Info on the Crystal Park $5000 chip please?

Wizard · #1 (**permalink**) 08-25-2006, 01:52 AM

So, I picked up a $5000 Crystal Park chip along the way, long before I knew how difficult they were to come across. I have searched around for some info on it, wondering how rare they truly were, how many are thought to be out there and a possible value range. If anyone has an idea or any information at all, I would love to hear it. The number on the chip is 445, so that tells me there were probably at least 500 made and possibly much more.

I was going to snap a picture of the chip all by itself, but I can't find my USB plug. Here is an older picture of my CPs, the 5k chip is sitting in the middle.

Thanks!

~Wiz

cynabear · #2 (**permalink**) 08-25-2006, 02:11 AM

That 5k chip was a great find! I love the set you have put to gether! Very nice The little info that I have on the 5k is this:

Total number was infact 500.
There is a question if all 500 are floating around out there with the other chips. I know of 4 that are in the hands of chip heads (and I do not know that many chip heads so this may not be all that are out there). I was told by one of them that only 10 made it out and that the others were not "lost" like the rest of the chips becuase they had such a high level of security. The question is: were the remaining 490 destroyed when the new rack was implimented or are they in the hands of a casino exec or employee or ??? You would think that if someone had them that we would see more of them for sale, ala the $500 Vineyard that seems almost as rare (only 100 was the rumor but in fact many more are out there).

Hope this helps!

Cyna -

Wizard · #3 (**permalink**) 08-25-2006, 06:30 PM

Hey, thanks a lot! I guess that's about all the information I could hope for as the number of chips "out there" is very difficult to determine.

Can you imagine taking 4 racks of those chips and destroying them...oh the humanity! It would be interesting to hear how 10 chips could be saved while the others were destroyed (if that's the case.) You'd think it would be all or nothing.

~Mike

ArcadeKidd · #4 (**permalink**) 08-25-2006, 10:02 PM

No solid info on this, but just from the ones I've seen
pictures of, and the people that I know have them, I'd
say more than 10 are out there.
But there is no way I could put a number on how many.

Also, the serial numbers I've seen are throughout the 500
range, not a serial run of chips, though I admit that doesn't
mean anything one way or another.

Cheers,
AK