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Newbie Tip Of The Day - Tip # 38


Visit Robert Cruz's Chip and Gaming Token Database

This is my 19th in a series of posts related to available online resources.

Over the next few weeks I will be focusing on a different resource site each day. Each of these sites has invaluable information to make your collecting experience all it can be.

This site when complete with be simply amazing. It is best described in Roberts own words on the site:

"ChipDB.com is an initiative to provide the most complete database of Casino Chips and Tokens online."

"ChipDB.com provides a powerful search mechanism to allow Chip and Token collectors to quickly find the Chips/Tokens they're looking for."

Robert states that the initial focus will be Nevada Chips and Tokens, but eventually will expand to include Chips and Tokens from all across the country
With over 13,866 chips listed so far this is already VERY impressive. The site allows searches by Casino Name, Chip Rack Number or Key Words and even allows you to choose Chips, Tokens or both.

This is a fantastic project and kudos to all who have donated resources to it.

http://www.chipdb.com/

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more Tips of the day coming tomorrow.
Happy chipping to all,

Doug "Cigarman" Smith
Proud member of the CC&GTCC LM-3209-147

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Newbie Tip Of The Day - Tip # 39


Visit Larry Hollibaugh's Northern Nevada Casino Showcase

This is my 20th in a series of posts related to available online resources.

Over the next few weeks I will be focusing on a different resource site each day. Each of these sites has invaluable information to make your collecting experience all it can be.

Larry has put together a great site that focuses on casinos based in Northern Nevada including lots of great chips from small towns. This site is very easy to use and allows searches by casino, location, and one of my favorites, by theme (Like Hot August nights).

Larry's site also features links to his New Issue Service.
This is a well designed site and has lots of great pictures, what more can I say?

http://www.renocasinochips.com/

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more Tips of the day coming tomorrow.
Happy chipping to all,

Doug "Cigarman" Smith
Proud member of the CC&GTCC LM-3209-147

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Newbie Tip Of The Day - Tip # 41


Visit "The Collector's Corner" and other discussion areas on ChipTalk.net

This is my 22nd in a series of posts related to available online resources.

Over the next few weeks I will be focusing on a different resource site each day. Each of these sites has invaluable information to make your collecting experience all it can be.

ChipTalk.net is a multiple Message Boards based site that provides a forum that caters to a World-wide grouping of home and private tournament poker enthusiasts. The multiple discussion boards (called forums) are categorized into 15 or so major categories dealing with all aspects of poker play, equipment and poker chip design.

Of particular interest is the "Collector's Corner" which provides 5 different forums entitled: Gallery, Values, Chipper Events, Trades, Chip History and Chips - General.

At over 6,000 registered members, the site's owner/developer (Greg Cagle)
has managed to interest many ChipTalkers into joining the . So many so, that this Greg was awarded Recruiter of the Year honors from the in 2007!
When you visit there you will need to become a registered members, but this
just keeps SPAMers away.


http://www.chiptalk.net/

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more Tips of the day coming tomorrow.
Happy chipping to all,

Doug "Cigarman" Smith
Proud member of the CC&GTCC LM-3209-147

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Newbie Tip Of The Day - Tip # 42


Visit Jason Skinner's UK Chip Reference Site

This is my 23rd in a series of posts related to available online resources.

Over the next few weeks I will be focusing on a different resource site each day. Each of these sites has invaluable information to make your collecting experience all it can be.

Websites featuring casinos outside the US are few and far between. For those of us that collect Foreign material this can get rather frustrating as we have no idea what may be available.

Jason has put together what I believe to be the most comprehensive site of UK casino chips. Although Jason himself will admit the guide is far from complete, it is pretty darn impressive nonetheless.

http://www.geocities.com/jdskinner123/

Thru the links on Jason's site you can easily navigate thru the pictures of Chips and Tokens from the UK. There are also scans of other UK casino memorabilia like Matchbooks, Membership Cards and Playing Cards. There are also links to many of the casinos in the UK that can be reached thru Jason's site.

If you enjoy UK chips like I do, then this site is one you don’t want to miss.

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more Tips of the day coming tomorrow.
Happy chipping to all,

Doug "Cigarman" Smith
Proud member of the CC&GTCC LM-3209-147

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Newbie Tip Of The Day - Tip # 43


Visit Jim Follis "The Chip Gallery" - AKA GamingOre.com

This is my 24th in a series of posts related to available online resources.

Over the next few weeks I will be focusing on a different resource site each day. Each of these sites has invaluable information to make your collecting experience all it can be.

Jim Follis, our Club’s [CC&GTCC] On-Line Communications Director and OTY Awards Chairman, maintains an on-line resource (a gallery) of Win Cards Chips and other Win Cards paraphernalia.

Also included at the site is the Great Sahara Plaque Registry Project, where Jim is attempting to record the current locations (owners) of any of the Sahara Casino plaques from the 1970's.

Jim also uses his site as the Un-Official Viewing Site of the OTY Award candidates each year for the ’s OTY Awards competitions.

Jim’s Home Page is accessible at: www.TheChipGallery.com or www.GamingOre.com

The Great Sahara Plaque Registry Project can be linked directly at: http://www.thechipgallery.com/plaque.htm

The Un-Official OTY Viewing Site can be linked directly at: http://www.thechipgallery.com/OTY/

The Win Cards Chip site can be linked directly at: http://www.thechipgallery.com/wincards

All sites are well worth the visit .

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more Tips of the day coming tomorrow.
Happy chipping to all,

Doug "Cigarman" Smith
Proud member of the CC&GTCC LM-3209-147

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Newbie Tip Of The Day - Tip # 44


Visit "Trimble On Chips"

This is my 25th in a series of posts related to available online resources.

Over the next few weeks I will be focusing on a different resource site each day. Each of these sites has invaluable information to make your collecting experience all it can be.

Want to hear some great chip stories ? Who better to ask than long time Collector, Club Member and Hall Of Famer Gene Trimble.

As stated on David Spraggs Website "Gene has spent thousands of hours researching & writing articles on gaming related matters and some of these are reproduced here for your enjoyment."

If you love chips and the history behind them, then this site is well worth the read.
http://www.marlowcasinochips.com/links/genetrimble/genetrimble.htm

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more Tips of the day coming tomorrow.
Happy chipping to all,

Doug "Cigarman" Smith
Proud member of the CC&GTCC LM-3209-147

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Newbie Tip Of The Day - Tip # 45


Use the 2005 & 2007 Buyers Guide from Club Website

This is my 26th in a series of posts related to available online resources.

Over the next few weeks I will be focusing on a different resource site each day. Each of these sites has invaluable information to make your collecting experience all it can be.

Quite possibly the single best resource for new collectors is the Buyers Guides to Casino Collectables that was produced by Sheldon Smith in 2005 & again in 2007.

With the input of experts and collectors from all different fields of collecting this guide covers an amazing amount of material and has an incredible amount of useful information.

If you are a new collector (or even a longtime club member), thee guides are definitely worth the read.

Rather go into the details of each topic in this guide please go take a look for yourself and I am sure you will not be disappointed.
http://www.ccgtcc.com/education/2005_buyers_guide.pdf

http://www.ccgtcc.com/education/2007_buyers_guide.pdf


My hats off to Sheldon and all who contributed to this great project as it is truly an impressive piece of work.

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more Tips of the day coming tomorrow.
Happy chipping to all,

Doug "Cigarman" Smith
Proud member of the CC&GTCC LM-3209-147

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Newbie Tip Of The Day - Tip # 46


Visit Mike Petty's playing cards blog

This is my 27th in a series of posts related to available online resources.

Over the next few weeks I will be focusing on a different resource site each day. Each of these sites has invaluable information to make your collecting experience all it can be.

Michael Petty has put together the only site of its kind (At least that I am aware of) that covers the fascinating field of Playing Card Collecting.
Michaels site has been put together as a Blog rather than a database and is an interesting read.

The best part of the site (In my opinion) is however is the pictures. Prior to seeing this Blog I had never considered collecting cards as they held no interest to me. But a quick browse thru the site and you will quickly find why this can easily become appealing to any casino collectable collector.
Keep up the good work Michael as I for one would love to see more or those great cards.

http://www.casinoplayingcards.blogspot.com/

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more Tips of the day coming tomorrow.
Happy chipping to all,

Doug "Cigarman" Smith
Proud member of the CC&GTCC LM-3209-147

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Newbie Tip Of The Day - Tip # 47


Visit Mark Cottons new CCTN Index of Topics

This is my 28th in a series of posts related to available online resources.

Over the next few weeks I will be focusing on a different resource site each day. Each of these sites has invaluable information to make your collecting experience all it can be.

Well mark Cotton has done it again. Another amazing piece of work that must have taken an enormous amount of time to compose. I have talked about Marks other sites in previous tips of the day, but this one is new and worth discussing.

How many times has you thought about something you read in a previous issue of the Casino Chip & Token News and just could not remember what issue it was in? If your like me, it happens quite a bit.

Rather than spending 1/2 a day digging thru old magazines searching for what your looking for, this would be the best place to turn. What Mark has don’t is reference every topic that has been written about in the CCTN over the past 9 years and not only tells you what issue it was in, but on what page to look.

What can I say, this is a HUGE timesaver and an incredible resource for anyone looking for information on just about every topic imaginable.
One more truly incredible piece of work from the amazing Mark Cotton.

http://www.cottonchipper.com/cctnindex.html

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more Tips of the day coming tomorrow.
Happy chipping to all,

Doug "Cigarman" Smith
Proud member of the CC&GTCC LM-3209-147

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Newbie Tip Of The Day - Tip # 48


Visit Andy Hughes Blog
This is my 29th in a series of posts related to available online resources.

Over the next few weeks I will be focusing on a different resource site each day. Each of these sites has invaluable information to make your collecting experience all it can be.


Many of the topics that I have been discussing and several that I haven't even touched on yet are talked about in a great Blog by Andy Hughes. While this Blog was relatively short lived, the information included within is something that cant be missed.

Covering just about every relative collecting topic, Andy does a great job in discussing what we all have questions about. The read is well worth the time and I highly recommend that every collector both old and new take a look at what Andy has put together.

Great job Andy for this enjoyable Blog

http://nevadacasinochips.blogspot.com/

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more Tips of the day coming tomorrow.
Happy chipping to all,

Doug "Cigarman" Smith
Proud member of the CC&GTCC LM-3209-147

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