jpietrella: Riffle Steins Tribute Cash Set (1 Viewer)

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I guess I should have created a project thread for this a while ago, but, meh. Anyway, I'm pretty far along with this one so it shouldn't be too long before I can post some fantastic pictures of the entire completed set. For now, just some documentation on progress and details.

This party got started in earnest when I won the right to purchase 2 racks of $1s from @FDLmold: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...-paulson-thc-set-499-chips.64172/post-1270596

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Then, I was able to work out a trade with @SpaceMonkey420 and @FortyMorty a while back for 2 additional racks of $1s. Now we're cookin'.

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I tried and tried to build a mixed set with these as the cornerstone but ultimately the edge spots made it difficult to find anything I was satisfied with, so these 4 racks stayed in solitude for quite some time. Then, I miraculously got my hands on a rack of blaze orange solids and was able to acquire a second rack from @BamaT8ter (great guy, I don't care what anyone says :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:). I had those two racks milled by some angry member and I had the makings of a Riffles set (the original Riffle quarters are blaze orange solids).

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At the time, I'm not sure anyone on the forum had seen a Riffle Steins $5 chip so I set out to find a replacement which was available in quantity. Snagged 2 racks of Casino Royale $1 from @BearMetal and 2 more racks from a @Gear sale. Bingo, bango, bongo.

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Following in the cali theme I decided on a purple $25 and there were not many chips which made sense that I could get my hands on. I ended up going with the CdM $50 base chip (also Le Cove frac and HSG $50).

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Pieced together a rack of these, also replacing any Le Cove fracs along the way with CdMs and HSGs to make sure they're all the lighter versions. I slowly put together a barrel of Grand Casino Gulfport $1s for my cali $100 and once we get labels for the quarters and everything else goes through manual label replacement, the set should look like this:

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I've got some black solids that I'll be using as show'em chips and I once again recreated the inlay art to reuse on cut cards and dice, thanks to @LeGold:

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Oh wow, that was so long ago that I sold you those. It was a really difficult decision because they were such awesome looking chips and very unique. But the set that you're going to incorporate them into is absolutely gorgeous, so I'm happy that they went to a good home.
 
Oh wow, that was so long ago that I sold you those. It was a really difficult decision because they were such awesome looking chips and very unique. But the set that you're going to incorporate them into is absolutely gorgeous, so I'm happy that they went to a good home.
Ahhh, thank you again! Yes, I'm really pleased with the lineup and I think this one will likely become my workhorse set given condition and flexibility of the set.

I've got a lot of folks to thank on this one so once it's complete I'll be sending more shout outs!
 
And for anyone interested, here's what the original $5 looks like. This is the only one I know of and would love if someone could prove me wrong:

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I kind of like that the replacement chip I chose has call backs to the edge spot colors here.
 
I kind of like that the replacement chip I chose has call backs to the edge spot colors here.
Normally, murdering a yellow $1 chip that also has the words Casino Royale on them, would get you put on my "List".

However, I'm going to make an exception in this case. You're absolutely right that the color is a call back to the original. So freaking cool!
 
I love everything about this set. Great choices all around. Looking forward to seeing everything once the set is complete.
 
Normally, murdering a yellow $1 chip that also has the words Casino Royale on them, would get you put on my "List".

However, I'm going to make an exception in this case. You're absolutely right that the color is a call back to the original. So freaking cool!
Yeah, I'm not one to do any murdering lightly. Definitely wouldn't do it to anything with a shaped inlay. I think if these were in more of an uncirculated condition, it may have gone the other way. But agree, they're such a great fit and a nice callback with both the chip color base and red spots matching the edge spot colors on the original. It would have tilted me very hard having most of the inlays being textured and then over labeling some. I did overlabels for my previous Classics cash set and I was not super thrilled with the feel of the labels.

Appreciate avoiding any "Lists" that I can!
 
I love what you did here. I've been struggling to complement my racks of Riffle $1s for what feels like 2 years.

But you did it! Lol
You got the correct colors and spots imo.

And now that I see the original $5, who knew I originally had the perfect relabel opportunity. That's pretty close...
Those NFC made their way through many hands lol.

Can't wait to see finished pron!
 

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I guess I should have created a project thread for this a while ago, but, meh. Anyway, I'm pretty far along with this one so it shouldn't be too long before I can post some fantastic pictures of the entire completed set. For now, just some documentation on progress and details.

This party got started in earnest when I won the right to purchase 2 racks of $1s from @FDLmold: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...-paulson-thc-set-499-chips.64172/post-1270596

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Then, I was able to work out a trade with @SpaceMonkey420 and @FortyMorty a while back for 2 additional racks of $1s. Now we're cookin'.

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I tried and tried to build a mixed set with these as the cornerstone but ultimately the edge spots made it difficult to find anything I was satisfied with, so these 4 racks stayed in solitude for quite some time. Then, I miraculously got my hands on a rack of blaze orange solids and was able to acquire a second rack from @BamaT8ter (great guy, I don't care what anyone says :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:). I had those two racks milled by some angry member and I had the makings of a Riffles set (the original Riffle quarters are blaze orange solids).

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At the time, I'm not sure anyone on the forum had seen a Riffle Steins $5 chip so I set out to find a replacement which was available in quantity. Snagged 2 racks of Casino Royale $1 from @BearMetal and 2 more racks from a @Gear sale. Bingo, bango, bongo.

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Following in the cali theme I decided on a purple $25 and there were not many chips which made sense that I could get my hands on. I ended up going with the CdM $50 base chip (also Le Cove frac and HSG $50).

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Pieced together a rack of these, also replacing any Le Cove fracs along the way with CdMs and HSGs to make sure they're all the lighter versions. I slowly put together a barrel of Grand Casino Gulfport $1s for my cali $100 and once we get labels for the quarters and everything else goes through manual label replacement, the set should look like this:

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I've got some black solids that I'll be using as show'em chips and I once again recreated the inlay art to reuse on cut cards and dice, thanks to @LeGold:

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I am so angry.
 
This set is going to see the felt again, this time at a friendly family game this weekend. My dad's place has a ton of natural light and a lot more space than me, so I'm hoping this will be a really good photo opportunity.

They are all also terrible at poker, so I'll try not to take too many quarters from them.
 

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