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I've been collecting casino chips since I can remember. It started back in the 60's when my parents went to Vegas and brought me back a $1 and $5 chip from one of the hotels. I kept that and displayed that in my room for years.

When I got old enough to go to Vegas myself, I wanted to grab a souvenier from every casino I visited. So as I visited casino's I'd keep either a $1 chip or token from each place I visited. I also started noticing that casino's issued special limited edition $5 chips and started collecting those as well. I even kept the odd $0.25, $.050 and $2.50 chips I'd find on occasion.

Then a few years back I found that there is a national club for chip collectors: Casino Chip and Gaming Token Collectors Club (CCGTCC). I read up on them and found them to be a great source of information. I even found a local club in my home state (Colorado). Basically, if your state has casinos then there is probably a local chapter of the CCGTCC there as well.

Before I knew it, I was buying and selling chips on eBay and adding to my collection. Now my collection is well over 200 pieces and my bank account is much lower for it. I will eventually sell these pieces (hopefully for more than what I paid for them).

Chip collecting is a great hobby. And as expensive as you can afford. Must be 10000's of different chips and tokens out there. So if you do collect - consider specializing in a particular type ($1 chips, chips from a certain casino, etc...)