Most common easy to collect Paulson? (1 Viewer)

[MattinIdaho]

The amount of chips available is staggering for new collectors.
I'd like to build up a set of Tourney Paulsons. Denominations are not as important to me as having a full complete set of the same chips. But the caveat is that I'm going to have to piece together a set 50-100 chips at a time.
What are the very most common chips? I've been looking on the classifieds for some time. Obviously the Horseshoes would be near the top for easiest to find I'd think.
Any advice?

 

[Josh Kifer]

Where ya at in Idaho?

I'm Boise/Nampa

 

[Josh Kifer]

Commons seem to change and fuctuate... When I started, Admirals were common and around. Right now horseshoes are pretty easy to find. I just picked up a 700 count set and got 200 more coming.

If you focus on exactly what you want, nothing is exactly impossible as long as you got time and money.

 

[upNdown]

I'd like to build up a set of Tourney Paulsens. Denominations are not as important to me as having a full complete set of the same chips.

Are you talking about getting a casino's tournament chips, or building a tournament set with a casibo's cash chips? If you're buying tournament chips, the denominations take care of themselves. But if you're doing it with cash chips, the denominations ARE very important, both in terms of you being able to run a proper tournament and in terms of which Paulson casino sets have which denominations available.
More experienced minds can chime in on this, but I'd say you need a minimum of 4 denominations and would preferably have 5.
So unless you want to run a tournament starting with $1 chips (which certainly can be done but rarely is) you need to figure out where you want to start and what sets have which higher demons available.
Many casino sets either don't have $1,000's available or they're rare and expensive. I'm sure you could say the same for $500's with some casinos. I think that's one reason why the horseshoes were so exciting - because $1,000's, $5,000's and even $25,000's were available. And $100's and $500's were available cheap.

 

[MattinIdaho]

Where ya at in Idaho?

I'm Boise/Nampa

I'm in Rexburg

 

[Josh Kifer]

I'm in Rexburg

Ah, the dreaded east side of the state! Haha

Welcome!

 

[MattinIdaho]

Are you talking about getting a casino's tournament chips, or building a tournament set with a casibo's cash chips? If you're buying tournament chips, the denominations take care of themselves. But if you're doing it with cash chips, the denominations ARE very important, both in terms of you being able to run a proper tournament and in terms of which Paulson casino sets have which denominations available.
More experienced minds can chime in on this, but I'd say you need a minimum of 4 denominations and would preferably have 5.
So unless you want to run a tournament starting with $1 chips (which certainly can be done but rarely is) you need to figure out where you want to start and what sets have which higher demons available.
Many casino sets either don't have $1,000's available or they're rare and expensive. I'm sure you could say the same for $500's with some casinos. I think that's one reason why the horseshoes were so exciting - because $1,000's, $5,000's and even $25,000's were available. And $100's and $500's were available cheap.

In a perfect world I'd run a tourney set. Denominations of $25, $100, $500 and $1000. But if I had to drop but if I had to drop down to something like $5, $10, $25, $100 or something like that it would be just fine.

 

[MattinIdaho]

Ah, the dreaded east side of the state! Haha

Welcome!

Hahaha. Ya, that side.

 

[Josh Kifer]

In a perfect world I'd run a tourney set. Denominations of $25, $100, $500 and $1000. But if I had to drop but if I had to drop down to something like $5, $10, $25, $100 or something like that it would be just fine.

Your gonna pay considerably more for a tourney set made of cash chips, then making a custom set or buying a casino tourney set.... It can be done tho!

 

[MattinIdaho]

Your gonna pay considerably more for a tourney set made of cash chips, then making a custom set or buying a casino tourney set.... It can be done tho!

Which brings up another great question. Which denoms are also more common and easier to find around the used market?

 

[manamongkids]

the higher the denomination, the higher the price usually for paulsons. casino paulsons, specifically were created for casinos for a $=$ in their casinos, so there are less quantities of higher denominations = higher price per chip

 

[BGinGA]

I'd like to build up a set of Tourney Paulsens.

There is no E in Paul-Son, which initially referred to the founder as being Paul Endy's son. Searching the classifieds here and listings on eBay will turn up a lot of casino chips, some at reasonable. prices.

What are the very most common chips?

At the moment, chips from the closed Horseshoe Casino Cleveland and Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati venues are the most commonly found casino chips in the market.

Which denoms are also more common and easier to find around the used market?

$1, $5, and $25 chips are pretty common, and generally are also the least expensive used casino chips available.

In a perfect world I'd run a tourney set. Denominations of $25, $100, $500 and $1000. But if I had to drop but if I had to drop down to something like $5, $10, $25, $100 or something like that it would be just fine.

Depending on your budget, you may find that casino $500 and $1000 chips are quite pricey. Not uncommon for $500 denominations to sell for $5-$8 each, and for $1000 denominations to sell for two or three times that much. Figure $2 to $3 per chip for $100 denomination chips.

The cheapest way to get a casino tournament set is to buy it intact -- bulk prices for entire chip sets are typically lower than prices per chip when sold in smaller quantities.

Building a T25-base set (25, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 denominations) will be pretty expensive. A T5-base set (5, 25, 100, 500) can usually be built or purchased at a reasonable cost.

But there are two cheaper ways to build a tourney set. One is to use a T1-base (1, 5, 25, 100 denominations), where only the $100 chips are likely to be somewhat expensive (and you won't need very many). The other is to build a T.25-base set (.25, 1, 5, 25), using a cheap no-denomination chips as the .25s (can even re-label it as 25c), and purchasing relatively inexpensive $1, $5, and $25 chips to compete the set.

 

[Josh Kifer]

You could relabel some odd colored chips (like some snappers) into 500s to make it cost alot less. They can be found around 2.50 each...

 

[Josh Kifer]

Cheapest tourney set would be 5/25/100/500. You'll still want some 1ks most likely, but you can relabel some snappers or a unique other chip that works with the rest of your set.

I still think you best bet is just buy a built tourney set and roll with that.

 

[MattinIdaho]

There is no E in Paul-Son, which initially referred to the founder as being Paul Endy's son. Searching the classifieds here and listings on eBay will turn up a lot of casino chips, some at reasonable. prices.


At the moment, chips from the closed Horseshoe Casino Cleveland and Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati venues are the most commonly found casino chips in the market.


$1, $5, and $25 chips are pretty common, and generally are also the least expensive used casino chips available.


Depending on your budget, you may find that casino $500 and $1000 chips are quite pricey. Not uncommon for $500 denominations to sell for $5-$8 each, and for $1000 denominations to sell for two or three times that much. Figure $2 to $3 per chip for $100 denomination chips.

The cheapest way to get a casino tournament set is to buy it intact -- bulk prices for entire chip sets are typically lower than prices per chip when sold in smaller quantities.

Building a T25-base set (25, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 denominations) will be pretty expensive. A T5-base set (5, 25, 100, 500) can usually be built or purchased at a reasonable cost.

But there are two cheaper ways to build a tourney set. One is to use a T1-base (1, 5, 25, 100 denominations), where only the $100 chips are likely to be somewhat expensive (and you won't need very many). The other is to build a T.25-base set (.25, 1, 5, 25), using a cheap no-denomination chips as the .25s (can even re-label it as 25c), and purchasing relatively inexpensive $1, $5, and $25 chips to compete the set.

Some great information!!

 

[MattinIdaho]

I still think you best bet is just buy a built tourney set and roll with that.

I think that seems the most reasonable as well. That helps me narrow down searches in the classifieds and eBay. Mucho Gracious!!

 

[mike32]

You should look at the Royal Yak tournament set for sale on this site currently. Not clay but a beautiful and big casino set at a great price.

@ChaosRock is selling it.