Saigon Horseshoe $100 (1 Viewer)
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RocAFella1
Royal Flush
drdr
3 of a Kind
Huh. Not usually a hotstamp fan. But this I like. Good luck with info hunt. Possible is an imitating illegal?
I did a search on the googles and the first thing that comes up is your post.
You rule.
You rule.
RichMahogany
Straight Flush
Try the Chip Guide
ChipGuide doesn’t have anything there, that’s the first thing I tried
ekricket
Royal Flush
It will after it sees your picture….
Private set, then. Saigon has pretty specific connotations. Veteran's organization?
drdr
3 of a Kind
Pretty good hot stamp job. Like how bold and obvious it is. Someone loved these.
Makes sense. This chip was found with a bunch of military ephemera.
philhut
Flush
Perhaps a start of some lore history. This Chip is likely named for a particular event or action, "The Horseshoe" was a real place that many soldiers saw or heard of during the Vietnam war.
There was a 1967 battle of the horse shoe along the saigon river.....
https://manchu.org/country/horseshoe/
as well as a campaign of occupation of the area known as the "HorseShoe" throughout the war. Per the Wiki page the area was occupied at least in 1968 by Australian troops then later Vietnamese Republican troops in 69.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Horseshoe_(Vietnam)
http://www.vietvet.org/horseshoe.htm
There was a 1967 battle of the horse shoe along the saigon river.....
https://manchu.org/country/horseshoe/
as well as a campaign of occupation of the area known as the "HorseShoe" throughout the war. Per the Wiki page the area was occupied at least in 1968 by Australian troops then later Vietnamese Republican troops in 69.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Horseshoe_(Vietnam)
http://www.vietvet.org/horseshoe.htm
Jeff in Iowa
Pair
There are T. R. King order cards for your chip.
1100 of the Saigon Horse Shoe chips were ordered in six denominations by William L. Samex, Saigon, Vietnam and were sent to Captain T. S. Taus c/o Air America, MFD 2277, APO San FRan 96307, on 7/17/1967. A different custom die was made for each of the six denominations, making it an expensive custom order. A Black Jack layout was also sold with the chips.
I am an Admin with the ChipGuide and if you were to submit the chip to the ChipGuide, the original order cards would be uploaded there along with your chip.
philhut
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Cool so Daddy sent chips to his Son? To have bad ass games in the officer's mess and network.
How did Captain T. S. Taus make out in Vietnam?
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