Like Roy Klein (see his post below) I was also able to pick up a #13 Roulette chip from Agua Caliente in Tijuana, Mexico from Steve P. at the Convention in June to get at least one chip from every table. I have 34 assorted numbered Roulette chips (including an "off center" #7 Brown chip).
Also show in my collection are the "Initialed" chips from the various owners of the Agua Caliente - some of these "initialed" chips are hard to find.
Interesting fact: I paid 1000x as much for the #13 chip as I did for 10 of the "initialed" chips. I got the 10 initialed chips back on October 6, 1996 at a Flea Market in Pennsylvania. I bought 2 carousels of chips - a total of 400 chips for $40.00 and the initialed chips were in the group along with a lot of other plain mold chips. The cost per chip was 10 cents each. On the other hand I paid Steve P. $100.00 for the Yellow #13 that's 1000x the cost of the initial chips but "you have to do what you have to do to complete a collection".
The Dog Track admission cards are from a later era at the Agua Caliente in the 1960s.
Take care,
Jerry
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