This chip is not rare but has a number of characteristics that make it unusual. The mold is Small Key but there are concentric-circles formed over the mold design and the center of the chip. The marking on the chip is not hot-stamping but silk screening! The edge inserts are not rectangular but have rounded ends. The hotel was opened in 1947 and demolished in 2000... TCR lists this chip as made in 1947. The images in the logo look like two alligators dancing over the horns of a big-horn sheep. I don't know what they represent but the hotel architecture was supposed to have been influenced by art-deco buildings in New York including the Empire State and the Chrysler.
Just ran across this in my misc. odd chips. Not a high value chip, but you might like it as well. $5 delivered in USA.
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