Casino chip collections

pokerwisc · #1 03-10-2005, 06:17 PM

(this is a cross-post from news views gossip)

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....

spicychili · #2 03-10-2005, 06:22 PM

I take 1 dollar chip from everywhere I play poker at. I dont take one from every casino I go to.

toots · #3 03-10-2005, 06:30 PM

I often like to take a pink, rather than $1, although the last new place I was at, the pinks were baby blue.

Photoc · #4 03-10-2005, 06:51 PM

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

chipper57AA · #5 03-10-2005, 07:22 PM

There's a good club for people who like to collect chips.

http://www.ccgtcc.com/

There are a lot of collectors out there. Just check eBay to see how many are being sold.

Jersey Nick · #6 03-10-2005, 07:26 PM

I keep a $1 or $5 chip from every casino I've won at. I've been to 30 casinos and so far I have 2 chips.

I use the first $5 chip I won in Vegas as a card cap in my home games. I finish down every time I forget to bring it.

Johnny5 · #7 03-10-2005, 07:46 PM

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the last new place I was at, the pinks were baby blue.

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Baby blue is the new pink...

Photoc · #8 03-10-2005, 08:14 PM

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There's a good club for people who like to collect chips.

http://www.ccgtcc.com/

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My friend has been a collector for years. I know about that site and the chip board site.

offTopic · #9 03-10-2005, 08:29 PM

I do this, but I have a pretty small collection...right around 60 chips. California, Reno, Tahoe, Vegas + surrounding, and Atlantic City.

tomb1 · #10 03-10-2005, 09:46 PM

I've been collecting $5 red chips (primarily) from all the casinos I've visited. For many years I played blackjack, and recently started playing poker.

But I've got 150+ chips from all over the world. They're about 80% Paulsons, but lots of Chipcos and some Bud Jones, and some other types from foreign casinos. For some places that have commemorative chips in addition to their regular chips, I've been a sucker and kept some commems, too. In fact, yesterday I did some "drive by" collecting at 2 casinos in California on the way to a meeting -- just ran in and got a chip cause I didn't have time to play. Not as much fun, but I got some more chips!

I put a chip in my pocket when I get my first stack, then take it with me when I leave. If I only kept a chip when I won, I wouldn't have nearly as many (like JerseyNick)! So some of those $5 chips cost me quite a few bucks, but then some of them paid me to take them. But all in all, they're pretty cheap souvenirs.

Over the years I've picked up some $1, $2.50, and other small denoms, too. It's a fun collection, and I get to look back and see some cool places I've visited.