Casino de Namur - B&G Jetons and Plaques (1 Viewer)

[mipevi]

These are obsolete tokens from the Belgian casino pictured above in the city of Namur. The jetons are 43mm in diameter, the plaques are a bit under (10.000) and over (25.000) the dimensions of a playing card. This set is meant for single table T200.000 tournaments, with the following breakdown:

40x 500
80x 1.000
80x 5.000
50x 10.000
40x 25.000

Shiny bonus pics courtesy of Mr Sun :

 

[Thomacetti]

Awsome set, could you please share how you got them ?
I presume these date back from the pre EUR time...

 

[Phantom]

They are brilliant @mipevi , thanks for sharing.

 

[mipevi]

Yeah those values are francs, not euros Sets like this are pretty rare and don't come up often, my story goes like this...

I originally got my hands on some other B&G jetons and plaques back in 2008 through ebay.fr (Casino de Menton, pic below, now sold). I got the set mainly for the JAV chips, but fell in love with the jetons and plaques. Unfortunately they were all drilled, but I still played HU with them a few times. After that I had been on the lookout for a proper set.

Finally in 2012 I got lucky and found a seller on ebay.fr with stuff from Casino de Namur (I believe this person worked in the casino). First I bought jetons and 25k plaques, but soon made a second purchase for the lovely 10k plaques and some brand new 500 and 1k jetons I found out he had (they actually came in original wrapping!) because the casino used ones didn't clean up as well as I wanted. My extras are now pretty much sold, except for a few jeton sample sets.

 

[slisk250]

Wow, this is something very very special.

 

[MeridianFC]

Nice!

 

[pltrgyst]

Really beautiful!

But do you use them? I would think using them would slow down play quite a bit...

 

[mipevi]

Sure we play with them. Haven't noticed the game slowing down any. (y) :thumbsup:

 

[spikeithard]

wow those are superb. A lot of plaque threads lately...

 

[Puggy]

Twas about time you post some pr0n of those awesome jetons. Tourney in January with these yes?

 

[<°)))><)]

Very great, nice catch!

 

[mipevi]

Yeah I figured with all the excitement about plaques going around, it was about time to post these on PCF.

@Puggy sure we can play with these again :

 

[Puggy]

FRAK YES !

 

[rowlin]

Beautiful, mipevi! Thank you for sharing those shots.

Does the texture on the 5000 chip allow for better stacking than the 500s and 1000s?

 

[mipevi]

The texture (I think it's called lace filament) is on the inside, so it's a visual effect only. I like how the plaques also have it, making for a nice transition from jetons via the 5k (I had different jetons and plaques to choose from when building my set so this was intentional).

 

[rowlin]

That makes sense. I was clearly one of the "dress is white and gold" people.

The transition works great. Love everything about the set - ya done well there, sir.

 

[mipevi]

Thanks! True lunettes too, this one has Megatron in it

 

[liftapint]

These make regular clay poker chips seem pretty "ordinary".

Spectacular collection. Wow.

 

[mipevi]

These make regular clay poker chips seem pretty "ordinary".

Hahah I can see you caught the bug!

Clay chips are the king of handling, and when done right they look absolutely stunning. But jetons and plaques have a certain je ne sais quoi about them that just can't be matched.

 

[Thomacetti]

Since I will have some MSK plaques made soon, I've been browsing for nice designs.
Looks like CdD had a wicked designer

but...wait for it

Moehahahahaha...that is awsome

To bad those plaques a part of a huge sample set (24 pieces @ 625)


Belgium seems to have a very rich tradition in awsome plaques

Another nice example:

 

[mipevi]

Man, I could go for some triple lunettes right about now!

 

[Ghoti]

Beautiful set. Can't wait to get my samples.

 

[mipevi]

Bump

 

[kikashi]

Not really my taste but nice to see Belgian chips on here. GLWS!

 

[tiwoar]

love ️

 

[mipevi]

Well I finally got some proper storage for these. Thanks to @Pinball for hooking me up with Matsui plaque racks! The jetons are thicker than regular chips, and only 19 fit per row in BG/Matsui racks. A full barrel of 1k's is pretty tight in these plaque racks too so I'm doing 19 per row for now, but it's close and I expect some shuffling will solve the issue.

 

[MathijsVS]

Wauw! Didn't even know my country had decent chips/plaques

I saw the current Napoleon Games sets (Grand Casino Knokke & Middelkerke IIRC) and figured that kind of stuff was the case for the rest of the country as well, thanks for enlightening me

 

[Choo_KAA]

Magnifique, i love these chips

 

[Bobb59]

I love play in namur.
Good poker room and good player.

 

[steevbe]

Well I finally got some proper storage for these. Thanks to @Pinball for hooking me up with Matsui plaque racks! The jetons are thicker than regular chips, and only 19 fit per row in BG/Matsui racks. A full barrel of 1k's is pretty tight in these plaque racks too so I'm doing 19 per row for now, but it's close and I expect some shuffling will solve the issue.

Did you ever checked the numbers on the plaques? I'm what you guys call a single collector. Only one of each is enough. Some collect the #0001 plaques. Nice set. Jo