, I mean it as the totality of all chips anywhere in the casino. Chips are art. Most casinos have a couple beautiful chips with some dogs, and some have nothing but a giant collection of disc-shaped turds. But then there are those casino racks that speak to your soul. You see every chip and you want to take them all home with you. THAT is what I mean by "beautiful casino rack".
I intend this thread to showcase what people consider the most beautiful casino racks. Please contribute your own, but try to include pictures of all the chips. Individually if you can, but in trays and racks if other images are not available. Some commentary is helpful as well.
Most folks around here hold the ARIA chips above in high regard. The five is a little weak and uninspired, but everything else is spectacular. The five would be a fine chip in most casinos I imagine. If Nevada changed their rules and allowed chips onto the free market after being retired, you would see a piranha frenzy over these.
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Lac Courte Oreilles Casino has been rebranded, these chips are not live and appear on eBay every once in a while. Maybe it is just the scan, but the five and twenty-five appear extremely bright to me. It would be a shame if they destroyed these chips when they retired them. They are all fantastic, except the 50c chip of course.
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These are my favorite Gardena CA chips. There are variations of a few of them, so I picked my favorites. I would pay a lot for a micro set with at least a rack each of 5c through $1 chips. TRK sweetness here! The casino closed long ago, but I think all these chips survived. Somebody here has this set below that makes me just a little jealous.
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These Soaring Eagle chips (Mt Pleasant MI) were not on my radar until recently. I obtained the 50c and both $1 chips in a transaction, mostly for the 50c chip because I collect casino fractional chips with inlays. The chips are RHC with textured inlays, and they started speaking to me. I went to chipguide to look at the rest and was very surprised. The second five dollar chip looks like it's on fire. The casino is open, but these chips are now obsolete. It's Michigan, and I think the chips get destroyed. Pity, because I'd buy buckets of the lower denominations.
That's all for now. Grand Casino Gulfport is the only one that comes to mind that I would have maybe added. Maybe another day.
What a d*ck.
Yes they are really beautiful in person:These Saddle West (Pahrump NV) chips date to the 1980s. They are not live! But they are oh so pretty. That $5 chip, SWEET.
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I thought you were crazy before but in hindsight you were just a maverick !Yes they are really beautiful in person:
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The $5s in a rack are gorgeous:
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Love my Saddle West set!
I have exactly one $25 chip! Found on eBay in 2020 for under $10!Love that $25 too still on the hunt for one myself
That’s one of the best Nevada racks I’ve seen.Yes they are really beautiful in person:
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The $5s in a rack are gorgeous:
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Love my Saddle West set!
Trump Taj Mahal did that too on a couple denoms. There are some other casinos too. Mirage is one I think.It's kinda cool how the $10 and $20 have "POKER" underneath the denoms.
I don't *think* I've mentioned these chips yet. It's possible though. In a six-page two-year-old thread, you forget things.
At any rate, we are in London, England, in the late 1960s today. The currency is British Pounds Sterling, pre-decimalization. There were 20 shillings in a pound, and 12 pence in a shilling.
There are better casino sets of TRK weighted small crown chips than these, but very very few.
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A worn chip, over 10.5 grams, yessir give me more please. The bad news is these are scarce. Except for the 10/- chip, they are all at least $100 singles. (A 5-pound chip recently went for $140 on feeBay). A full sample set would be at least $1000, if you could find one! But my oh my, what beautiful beautiful chips.
There’s was a $5 on eBay few days ago and I wanted it but the bidding went way higher than I expected
I gave you a love for this, but the more I think about it, the more I think I'm less enthusiastic.There are better casino sets of TRK weighted small crown chips than these, but very very few.
Sounds like an idea for a thread. The TRK small crown casino rack showdown.I gave you a love for this, but the more I think about it, the more I think I'm less enthusiastic.
They're awesome because they're TRKs. And because Playboy is iconic.
But there's nothing about that inlay (aside from the iconic playboy logo) that is at all interesting to me. The fact that the inlays are different colors IS interesting, but the actual execution of the different color inlays isn't spectacular.
They're cool chips for sure, but better than other TRKs? I dunno.
Love these chips.Let us take a moment today. A moment to daydream wistfully about a time. A time in Atlantic City before the gaming authorities made every casino with clay chips use an ugly house mold. It was a short time, very short. 1978 to 1979 and that’s about it.
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Better times indeed.