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What Kind of Chips Can I Collect? CHIP OF THE DAY
Welcome to a sneak peek of the more than 100 chips from the article I'm writing for the "Casino Collectable News".
Today we'll look at a pre-decimal home set.
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6D
Reasons to collect....
United Kingdom pre-Decimal Day (1971) chip?
Denomination: 6D
Notes/Information: This is not really a 6 unit denomination but a 6 pence (pennies) or ½ a shilling (which was 1/20 of a pound “£”). I just wanted something other than another roulette chip. I do not know of any $6 casino chips.
According to CCGTCC member and UK resident David Spragg capital 'D' does not represent penny, only a lowercase 'd'. I believe him but still contend this is a 6 pence chip because it came from the home set displayed below. The chip manufacturer probably did not understand the rules (maybe it was an American? 
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If you like this chip what else could you collect that is similar?
If you enjoy history like I do or are old enough to remember the pre-decimal £.s.d. days (Latin words "librae, solidi, denarii") then chips from the Empire before 1971 might be for you. Below is a home set from that time. I think it is missing a 2/6 (half-crown) chip, mathematically .125 a pound (12½d ).
Pre-Decimal Day home set
6 pence or ½ a shilling or .025 of a pound
1 shilling or .05 (1/20) of a pound
2 shilling or .10 of a pound (a florin)
5 shilling or .25 of a pound (a crown)
10 shilling or .5 of a pound
1 pound
David also informed me that £ is 'L' in the Latin alphabet; Libra, Latin for pound.
Per Wikipedia the word shilling originates in the schilling, an accounting term dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, when it was deemed to be the value of a cow in Kent or a sheep elsewhere and the abbreviation for shilling is s, from the Latin solidus, the name of a Roman coin. The word penny was abbreviated to "d", i.e. 1d, from another Roman coin, the denarius.
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You could also collect roulette chips with the number 6 on them.
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And remember, it maybe today here but it's tomorrow in Australia.
Thanks for looking.
Erik D / R-8053
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