Guess e-bay really is the land of buyer beware eh?...wish I'd talked to you guys sooner, I guess...thanks for all your help!
Anna
Below is what I thought I was buying.
Y'all are great though!!
THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT LITTLE SET OF ORIGINAL COMPOSITION CHIPS FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF ILLEGAL CASINOS..THEY ARE MADE OF COMPOSITION AS THEY SHOULD BE ..THE LAVENDAR ONE IS VERY RARE AND OUT OF THE SET OF 300 - I HAVE THERE ARE ONLY 3 OF THEM !!..THEY ARE IN GOOD SHAPE WITH SOME WEAR..THE LETTERS ARE CUT INTO THE ITEM AND COVERED WITH A GREEN COLOR IN THE LETTER AREA ONLY..BELOW IS A BIO OF THE CASINOS CALLED THE PLANTATION..
THERE WERE 2 CASINOS NAMED THIS.. THE FIRST ONE WAS RUN BY CAPONE AND THE OTHER WAS NAMED AFTER THIS CASINO AND RUN BY LANSKY AND THE OTHERS..WHICH CASINO THESE ARE FROM I DO NOT KNOW..I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE RARE AND ORIGINAL..COMPOSITION WAS USED IN THE EARLY 1900'S SO THEY COULD EASILY BE FROM THE CAPONE ERA CASINO..THEY ALSO CAME FROM AN ESTATE SALE IN BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS WHICH IS 140 MILES SOUTH OF CHICAGO SO THEY ARE MOST LIKELY FROM THE CAPONE ERA CASINO ON THE ILLINOIS INDIANA LINE,,
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