I 'm currently trying to put together a mixed Paulson set, partly relabelled and partly as is, encompassing live and former casino chips, as well as fantasy chips, regardless of
RHC or
THC, all
Horseshoe-themed.
Non-Denominated fracs are going to be
AS Snappers (acquired)
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$1s are going to be MGM Sprinfield $1s (acquired)
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The above are to be relabelled Horseshoe Pesta 1895 (my great grandfather's village in the rugged mountains of Epirus region; he was a horse caravan driver whose lucky horseshoe is kept in our 1895 home there).
The keys to the house remain in use to date. ΑΛΩ (pronounced ALAw) stands for Alawnaris (litterally threshing time), local nickname for July.
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Not pictured: My Army officer uncle's submachinegun, rusty now, with wich he fought to his death in 1944 under crossfire from Nazi occupiers and Communist militants.
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To underilne the universality of the Horseshoe symbol, from old world mountain villages to North American urban centers,
the $25s are going to be secondary Clevelands (acquired) and the $100s secondary Cincies (also acquired), both as they are.
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Which brings us to the $5s: I would gladly use Clevelands (easiest/cheapest thing to do), because of their very suitable dark, earthy, muted red and nice 3D18 spots; but it seems impossible to find them in non casino-used condition, and that tilts me. Mixing
RHC and
THC is not a problem for me (the fracs being already
AS-
THC).
So, I got really enthusiastic about brick red Casablanca $100s
@ChaosRock was kind enough to even come up with some pics, showing there's no dirty stack issue with the
AS NDs:
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I would enormously appreciate anybody coming up with brick red Casa hundos for sale (2 racks), or, miraculously, with some other suitable, tile-ish burgundy chip I am not aware of.
Cheers.