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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 2380832, member: 4910&quot;]Reno Nevada Mapes Hotel-Casino Chip from the early 1960&#039;s:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_casino_mapes_chip.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mapes Hotel-Casino Reno Five Dollar Chip</p><p><br /></p><p>Two people in western dress</p><p>Hotel Mapes / CASINO / RENO $5 NEVADA</p><p>Blue plastic, 39mm, 10.62gm</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mapes Hotel and Casino opened in 1947 in Reno, Nevada.</p><p>It was the first hotel-casino combination in the country.</p><p>It closed in 1982 due to competition from larger and more modern casinos.</p><p>The building was torn down in 2000.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chips similar to this one appear in the 1961 television program &quot;Route 66&quot; episode &quot;Eleven The Hard Way&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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