notes, on the days I harvested a casino(s), sometimes 5+ a day over the 12-15 year period. All of my vacations during this time period were planned with casino routing in mind. Starting in CA 1996-2006, then TN 2007-2011, and then FL 2012-2017 and at that point I started selling my collection in 2018. And I visited all 50 states except Hawaii. When I was harvesting, here is what the optimal actual chip count would be:

Fractionals -10 to 12
$1's -20 to 100 (depending on condition and new rack status
$2- usual only 5
$2.50's minimum of 10 up to 20
$3 if possible 5-10
$4 if possible 4-8
$5 house - 4
$5 g.o.'s-10 minimum-15 if possible

Lot'sa Fun!!! Then the trading would begin, by mail and the conventions.