Patrick's Day, etc.).and of course anniversary chips.

These casinos would routinely issue $5, $25, and $100 chips for everything from rock group appearances to triple crown races to Playboy playmate appearances to holidays (Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, St.

$5 limited edition chips are the most common denomination today.Ĭasinos who notoriously took advantage of casino chip collectors by producing extreme numbers of limited edition chips include the Hard Rock and Palms. The practice of producing limited edition chips became so widespread that the Nevada Gaming Commission eventually banned the production of $1 limited edition chips. Limited edition chips were produced in various denominations from $1 through $100, and even included denominations that were never expected to see any table play, like an $8 limited edition chip popular with Asian players. Producing limited edition chips soon spread to other casinos, both inside and outside of Las Vegas. The success of this little project started a boom throughout the casino industry. All 50,000 chips had made their way out of the casino by enthusiastic patrons and were no longer redeemable, netting Caesars a profit of over $1.2M. It was announced that, at the end of the anniversary year, any of the $25 commemorative chips left on the tables or in the cage would be collected and destroyed.Īt the conclusion of 1991 not a single commemorative $25 chip was anywhere to be found. The cage would distribute all 50,000 limited edition chips throughout the various table games. Special artwork was commissioned and the chip was manufactured in ceramic, rather than the usual clay chips used in their house rack. They decided to produce 50,000 chips - all in the $25 denomination to match their 25th anniversary.

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