Dennis I have to ask...
Those chips in the silver case look an awful lot like the $1 from the Stardust, How long did it take you to get that many chips off the casino floor? because damn I have to tell you that I had a hard time just getting four of them out, In June of 2004 I was in Vegas with dad who was attending a convention so I headed over to the Stardust and after I finished playing a few hands of Carribean Stud Poker the dealer kept wanting to color me out refusing to let me have any of the $1 chips in my stack, I finally had a chance to pocket a few when I came back later to a different dealer.
Rick