Wierd plastic vintage jetons. Anyone seen before? (1 Viewer)

Marius L

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Found some wierd vintage jetons locally today. Injection molded plastics for sure, light weight. Very visible injection marks on most of them. Bright nice colors, and hotstamped!

I've not seen anything like it before, but I'm also not very well versed in older European style chips.

Anyone seen anything similar?

The seller told me he had purchased them from a thrift store here in Oslo about 25 years ago. Didn't know anything about them. There are a couple different stamps, but all seems to be linked to a couple of hotels around Norway.

On a somewhat unrelated note I'm surprised to find something like this at all, as gambling is not allowed in Norway and has not been since I've been playing poker at least (15+ years). Guess I need to dig into gambling 30+ years ago in Norway. Maybe it was a thing then.

Some photos here. In piles sorted by stamps. Came in some fun wooden boxes as well.
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There was (amputated, - no black/red/odd/even etc, only numbers) roulette tables in pubs and discos in the early to mid 90s. These look like roulette chips from Royal Garden hotel in Trondheim. (wild guess)
 
There was (amputated, - no black/red/odd/even etc, only numbers) roulette tables in pubs and discos in the early to mid 90s. These look like roulette chips from Royal Garden hotel in Trondheim. (wild guess)
Interesting! I was not aware. Definitely look like roulette chips. After cleaning and sorting them, it seems like they are from multiple Norwegian hotels.

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And some super cheap looking/feeling "plaques". 10kroner is like 1 usd.
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The "chips" cleaned up perfectly, but the wooden boxes unfortunately have an old smoke smell to them. Anyone have any tips and tricks on how to get that off, if at all possible?
 
You might try covering them in baking soda and leaving them in a small enclosed space, like a drawer.

Ozone works very well to remove odors, but you'd need an ozone generating machine. There are some available that aren't too expensive, but that still might be more than you'd want to spend. The plus side is that an ozone generator is good for removing all kinds of smells - in rooms and houses and cars and from objects, etc, in case you ever have such a need in the future.
 
Depending on the finish, a washdown with Murphy's Oil Soap may take away a good bit of the smoke smell.
Test in a small area first.
 

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