Dads vegas chip collection (3 Viewers)

[Bobguy27]

I recently got ahold of my dads small chip collection from im guessing 15-20 ish years ago, most are 1$ chips that were taken as souveniers from casinos hes visted in las vegas and some surrounding areas. Just wanted to see what others thought and super excited to grow the collection and see how some of the chips may have changed in the passing time.

 

[GamingOre]

@Bobguy27... Welcome to PCF. It looks like your dad probably had some fun getting those chips. They are a good foundation to start a collection. While some are what is called, obsolete (no longer negotiable), some are still active and in use today. But there are many, many more out there that can be added to the collection, at a dollar a pop! While collecting is not necessarily selling, everyone is always curious as to what their collection is worth.

Generally speaking, real (all of those are), $1 Nevada casino gaming chips have a retail value between $2 and $5. The majority of the ones shown are $3. $5 chips are generally around $7, but that $5 Suncoast (which is live) has so much wear that it is not of much interest to a collector, and its best value ($5) is by returning it to the casino. The other $5 chip is a special interest chip, which will have a value greater than $5 but less than $10.

The oddball chip here is the $1 Casino Arizona, which is located near Phoenix, AZ.

PCF is a good start for information.

Jim

 

[SixSeven]

That is a cool collection. Thanks for sharing. I like to do the same when I go to a new place.

 

[Bobguy27]

@Bobguy27... Welcome to PCF. It looks like your dad probably had some fun getting those chips. They are a good foundation to start a collection. While some are what is called, obsolete (no longer negotiable), some are still active and in use today. But there are many, many more out there that can be added to the collection, at a dollar a pop! While collecting is not necessarily selling, everyone is always curious as to what their collection is worth.

Generally speaking, real (all of those are), $1 Nevada casino gaming chips have a retail value between $2 and $5. The majority of the ones shown are $3. $5 chips are generally around $7, but that $5 Suncoast (which is live) has so much wear that it is not of much interest to a collector, and its best value ($5) is by returning it to the casino. The other $5 chip is a special interest chip, which will have a value greater than $5 but less than $10.

The oddball chip here is the $1 Casino Arizona, which is located near Phoenix, AZ.

PCF is a good start for information.

Jim

Thanks for the info, is there somewhere you can see what chips are currently active and what have been replaced.

 

[GamingOre]

Oh if it were that simple. Sadly, there is no single, reliable resource with that info. The only thing that has the better chance of letting you know is The ChipGuide, an online repository of some 350,000 entries (with images) of casino gaming chips (World-Wide) as well as other related casino memorabilia and collectibles, and any circular, chip-like item (Harley Davidson chips, gold course/ball marker chips, advertising chips, antique poker chips and a host of other chip-like items).

The ChipGuide's format allows for the Admins to annotate the current or obsolete status of any gaming chip, however, that check mark is NOT always used, nor highly accurate, but an effort is made. "Obsolete" is a term used to designate that a gaming chip cannot be turned in for a cash redemption. The ChipGuide is an Educational Project of the Casino Collectibles Association (CCA), and is managed by the CCA's Museum of Gaming History, a permanent committee of the CCA, a 501 (c)(3) Educational Organization.

However, The Chip Guide has no official recognition by any gaming jurisdiction. We just have a dedicated group of Admins that receive notifications of new chip release, new finds, and notifications of other potential content for ChipGuide. The ChipGuide is available and accessible to the public at-large as a basic utility version, and a Members-Only version, which provides some very useful features, like relational database searching, the ability to maintain an inventory of your own collection, the ability to have an automated process to match your duplicates (designated as "traders") with "want" lists of others and vice-versa.

But, back to your question. You can always ask here, as well as asking on anyone or more of other discussion/message boards and there is a growing number of Facebook Groups you can visit or join, and ask questions there. Using your image, I have circled, in red, the chips that I believe are still redeemable at their respective casinos.

*The Casino Royale is now a slots-only establishment, but I do not recall seeing a redemption notice for their chips and said chips may be redeemable at their cage, or at one of the Caesars Entertainment casinos nearby.

Good luck!

Jim Follis
CCA Vice President
MoGH Vice Chairman
CCA Life Member 3872-53