Nice video Oscar!
I don't collect paper cards, but I was going through my setups last night (~96 total....191 individual decks) and found my oldest setup:
KEM from Feb 1947 (date code = 247), so just turned 76 years old this month!
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I don't collect paper cards, but I was going through my setups last night (~96 total....191 individual decks) and found my oldest setup:
KEM from Feb 1947 (date code = 247), so just turned 76 years old this month!
WOW! That's awesome!!!
Today we quickly talk about how TR King (TRK) actually manufactured house mold chips in the 70s for the Golden Nugget casino located in Las Vegas, NV. I'm sure many people probably thought that those chips were made by Paulson or some other company, but they were actually made by TR King. The order cards are on TheChipGuide.com for everyone to view and learn about. I recently learned about this probably a year or so ago and noticed that there were a few people on PCF that didn't know about this until a few weeks ago. This makes sense as TRK did make some of the early chips from the 50s for the Golden Nugget and then continued to manufacturer chips until the late 1970s. I love the TRK Golden Nugget chips! Still don't have one for my collection yet, but will soon! Hope you enjoy!
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YES YES YES!!! I was wondering about this ever since starting to build out my GN set. So much history in this casino ... Thanks Oscar! Dying to watch this one...
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Nice video Oscar, for the old time single chip collectors, this has been mention tons of times in old Chip Chat auction write-ups, so it has been around awhile. I actually think an even more interesting fact is that both Burt and TRK made chips on the GN mold.
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Nice video.
Just to add on to Gmunny. The Burt Co. first made the GN mold. H. C. Edwards ordered the chips (for the GN) from Burt and would have hot stamped the chips that were not inlaid by Burt. On the Classic Poker Chips website, they have a short history of the company (which is descended from the Burt Co.), and it points out that they made the GN house mold and they take pride in the fact that it was the first casino house mold ever created. Their company history dates the GN mold to 1954. You can see the company history here; http://www.pokerchipsonline.com/aboutus.htm
This is the timeline as far as I understand it. H. C. Edwards first ordered the chips from the Burt Co. for the Golden Nugget. Below are the order cards for the first 1954 order, and a later 1961 re-order, courtesy of the ChipGuide.
(Courtesy of the ChipGuide)
From 1965 to 1973, Burt made more GN house mold chips, ordered now by Pat Sullivan and the Nevada Dice Co. Those order cards are on the ChipGuide too.
Mold cups are transferred (or duplicated) and T. R. King takes over manufacture in 1975. In 1975, however, T. R. King is forced to stop (or voluntarily withdraws as they might tell it) from selling denominated casino chips in Nevada. They continue to occasionally sell NCV and roulette chips, which do not need to be approved by Nevada Gaming Control. Paulson likely takes over production on the mold sometime around 1975, as there are no longer any Burt records of production on the mold. (Edit: looking more closely at the GN house mold chips on the ChipGuide, I think Paulson never made chips on the original house mold as all of the chips seem to be accounted for with the Burt and TRK order cards. Paulson created a new house mold for them.)
By the way, as far as I understand, T. R. King never had anything to do with the Square Square Rectangle mold. I know that the Eisenstadt website mentions that, but he is confusing the ZigZag mold with the Square Square Rectangle mold. T. R. King made chips beginning in the late 1960s on the ZigZag mold. The two molds look slightly similar.
The Square Square Rectangle mold was exclusively owned by the Pacific Club Supply Co. in San Francisco, California, from around 1947 to 1955, when the company closed. It was then used by some other distributors, but always still manufactured by the Burt Co.
Just to add on to Gmunny. The Burt Co. first made the GN mold. H. C. Edwards ordered the chips (for the GN) from Burt and would have hot stamped the chips that were not inlaid by Burt. On the Classic Poker Chips website, they have a short history of the company (which is descended from the Burt Co.), and it points out that they made the GN house mold and they take pride in the fact that it was the first casino house mold ever created. Their company history dates the GN mold to 1954. You can see the company history here; http://www.pokerchipsonline.com/aboutus.htm
This is the timeline as far as I understand it. H. C. Edwards first ordered the chips from the Burt Co. for the Golden Nugget. Below are the order cards for the first 1954 order, and a later 1961 re-order, courtesy of the ChipGuide.
From 1965 to 1973, Burt made more GN house mold chips, ordered now by Pat Sullivan and the Nevada Dice Co. Those order cards are on the ChipGuide too.
Mold cups are transferred (or duplicated) and T. R. King takes over manufacture in 1975. In 1975, however, T. R. King is forced to stop (or voluntarily withdraws as they might tell it) from selling denominated casino chips in Nevada. They continue to occasionally sell NCV and roulette chips, which do not need to be approved by Nevada Gaming Control. Paulson likely takes over production on the mold sometime around 1975, as there are no longer any Burt records of production on the mold. (Edit: looking more closely at the GN house mold chips on the ChipGuide, I think Paulson never made chips on the original house mold as all of the chips seem to be accounted for with the Burt and TRK order cards. Paulson created a new house mold for them.)
By the way, as far as I understand, T. R. King never had anything to do with the Square Square Rectangle mold. I know that the Eisenstadt website mentions that, but he is confusing the ZigZag mold with the Square Square Rectangle mold. T. R. King made chips beginning in the late 1960s on the ZigZag mold. The two molds look slightly similar.
The Square Square Rectangle mold was exclusively owned by the Pacific Club Supply Co. in San Francisco, California, from around 1947 to 1955, when the company closed. It was then used by some other distributors, but always still manufactured by the Burt Co.
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MAN, thanks for this information!! I really appreciate it Jeff!
Thanks Greg!
Long before the cards were posted on TCG, I emailed Jim B from ASM (at the time) and he said he never sent any cups/molds to TRK, so my assumption was they made or duplicated them. Here is what he wrote in his email to me on 9/28/13:
"The mold was made in 1953 as I recall and never left the factory until the mid 1980's. Any chips made by TR King in the 70's were made on a different mold. Pauson received the mold from and I'm sure they made chips on it in the 1980's."
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Thanks for sharing that communication with Blanchard. I recall that ASM held onto at least some of the GN house mold cups, as I remember seeing a picture of some of them around the time that American Standard Molding was sold, and there was an attempt to sell some of the mold cups.
Interesting that he states that some of the mold cups left the factory in the mid-1980s, and that he thinks that Paulson made chips on the original GN mold. I had edited my post to add that I think pretty much all of the GN mold chips seem accounted for with the order cards. Maybe Paulson fulfilled some re-orders of earlier chip orders during the 1980s.
Today we quickly talk about a new lot of chips that has been listed onto eBay. These are older Westerner diamond mold chips from 1950. The Westerner Casino was located in downtown Las Vegas from the years of 1950 until 1960, so not too long. It's another one of those casinos that most people don't know existed as it was so early. These chips here aren't seen often in quantity and I only remember seeing a few in person, if that. They have recently sold anywhere from about $20 to about $30 in the last two years. This listing is slightly higher than that, but we'll see what happens. Love seeing these older chips in quantity and love getting to see new chips that I haven't seen before! Hope you enjoy!
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Today we talk about a chip that probably hasn't been seen by many before and a chip that I originally got to see about two years ago now. This chip is from the 40/40 Club that used to be located inside of the Palazzo Casino in Las Vegas. I was lucky enough to get a peak at this chip from owner, Mike Christensen, at the CCA convention in 2021. I messaged Mike about a month or so ago asking if we could hop onto a call so I could get some more information about the chip/story and never got time to until we got to see each other at the Casinorama show last month. We talk for 5-10 minutes about the chip and the story of how he was able to get it. Mike says that he waited outside of the 40/40 club for a few days on one of his trips to Vegas around 2007/2008 when the 40/40 club had first opened. On the final day of his trip a dealer asked if he wanted to sit down and play, Mike quickly said YES! He bought in for $1000, at the time table minimums for $100 per hand. He played some blackjack for a few hands, lost some money, but was able to walk away with some chips for a memory. I had never seen this chip before Mike showed me it, I had never known it existed and I didn't even know that there was a 40/40 club here in Las Vegas. As someone who loves Jay-Z's music, you would think I would've known that! Interesting chip and a very cool story! Hope you enjoy!
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It feels like it's been forever since I've made a video and it feels good to be back. The last two weeks I've been busy with school and work. Tons of projects due before Spring Break which has been this week and I've been working as much as possible so I haven't had much time, but I'm ready to get back into the groove of things. Got some new chips to show in this video and a short life update telling what's been going on and where I've been.
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Today we talk about an interesting topic here in the chip community at the moment. I've seen tons and tons of sales of x, y and z chips. Tons of new chips hitting the market along with some older vintage sets hitting the market. I've heard of people thinking or saying that sets aren't selling and what might be the cause of that. Interestingly enough there is a new thread on PCF talking about "Have we finally reached market saturation??". So, I wanted to give my thoughts about this question and see what you guys think. Hope you enjoy!
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Today we talk about the recent things that I've been seeing on eBay with the chip market. Things have been turning up quite a bit and I've been starting to see some interesting trends which I'm hoping others have seen too. Of course there will always be the amazing singles market that we have. Just recently there was a Stockmen's $5 chip that sold for $4000. A chip that isn't seen often and I don't think I've ever seen one in person before. Then, we are starting to see lots of quantity stuff popping up. The things that I've seen recently include a rack of Sands $1s, Fremont brass inlay $5s, Casino de Macao TRKs (barrels), Mizpah $25s, Vacation Village $1s and more. It's all exciting stuff and I'm happy to see it! Keep it coming!! I know many out there are building sets, but seeing these expensive singles popping up too makes it exciting for everyone. Getting to see new things is what makes this hobby that much better! Hope you enjoy!
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Welcome back! Today we talk about Aruba casino chips! YES, we're taking a trip down south to the Caribbean and exploring the island of Aruba. Talking about casinos like Aruba Concorde, Aruba Palm Beach, Harbourtown, Seaport, King International and more. Showing off sets, some amazing looking singles and talking about what makes Aruba chips stand out from other countries. To me, it's all about the flashy colors, the nice shaped inlays and most of the chips are leaded! That means they're a little heavier than standard chips, which there's quite a large number of people in the community that like that. There's a number of sets out there from these casinos and an amazing handful of harder to find singles! Hope you enjoy!
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Welcome back! Today we talk about over 700+ new listings that are on eBay this week by Thunder Snow Auctions. They have chips in all prices ranges, from something as common as a Flamingo $1 all the way up to chips that are on the more rarer side such as a Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn $5 HCE mold! They've recently been gaining popularity on eBay and they are very active on TheChipBoard as well. They do giveaway contests pretty regularly alongside their eBay auctions. I've seen some really nice chips posted by them in the last few months and I'm sure that's not the only time you'll be seeing those types of chips. Currently they have the Wilbur Clark's DI $5, Silver Slipper $100 and a Bellagio 1st Edition $20 to name a few. Hope you enjoy! @ThunderSnow
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Thanks for taking the time to make these videos Oscar. I enjoy the historical ones because there is so much I don't know about poker chips and chip/casino history, but I also appreciate the ones that cover the goings-on on PCF. I'm not as active here as I used to be, and your videos really help me stay current in the PCF world.
I'm eagerly awaiting your video on Mustard-gate.
I'm eagerly awaiting your video on Mustard-gate.
Welcome back! Today we talk about the crazy Tiger Palace chips that were recently created a few months back. These are some of the craziest chips that I've ever seen and I'm lucky enough to have a partial sample set thanks to my good friend David (@davislane on PCF). I originally saw these chips on PCF as they were shown via the showcase before they were sold. They were an instant hit as many wanted them and bought them in the sales that were happening. From my understanding there is a primary, secondary, tournament and NCV set. The primary and secondary set are cash style chips with different colors for each denom from each set like an actual casino primary and secondary set would have. The tournament set consist of hot stamped chips and the NCV set is the craziest bear claw/tiger claw edge spots ever. They are insane. These chips are also offered in 39mm and 43mm IHC versions for higher denoms and different colors.
If you'd like to know more about the Tiger Palace chips or see more you can find them at this link:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/tiger-palace-showcase-thread.99173/
Hope you enjoy!
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If you'd like to know more about the Tiger Palace chips or see more you can find them at this link:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/tiger-palace-showcase-thread.99173/
Hope you enjoy!
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Another great vid Oskar...i'm a fan.
You always look beyond the BS & politics and focus on the beauty of the chips.
Looking forward seeing you again soon, i'll give you some more insight on all the NAGB historics if you want (not all NAGB's were/are group buys).
You always look beyond the BS & politics and focus on the beauty of the chips.
Looking forward seeing you again soon, i'll give you some more insight on all the NAGB historics if you want (not all NAGB's were/are group buys).
YES!
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Another thing that I've been thinking about and wanted to throw out there is a possibility is, what if I did some sort of giveaway for 10k reactions!?
What do you guys think? I'm not sure what I'd do, but there's plenty of things in my collection that I wouldn't mind seeing someone else have in their collection. I think it'd be fun if anyone else would want to jump in and offer a few chips that would be something that could get someone new started in the hobby or something similar. It's getting to be summer so why not start it off with a BANG!
What do you guys think? I'm not sure what I'd do, but there's plenty of things in my collection that I wouldn't mind seeing someone else have in their collection. I think it'd be fun if anyone else would want to jump in and offer a few chips that would be something that could get someone new started in the hobby or something similar. It's getting to be summer so why not start it off with a BANG!
Today we quickly talk about my thoughts on what seems to be that ceramic casino chips are becoming the new norm. This is something that I'm not fond of, but if it's going to happen then it will. There are a number of casinos that have switched over to ICON ceramics recently in Nevada/Las Vegas like Golden Nugget, Palms and El Cortez. I know they are much cheaper than something like a Paulson that all of those places were using for so long. There are also a number of casinos that have switched over to a RHC hot stamped $1. Those places being Caesars Palace, Park MGM, Flamingo and most recently Bellagio. I hope those places stick to the Paulsons and don't switch to something like a ceramic chip. Let me know your thoughts in the comments! Hope you enjoy!
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Today I reflect and look back on the 1st annual CC>CC convention that happened at the Aladdin Casino that was located in Las Vegas. This was the first Casino Chip & Gaming Tokens Collectors Club convention that happened in 1993. The CC>CC was founded by Archie Black in 1988 in response to the continuing evolution and popularity of chip collecting. Since 1993, the CC>CC/CCA has had an annual convention in Las Vegas where collectors are able to meet others, trade, buy and sell chips, tokens and any type of casino memorabilia that they have. Chips tend to be the most popular but you're able to find collectors for anything at this show. I've been able to go the back 2-3 years and it's been absolutely incredible. I've had so much fun, learned so much information and have been able to meet people across the world that I probably would've never met otherwise. This year will be the 30th anniversary of this 1st convention and I'm hoping that it's going to be an absolute blast. I'm looking forward to all of the fun things that happen during the show, who is going to show up, what seminars there are going to be and more. I'll of course be on the look for TRKs and other goodies as I usually am. Hope you enjoy!
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Great vids, Oscar! Subscribed.
Today is a quick video talking about the recent SNCCC meeting that was on Tuesday where I was the speaker. I talked about who I was, a little bit about my background, where I go to school and how I got into the hobby. Afterwards we had a little Q&A session where there were tons of good questions regarding the hobby, the future, set collectors, how I can use my graphic design degree in the hobby for the future and more. Overall it was a very good time and I enjoyed being the speaker. Won't be the last time I do it and I hope those that went enjoyed!
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