.. about ten years ago, I asked a friend who was going to Vegas to 'get me every different $1 chip you can'..he heard me say 'get me one of every different chip you can'.

So he came back with over $1,200 worth of chips, which included several $100 and $25 chips.

Luckily, I went to Vegas just a month after that, and I was able to cash in all the $100s, $25s and 5s he got for me, since I only collected $1 chips.

Was a PITA and took a few hours to cash in all the unwanted chips, but it did make for a good story..