New $.50 HS Cleveland. Thoughts? (1 Viewer)

[CW23]

I needed some 50s so I made them

 

[codeman00]

Looks great!!

 

[Trihonda]

Dunno. Not a huge fan unless they match the other chips in style and condition. Can we get group shots?

Is this for .50/1 game I assume?

Edited: Did you put these over Lucky Derby hotstamps, and did you first mill the old hotstamp off? Looks like you can see the hotstamp through the label.

 

[BiGGyT]

If you recall, the HS Cleveland had well worn $1s and $5s, these appear to be the Lucky Derby $1s, which are also well worn (maybe more worn), .

Personally, I think it works since not close to the $5. People also have been using the LD $5 for $.25 or $.50

 

[Trihonda]

If you recall, the HS Cleveland had well worn $1s and $5s, these appear to be the Lucky Derby $1s, which are also well worn (maybe more worn), .

The colors in that lineup aren't pleasing to me. Somehow that red clashes. However, I could possibly get past the colors, but the conditions are no where close. The LD reds are nearly communion wafer thin with rounded edges. IMHO, the LD $3 chips (blue) would have been an excellent frac choice. The edges were arguably closer to the HS conditions, and the colors would be a much better fit.

Regardless, proper milling of the old hotstamp needs to occur, else it will forever imprint. The raised sections will be seen, and the label will wear unevenly at the raised portions too.

That all said, this is just my opinion. If the OP likes the chips, and they meet his sensibilities, then that is ALL that really matters.

 

[BiGGyT]

The LD $1 are orange, need to adjust your monitor . Also, since they are THC and RHC in the original, mixing is not an issue. The HS-CLE $1s and $5s are much more worn than the LD$3, so would seem off. The LD $5 and $20 are a lot more wafer thin than the $1s are, and people have been using the $5s for fracs in this set.

I had Gear mill some $3 El Dorado for my HS Cincy, waiting in the que for them to be completed. Probably less worn than the Cincy $1, and the rest of my chips are minty secondaries.

 

[Trihonda]

From my sample collection.

I picked the worst condition HS and my best LD.

 

[CW23]

That's it

 

[BiGGyT]

LD$3 would be better for contrast I agree, but I think it still works, and might be all CW23 has available after using the LD$5 for the $.25 (see avatar).

 

[upNdown]

Maybe you'll never know until you play with them. I just mentioned in another thread that I made fracs out of the brown Lucky Derby $5's. I thought they looked great in pictures, but when I played with them, some of us kept getting them confused with the $5's, and the colors aren't even that close.

As far as milling goes, those particular chips were so worn, most of them were practically smooth, so you couldn't see hot stamp impressions at all, on most of the chips. (The tradeoff is that the frac stacks were noticbly shorter)