Does anyone have chip collections from various casinos

[pokerwisc]

Just a random thought, does anyone collect a dollar chip from every casino they go to? Just wondering as I have a few and thought it might be cool to have a big diverse pile to look at someday....

[stabn]

The guys in the home poker forum are more likely to be this type of collector.

[pokerwisc]

thanks

[The Dude]

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The guys in the home poker forum are more likely to be this type of collector.

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What are you trying to say?

[stabn]

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The guys in the home poker forum are more likely to be this type of collector.

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What are you trying to say?

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1) Wrong forum

2) Collecting is for nerds.

[Photoc]

I have about 150 different 5.00 and 25.00 chips from various places on the East Coast and from Vegas. Only a few 1.00 chips.

One of my good friends in CT has over 1500 different chips. .10 all the way up to obsolete 500.00's

edit: Replied to thread in Home poker forum as well.

[scottv]

Wow $25 chips? The poker rooms love you, I sometimes feel a little dumb for my $1 collection which has over 100 chips now. Do you hope to profit from your $25 chips at some point?

[Photoc]

Well the $8 chips that I have, go for around 30 on ebay. I've seen the $25's go for around 30-50.

I dont collect for the profit. Some are from poker rooms, some are from playing or visiting the casinos themselves.

[youtalkfunny]

I was playing at the MGM Grand the first month they were open, mid-90's. Won a pot that had a $5 Betty Boop chip.

"Put that in your pocket," the dealer advised. "It'll be worth something some day." So I did.

A year later, the MGM was selling these chips in their gift shop for $30.

Last year, I saw a collector asking for $55 for one on his website.

Got a Bugsy Siegal $5 chip from the Flamingo, same era. Same collector, same asking price.

I've got a $1 chip from the Sands, Hacienda, Treasure Island, MGM Grand, all from the mid-90's, all selling for $12-25 retail.

Of course, retail doesn't tell you much. You can get current $1 chips for $3 retail.

Altogether, I've got about 60 Vegas chips--almost almost all $1, almost none "limited collectors' editions". A few redbirds.

If you've never played in the Mirage, you might like this old story:

I win a pot with a $5 Sigfreid and Roy chip. Local player next to me tells me, "Put that in your shirt pocket."

I'm thinking I just scored another winner, like with the Betty Boop chip. But then the local springs his punchline:

"Now you've got Pocket Queens!"

[Punker]

Yes, including chips from Aruba, Monte Carlo, and South Korea.