Sunday, November 4, 2012

Casino Chip Show, part 3

The third and final installment of my trip to Battle Creek for a Casino Chip Show.  I bought these four chips from the same woman, after flipping through her "Las Vegas" binder.  I didn't sit this time, just stoop and flipped, which seemed to confuse the old folks at the show.  Why would anyone pass up a chair?

1.  Kings Crown - Las Vegas.  Never heard of this place, the chip isn't all that special (has a crown in the middle with the casino name and city).  But it's older, the chip is from the 1980's and the casino opened in 1966 (according to the dealer).  And since it was only $5, it was a no-brainer for me.  I love chips from old places that are no longer open.  According to wikipedia, the Kings Crown was originally the Tally-Ho Casino and eventually became the Aladdin.

2.  Boardwalk Casino.  This is an older chip than the Boardwalk one I already have - it's real creepy, too.  Got a drawing of clown in the middle.  A really odd, creepy looking clown.  I'm not surprised they changed the design.

3.  Boardwalk Casino - Y2K Limited Edition.  This also has the clown picture, it looks like it's superimposed on the Moon.  I'm not sure.  If it is supposed to be the Moon, I'm not sure I get it.  What did the Moon have to do with Y2K?  It also doesn't say what the number of chips production was limited to either.  Hopefully not many.

4.  Luxor - Nefertiti.  I think this is one of the first chips the Luxor put out.  I bought it from this dealer for $5.  The dealer who sold me the NY/Canada chips also had this one for sale, but for $15.  He did tell me that it's one of only a few $5 chips he's ever seen that wasn't red.  I'm not sure what color it is, but I guess it's not red.  So when I saw it later for $10 less than he was selling it for, I thought why not?  It can be the first chip in my Non-Red $5 Chip Collection.  



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