So two Saturdays ago I was bored and I decided to drive 30 minutes to a nearby town where they have a coin show a few times a year. Like all coin shows the dealers don't even want to think about chips. One guy said he had some silver strikes the previous day but sold them. A few others had strikes but wanted way too much for them. I did find one guy who had a bag of strikes for an almost reasonable $15 each. So I looked thru the bag and found a $40 strike in the bag - my big find of the day. Kind of disappointing but that is what happens around here. Two dealers mentioned that they had a few chips back at the shop. I have learned that if you leave them your card you never hear from them so I decided to get their contact info. When I got home I emailed them about the chips. One guy never got back to me. After a few days the second guy finally responded with a blurry picture of 3 chips that he wanted $5 each for. Two were from Australia and one was from the Fremont. I thought the Fremont chip could be a good one so I ask how much for shipping. He gets $6 for shipping. GEEEZ! OK send me all three chips. I didn't care I was overpaying for the Australian chips. I didn't care I was overpaying for the postage. All I wanted to do was to get my hands on those 3 chips and here is why.....(More below)
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I made the scan so huge so you could see that this chip is as close to new condition as you will probably ever see. My only question is this the large or small $1 version listed in the Official Guide? My books may also be a little out of date so is this still a $4500-$5000 chip? Did Santa come early??? Did I do good??? I hope Roy doesn't mind the company.