Ten pieces were found in a Paris shop 25+ years ago along with quantities of other casinos' plaques in rather poor condition. I zoomed in on the inventory and picked what I thought would be of interest to collectors, along with these ten pieces that I have never seen, prior. I checked with a French casino chip historian who I was trading with at the time and he, too, had never seen them... He had closed the deal for me; he took one of each casino plaque and I place a few of these in cabinets at $400 each, along with one in its original state of preservation for $1000.
Each plaque has a different control number on each side.
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