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There are two versions. I have a handful of that one as well, but they are much rarer.
Vintage TRK Cash Set Pr0n: New China Club, Reno (1 Viewer)
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Chippy McChiperson
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I mean, you'll have the car for like 10-15 years. The chips you'll have forever. Just saying...
AfterTheFact
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I've been anxiously awaitIng the big unavailing of these chips!
Awesome job Goph and I can only hope that I will be able to play with these one day with you.
I tried inserting the Lady Gaga Super Bowl mike drop gif but it said the file was too big LOL
Awesome job Goph and I can only hope that I will be able to play with these one day with you.
I tried inserting the Lady Gaga Super Bowl mike drop gif but it said the file was too big LOL
Damn - perfect gif choice too. Full gif (link) is much better, but at least to get something of it...
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gopherblue
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Responding to a great question asked by someone, and I updated the OP as well:
The Chinese characters on the inlays/hotstamps are a direct translation of the club's name:
新 = New
中國 = China
The Chinese characters on the inlays/hotstamps are a direct translation of the club's name:
新 = New
中國 = China
You've done it again my friend. You built another set of beautiful small crowns that up to now, I never saw in quantity. These chips are some of my favorite TR Kings ever. The colors on the $5 shouldn't go together but yet they do.... and beautifully so. The shaped inlay is the cherry on the top.
The $100 is actually on my small crown wish list (a boy can dream can't he?) and I've never seen it in person or at auction. Can you imagine if you find one and make it your card protector when you use this set? Balla x a gazillion.
Congrats on building and preserving a piece old Nevada history,
The $100 is actually on my small crown wish list (a boy can dream can't he?) and I've never seen it in person or at auction. Can you imagine if you find one and make it your card protector when you use this set? Balla x a gazillion.
Congrats on building and preserving a piece old Nevada history,
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gopherblue
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Thanks, Paul! I consider it high praise indeed to be paid such a compliment by the preeminent TRK collector and connoisseur in chipdom, not to mention the fact that you are probably the nicest, most generous and universally respected person I've met here.
And a hat tip (or two) to your continuing generosity for sending me--again, and without recompense--chips to help build my collection. I try to repay the favor, every time I find an obscure TRK I think you'd like.
By the way, I do know of one China Club hundo available, should you ever come into a stupid amount of money you'd like to blow on a single chip!
Thanks again, PAZ!
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RainmanTrail
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Absolutely amazing set! Nicely done! How long did it take you to accumulate all those 5s?
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Thanks! A very long time. Hoping to find a couple more racks, 1, 3, a barrel at a time.
Still amazing...
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Marius L
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A somewhat related history lesson: (I have no clue about the actual casino history, but this is based on my knowledge of china and Chinese history)
新中国 or new China is probably a reference to the (at the time) recently founded People's republic of China, and because of this the casino might be a celebration of the Chinese Communist party (CCP), communism and maoism. There were plenty of songs and famous slogans used by the Communist party at the time such as "没有共产党就没有新中国“ ("without the CCP there would be no New China"). These slogans were common after Mao and the CCP won the Chinese civil war and founded the People's Republic of China in 1949.
At least I assume this is the basis of the casino name.
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gopherblue
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Fascinating--thanks for posting that. The knowledge and insight of members of this forum (well, some anyway
) continually surprises me. Tusen takk!
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gopherblue
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This is why we have ultrasonic cleaners (or in my case, a friend with an ultrasonic):
That's some mid-century hooker juice right there, boy howdy.
Post bath on the left:
That's some mid-century hooker juice right there, boy howdy.
Post bath on the left:
Chippy McChiperson
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Do you oil these chips after running them through the ultrasonic?
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No. I am firmly in the sans huile camp.
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WOW............I'm browsing older TRK threads and drooling over the chips. I love the .50 and 1 dollar chips.
I love the old school way of chip design.What's interesting about vintage chips like this is that if someone on this board were to design a set like this, it would be panned as plain, or crowded or Reno, NV is too small, or any number of things. I wonder how much thought or design work was done on vintage chips like this. I get the impression that the owner scratched out an idea on a napkin and handed it to the manufacturer and took whatever they ended making. If you look at something like Binion's Horseshoe chip or old Sands chips, there's a simple gaudy elegance to them. It can't be matched today.
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Some additions to the set. Still seeking $5s in any quantity. If you have 1, 2 or a whole bunch, please let me know.
A tip of the hat to @Psypher1000 for his scrounging skill and finding me two.
A tip of the hat to @Psypher1000 for his scrounging skill and finding me two.
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gopherblue
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Some updated pr0n, now that I have a proper poker table...
detroitdad
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I took a bunch of pictures of my New China Club ones. I was about to post them for sale. I looked up this thread to link to my classified add. After reading it, I can't do it lol. At least not yet.
I don't need the loot. Why sell them. The problem is, to rebuild them into a playable set is going to cost more than what I want to spend. I guess they'll sit on the shelf for a little longer.
Thanks @gopherblue for at least temporarily saving me any sellers regret.
So, I could use some of those yellow fives? Just saying...........lol
I don't need the loot. Why sell them. The problem is, to rebuild them into a playable set is going to cost more than what I want to spend. I guess they'll sit on the shelf for a little longer.
Thanks @gopherblue for at least temporarily saving me any sellers regret.
So, I could use some of those yellow fives? Just saying...........lol
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gopherblue
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So, whaddya think? Emergency high-denom value chip? I have two racks, minty.
Pics of these in play?
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Mill and label?
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gopherblue
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I have other chips for that kind of violence.
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The one thing I don’t like about the brook dale chip here is that it’s a Cali casino IIRC. Too lazy to check the chip guide right now haha
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So...minor update:
I’m now at almost 7 racks of $5s, not counting the Keno Queen $5s.
New additions awaiting their turn in an ultrasonic...
Desperately seeking 5 more to finish the rack. Help a fella out!
I’m now at almost 7 racks of $5s, not counting the Keno Queen $5s.
New additions awaiting their turn in an ultrasonic...
Desperately seeking 5 more to finish the rack. Help a fella out!
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Just some friends laying out after a weekend at the ultrasonic spa...
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