Online find #23: 6000 Tropicana chips (1 Viewer)

[bogart]

Very cool!

 

[guyfleegman]

I literally “liked” every single post in this thread.....

 

[navels]

I literally “liked” every single post in this thread.....

i literally got a notification every time you did

 

[Brandon]

That is beyond incredible....who says shady dudes won't ACTUALLY show up.....

 

[Poker Zombie]

I need to start reading PCF while sitting on the toilet.

I nearly shit myself at this find. The story - epic. The fact that the story got 60 likes tells it all.

Now excuse me while I go wipe...

 

[navels]

Awesome story and awesome score. Please post details of your flattening method!

I followed this method: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/warped-chip-flattening-project.26017/post-612898

 

[oONemoOo]

Fantastic score! congrats! And thanks for releasing a part of these beauties within the community!

 

[Chanchan720]

Incredible

 

[inca911]

We need to see some pictures of these in play!

 

[Mr. Cheese]

Man that is a sweet haul!

 

[Mooneypenny]

These chips popped up online last week. The seller was helping an older guy unload the chips. He'd gotten them years earlier from this guy, a former part owner of the Tropicana:

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They were stored in US Mint bank bags. You can't make this stuff up:

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Consequently there is a small amount of wear on the edges and the 5s especially are covered in chip dust and could use a light cleaning. Which I will probably try to crank out this weekend. The hot stamps are in excellent shape.

Huge kudos to @inca911 who helped rescue the deal when the seller got impatient waiting for PayPal to clear. (Impatient and quite a bit paranoid, he honestly thought I was a fed trying to entrap him for tax fraud.) Forrest made the exchange of cash for chips, inventoried, culled a few hundred warped $5s, and did a fabulous packing/shipping job.

The haul at Forrest's:

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Breakdown:
100 x $1 (v2) casino used
100 x $100 (v2) unplayed and mint sharp
3640 x $5 (v3) great++ but dusty/dirty
1900 x $25 excellent+
(plus another 200+ warped $5s)

Paid: $4500. (Figure does not include shipping and other expenses, just what I paid the seller.)

Did I mention they are leaded?

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Some more pr0n:

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WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK!?!?!?!?

 

[XBobdog]

I will always consider myself fortunate that I was around when these chip became available. These are my absolute favorite cash set. (with a few claim stake $1's)

 

[CDC]

The story alone makes you want them more!

 

[Mooneypenny]

These chips popped up online last week. The seller was helping an older guy unload the chips. He'd gotten them years earlier from this guy, a former part owner of the Tropicana:

former-tropicana-owner-gustafson-dies-at-age-of-67

They were stored in US Mint bank bags. You can't make this stuff up:

View attachment 200776

Consequently there is a small amount of wear on the edges and the 5s especially are covered in chip dust and could use a light cleaning. Which I will probably try to crank out this weekend. The hot stamps are in excellent shape.

Huge kudos to @inca911 who helped rescue the deal when the seller got impatient waiting for PayPal to clear. (Impatient and quite a bit paranoid, he honestly thought I was a fed trying to entrap him for tax fraud.) Forrest made the exchange of cash for chips, inventoried, culled a few hundred warped $5s, and did a fabulous packing/shipping job.

The haul at Forrest's:

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Breakdown:
100 x $1 (v2) casino used
100 x $100 (v2) unplayed and mint sharp
3640 x $5 (v3) great++ but dusty/dirty
1900 x $25 excellent+
(plus another 200+ warped $5s)

Paid: $4500. (Figure does not include shipping and other expenses, just what I paid the seller.)

Did I mention they are leaded?

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Some more pr0n:

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Honestly, I might have shit myself walking into this room/setup!

 

[Machine]

@inca911 is great!!!

Great find, reds not my thing but those are nice as far as red goes

 

[Mooneypenny]

Honestly, I might have shit myself walking into this room/setup!

I’m still wiping…