[hayaku]

Originally Posted by hunterking

i like that one!

the horsehead mold is a classic looks great on any chip

[Apotome]

Originally Posted by hunterking

it would be nice to see pics of some of the antique/vintage chips that you guys have in your collections...as soon as i get my digital cam fixed, i'll put a few of mine on here...

Let me preface this post by saying that I only recently got into collecting chips, though I've had an interest in them (from a gaming perspective) for many years. That said, here are a couple of my favorites from my small (but growing) collection:

First is a chip that will be familiar to anyone who's paid attention to the famous poker scene on the train in the movie 'The Sting'. These yellow chips were used (in that film) as $500 checks.



Second is a chip I don't really know much about. I have not been able to find out if the initials 'JW' represent a private club or just belong to an individual. I also have a moss green chip with these same initials.



Great topic, by the way.

Best regards,
Allan B.

[Murf]

Don't know much about this, aside from that it reads "One dollar gaming token." I would imagine it came from a slot machine or something, but it's practically a chip, so I thought I would post it. IIRC, my father has some very old chips as well, I'll see if I can convince him to dig them up.



Edit: I apologize for the shadow, but what do you expect with a long-zoom lense?

[hayaku]

ive seen some really nice gaming tokens especially the higher denom one like $25 etc. Btw murf your avatar is funny.

[Niagara_All_In]

Here are a few I have picked up over the years at yard sales and Flea Markets. The Bottom 3 are paper and came in a small box set the other 3 I am not to sure what they are made of maybe Ivory?

[Niagara_All_In]

Anyone have a good site I can get some info on the chips posted above? Or anyone here have info they can pass along?

thanks

[hunterking]

just added this one to my collection:



hk

[chipe]

Here you will find links to some of my antique poker chips:
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/poker.htm
I hope this post works -- my first post here!
Robert

[Gaming Ore]

Originally Posted by cmnova04

Here are some old chips my parents gave me form their honeymoon, might they be worth something???

Here's an old Stardust Metal Inlay Chip:


Here's an old Riviera chip (HORSEHEAD MOLD!):

WOW! The Stardust chip came in two different (but the same) versions. On one side of the chip's metal insert there is a date. It is either 1 74, or 4 76, meaning January, 1974 or April, 1976! Otherwise the two are the same. What is of real interest is that that $5 chip can retail for about $100!

The Riviera is also a nice chip, to the tune of $75 retail. Not bad appreciation for a $1 chip from the mid 60's! Also, the only Horesehead molded $1 chip from the Riviera.

As a side note, the horsehead faces right. In chip collecting circles this is know as Horse Head Right, or HHR. HHR's are a fairly common mold, while HHL (left) is unusuall.

Nice chips!

Jim Follis

[icharus]

Originally Posted by cmnova04

Here are some old chips my parents gave me form their honeymoon, might they be worth something???

Here's an old Stardust Metal Inlay Chip:


Here's an old Riviera chip (HORSEHEAD MOLD!):

That Stardust chip is beautiful. The inlay is amazing.