Garden City Frac Substitutes (1 Viewer)

[heisman]

Hey all,

Looking at getting a set of Garden City’s, but fracs are looking hard to come by and I’m pretty adamant about using 0.5s in our home games. Anyone have a reco on a chip that matches similar to GCs that I could use? May entertain a no value chip, more concerned about a matching set tbh. Pic from Apache for reference. Thanks everyone!

 

[joker80]

I used a cincy horseshoe primary 25$ with an inlay replacement. Still available from vendor

 

[heisman]

I used a cincy horseshoe primary 25$ with an inlay replacement. Still available from vendor

That looks amazing. Never considered inlay replacements as an option before... Thanks for that!

 

[joker80]

Yeah green is not a commonly used frac colour, but the garden city fracs are green

 

[heisman]

Yeah green is not a commonly used frac colour, but the garden city fracs are green

Makes sense. How far can you stretch with inlay replacements? You think replacing the inlay's of the 2s with something else be possible?

 

[allforcharity]

I don't think you'd want to do inlay replacement on the giant-inlay Garden City's. There would be a second recess line through the hat and canes after you remove the inlay (which, I've heard, is not easy on this size of inlay in particular). Better off using a relabeled or overlabeled chip of similar condition.

 

[RichMahogany]

Yeah green is not a commonly used frac colour, but the garden city fracs are green

Not true for a Cali set, which this is

 

[heisman]

I don't think you'd want to do inlay replacement on the giant-inlay Garden City's. There would be a second recess line through the hat and canes after you remove the inlay (which, I've heard, is not easy on this size of inlay in particular). Better off using a relabeled or overlabeled chip of similar condition.

Thanks allforcharity. Obviously conceptual, but I thought about replacing the 2s with the GC's 0.50s inlay, which I'm consulting with @Gear on right now if it's even possible. If it's not straight-forward, I'll have to think of an alternative.. though the dark green is super slick. Thanks again for your input!

 

[RowdyRawhide]

Terribles lagrange $25 are out there in used condition....I think they would pair well too

 

[RowdyRawhide]

If your not stuck on green then you lots of red or white options too

 

[heisman]

If your not stuck on green then you lots of red or white options too

Definitely not stuck on greens! Going to scope the lagranges though. Thanks for the suggestion Rowdy!

 

[Kasper Storrs]

You could keep it Cali, keep it Garden themed and keep it peach with this nice hotstamp:

 

[heisman]

That’s actually an amazing idea and makes a ton of sense, never seen these before. Keeping my eyes out for sure! And it’s Garden themed!!

 

[Kasper Storrs]

They're out there in fair numbers I think I had a good-used condition rack which I sold for about $150-$160. The stamps where in pretty great condition!

Good luck with the hunt.

 

[heisman]

Thanks Kasper! I'm obsessed for these chips now and want them super bad Is this the PCF effect everyone was warning me about?