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El Cortez TRK Small Crown Find

I’m completely new to this board, and mostly posted on here to be able to use the incredible wealth of knowledge that exists within to gain more understanding of some chips I recently acquired from the estate of a late collector, through his granchildren. It took me 18+ months to finally get the chips due to probate court proceedings.

The Sands casino chips I posted seems to have generated some controversy around whether they were authentic, or reproductions from the 1990s. After connecting with the executor of the estate last night, I can verify that those specific Sands small crown chips were in the late collector’s possession since February of 1981. That makes it highly unlikely that they were part of any reproduction batches in the 90s.

I similarly asked him about the provenance of the other rare chipsets that were part of the acquisition: they include small crown TRK chips from the El Cortez Hotel, the Mapes Casino and several Hat & Cane mold chips from other Nevada casinos. The El Cortez chips (examples pictured below — my 900 chipset has denominations of $0.50, $5, $25 and $100) were acquired by the collector in 1976.

For those that might be concerned that this find potentially brings the value of your singles down, please don’t fret — these chips will never see any venue other than my own collection; they’re not for sale, trade or auction at all.

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El Cortez TRK Small Crown Find
Re: El Cortez TRK Small Crown Find
Enjoy all of those beautiful chips, Krish!!
Re: El Cortez TRK Small Crown Find
David, I Agree
Re: DAVID, FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION THE
Dispute vbg
Re: YES THEY WERE! HALF THE INLAY WAS HOLED!
Re: YES THEY WERE! HALF THE INLAY WAS HOLED!
Re: KRISH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW MORE
Re: KRISH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW MORE
Re: HI WALT. YES IT WILLBE INTERSTING TO SEE WHAT
Re: KRISH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW MORE
Re: I UNDERSTAND KRISH, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE WHAT
WOW!!!! That Milton Prell Card Room chip is
I'll 2nd that comment, Steve!!
WOW!
Your my Chip Hero!
No kidding, i wish he would sell some at a discoun
Nice. I see nothing but a positive, big + for ~~~
This is what Chipping is all about!
Yep. For sure; 100%.
I couldn't agree more!
These Chip Reveales are amazing
Next a rack of Rivera and Sahara Building Chips
Re: Next a rack of Rivera and Sahara Building Chip
I can't imagine how COOL it would be to play
All of the chips you show look brand new
Re: El Cortez TRK Small Crown Find
Thanks for the Hobby Publicity on the Hustler..
Good catch...
Krish is great on high stakes poker
Hi Krish, great chips. I have bought never used...
Re: Hi Krish, great chips. I have bought never use
Every chip collectors DREAM to open a black home..
Nothing short of…

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