bogart
Two Pair
Very cool!
i literally got a notification every time you didI literally “liked” every single post in this thread.....
I followed this method: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/warped-chip-flattening-project.26017/post-612898Awesome story and awesome score. Please post details of your flattening method!
WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK!?!?!?!?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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Honestly, I might have shit myself walking into this room/setup!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:
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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:
View attachment 200777
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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I’m still wiping…Honestly, I might have shit myself walking into this room/setup!