Casinos Nacionales Argentinos
Chain Of Casinos In Argentina - Now Closed

I have some of the chips pictureb below, and I finally found out why the early chips only
had a letter and a number on them instead of a denomination

Examples:
A1 - A8
B1 - B8
C1 - C8

Casinos Nacionales Argentinos was a public group of casinos which opened under control
and responsibility of the Central Government. Some of the most remembered casinos were opened
in cities like Mar de Ajó, Necochea, Monte Hermoso, Miramar, Pinamar, Sierra de la Ventana, Tandil
and Mar del Plata.

Chips issued by CNA kept the same design among all the casinos under its control and were widely
used during the 80's before the re-appearance of Peso as national currency by the beginning of the 90's.
In addition, due to the continuous economic changes caused by inflation and hyperinflation that hit the
country during that decade, CNA decided, instead of printing exact values, as you can see in some of
the plaques, to print alphanumeric values like "A3" - "B4" and so on, for which the value would change
according to the current economic reality of the country, chip value information was disclosed by the
casino to the visitors once they arrived to gamble at the casino ....

Al Varelas / USMC
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