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Re: El Rancho Vegas Imitation Chips

Allan,
Click on the link below to go to the Marty's story that Jim did for me. That is what we know at this point. As you'll see, there was a box (100 chips) found in the Tropicana around 1981 by a friend of mine. They stayed in his attic from that time until 2 1/2 years ago when he found out I was into chips. I have not seen another "Marty's" chip in the last 2 1/2 years & I have looked & asked everywhere I go! When Jim & I showed the chip to Jerry Wall (who bought all the Borland chips) at a local chapter meeting (about 2 years ago) he did not have one. He did confirm that it was a real chip & wanted to buy the entire box. As for where the 100 chips are, Jim owns 3, Doug Saito 1, Scott Bensyl 1, 3 went (1 each) to friends of myself & the friend who found the chips. I have 8 & the remaining 84 are back in my friends attic! He has no desire to sell his & I am not selling the ones I have. Only 2 have been sold, at the price of $50 each. One to Doug Saito & the other to Jim, this was when I first found out about the chips & was done in the hopes that I could light a fire under either Jim or Doug to find out some information! Jim came thru as he always does when it comes to finding out about a chip. You asked me to put a value on the chip & at this point I would say it is an "L" chip ($75-$99). Also you might want to note that they are in new condition & my friend did not overlook a box or two when he got these. There were 3 box's of chips total & the other two were Tropicana Roulette chips from the 1970's! Michael Knapp & I have talked about the Marty's chip a few times, but not enough information was known at the time to have the chip put in the Chip Rack. Hopefully there is now & you'll be able to include it in the next edition. Thanks! Andy - Las Vegas

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