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Possible Ky. Illegal ID Needed

I picked up three chips today in an Ebay auction. They are "TC" chips in three denominations. I am curious where some of the Illegal experts on the board think they might be from. I have a suspicion they may be from the Newport, Ky. area. This why I think so.

The seller said he got them in a garage sale in Kentucky.

They are local Rigdon Hourglass molds from Cincinnati. Many of the N.Ky. chips from the late 1950s and early 60s were.

They are of an identical type face and denomination design as the other local Ky. chips I show here.

I was checking Ed Hertel's illegal chip site and could not find any other illegal with 1/2 inch inserts on an "hourglass" mold chip....from anywhere.

All of these chips seem the result of the same group of people ordering the chips. Around 1960 the Cleveland Syndicate might be the group in question.

The Tropicana Club in Newport would certainly fit the politics and time frame.

Any opinions or other theories would be of great interest.

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