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WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,613 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Not seen anything like these before... are they poker chips or something else. Inlaid silver.

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    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ..."Whoever invented poker was smart, whoever invented poker chips was a genius."

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    silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,870 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i'll say poker chips

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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,256 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Casino chips rather than poker chips. I suspect they are quite old but identifiable for a casino chip collector. (Which I am not.)

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    looks like poker chips to me as well.

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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks more like Bakelite than wood

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    1940coupe1940coupe Posts: 661 ✭✭✭✭

    never seen bakelite with woodgrain ?

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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,524 ✭✭✭✭

    Those are very cool!

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    GoldminersGoldminers Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Vintage clay poker chips.

    My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set

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    gtstanggtstang Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They sure do look like poker chips.

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    nk1nknk1nk Posts: 486 ✭✭✭✭

    I really like those. If they are for sale PM me.

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    rte592rte592 Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 8, 2017 6:18PM

    Yes they are something else.
    Nice find :D
    Goggle says
    Vintage item from 1900 - 1909
    International Sporting Club Monte Carlo 5 Franc Celluloid & Sterling Silver Inlay Casino Gambling Chip

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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1940coupe said:
    never seen bakelite with woodgrain ?

    That's not wood grain. Its lines in the Bakelite made to imitate wood grain

    The more you VAM..
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    OldIndianNutKaseOldIndianNutKase Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I LOVE them........and I would really like something new to collect.

    OINK

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those are really nice.... I collect poker chips and have a good selection. None like that though... @Windycity... are they listed for sale or are they yours?? I am certainly interested in those.... I have quite a few Vegas chips with inlaid silver that I have collected over the years...Cheers, RickO

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    blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,975 ✭✭✭✭✭

    those are uber cool!

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    mvs7mvs7 Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @adrianox said:
    My Australian Grandfather fought in WW1, and bought back one of these Casino chips. Family lore has it that he won it at the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco. I'd understood it to be made of ivory, with silver filigree.

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    DollarAfterDollarDollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,217 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yup, welcome and very cool novelty collectibles.

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    OldIndianNutKaseOldIndianNutKase Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just wonder what a whole set might cost? Along with a vintage poker table, it would be a dream for my poker parties........

    OINK

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    panexpoguypanexpoguy Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I suspect that the lines in the material were intended to simulate ivory as opposed to wood grain. Very neat items.

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sweet !!! :)

    Timbuk3
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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @adrianox said:
    Great to see these images - Thank you!

    My Australian Grandfather fought in WW1, and bought back one of these Casino chips. Family lore has it that he won it at the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco. I'd understood it to be made of ivory, with silver filigree.

    My father had it made into a pendent - Hopefully the pics are attached here. Cheers, Adrian

    Great piece of family history

    Frank

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome @adrianox
    Great pics :smile:

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    bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,438 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There is an interesting article in the June 1986 issue of the numismatist. No pics of this chip it does mention 5 franc valued tokens that were 45mm in diameter

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    DCWDCW Posts: 7,932 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 29, 2017 4:25PM

    Poker chips can be as cool as coins. Here is the only one I own. I found it on the ground in Baghdad, shortly after the invasion:

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They look more like roulette chips to me.
    o:)

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