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Message:: [QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1908725, member: 24633"]No, not really! All of the chips I've posted are obsolete, but that is a common occurrence to aid the casinos in combatting counterfeiting. As a rule, most casinos change the designs on their house chips every few years and advertise in advance a grace period to allow people to cash in the old ones. Commems become obsolete, too, but their mintages are generally less than 2,000. The $25 Riviera BCA 50th Anniversary chips shown above  are the lowest mintage of all that I have - 225. The neatest set I have is from the Long Horn Casino. This was a joint venture between private investors and the US government on the island of Tinian on the Pacific rim. The set includes a $1, $5, $5 Grand Opening, $25, $25 Grand Opening, $100 & $500 chip. The casino failed after a few months, and by law, the chips were supposed to be destroyed. However, CHIPCO, the company that made the chips was never paid for them, so they filed an injunction in federal court to recover them. When CHIPCO prevailed, they were selling these sets on their website for $50. Of course, the most interesting thing about them is that the island of Tinian is where the Enola Gay departed to bomb Japan to end WWII. Chris[/QUOTE]