Red THC 5s? (1 Viewer)

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Hey guys,

I'm constantly looking for 1-2 racks of red THC 5s - no hotstamps - in a good condition.

On the classifieds, I see a lot of paulsons 5s, but those are
  • RTC
  • or casino used
  • or hotstamped
  • or way above $3/chip
  • or not red
  • or just singles up to 2 barrels
I looked into every classified of the last 80 pages and identified some options:
  • Empress - are they available in good condition?
  • PCA sec - most probably way too expensive. $5/chip
  • Casablanca - I think the inlay is too big, will not match my other chips
  • Scandia - They look great. my favourites right now
  • ... ??
  • ... ??
Do you have some ideas? Please help me find some options, I could hunt for!

best regards,
Jonathan
 
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I just got extra 80 pieces of these minty empress fives for my mixed cash set. I would be ready to let them go for 75 eur per barrell.

Maybe too low quantity or high price, but shoot PM to me if you are interested.


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Empress Casino chips range from casino-worn (primaries) to mint/unused (some secondaries) and everything in-between.

There are several different variations of Casablanca Casino Aruba $5 chips -- some have standard 7/8" inlays, and are in either good, very good, or excellent condition. Lots out there, but they don't come up for sale often.

Fantasy/home sets with red THC mold $5s include Scandia Casino, Casino de Isthmus City, Le Cove, Pyramid Casino, Fabulous Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas, and U.S. Presidents, plus the Empress Star and Aurora Star boat chips.

Pointe After Casino, Silver Palace, and Golden Eagle are a few other red $5s that are used in collector sets.

But good luck trying to find decent spotted THC chips with inlays in decent condition for under $3/chip.
 
Fantasy/home sets with red THC mold $5s include Scandia Casino, Casino de Isthmus City, Le Cove, Pyramid Casino, Fabulous Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas, and U.S. Presidents, plus the Empress Star and Aurora Star boat chips.

Pointe After Casino, Silver Palace, and Golden Eagle are a few other red $5s that are used in collector sets.
you mentioned some good options. thank you

@all: if you could offer me something of those, just do it :)

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But good luck trying to find decent spotted THC chips with inlays in decent condition for under $3/chip.

thank you :D
 
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What are you going to pair them with?

For my 0,25/0,25 (bi-)weekly game
  • 100x PCA yellow $0.25s - suit mold (ordered, on the way to me)
  • 100x Paris $1s
  • 100x Monte Carlo $2s (ordered, on the way to me)
  • 140x Claim Stake $5s (ordered, on the way to me)
  • 137x Aztar MO Secondary $25
(all near mint or better)

Longterm plan:
  • Replace PCA yellow $0.25s with perfect matching THC quarters
  • Add some barrels Paris $1s
  • Find a perfect matching THC $10 chip (e.g. Le Cove $10)
  • Find one barrel perfect matching THC $100s
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You may be better of doing an inlay replacement to make a THC 25c, especially one in near mint condition. They are pretty much unicorns.

If you go with a 50c chip there are some options.
 
You may be better of doing an inlay replacement to make a THC 25c, especially one in near mint condition. They are pretty much unicorns.

If you go with a 50c chip there are some options.
It seems that @Thomacetti is going to sell me one rack of those, when he finished the relabel process

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I love these chips! Great job getting them when you did as I believe Spinettis stock is running low on them.

Looking forward to seeing the finished set.
 

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