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This is Trav of Trav's trail	UNDER CONSTRUCTION! I've been collecting chips since 1975. My long suffering kids helped as we wandered through outdoor and indoor shows. I paid them (and my nephews) 25¢ to find them and double that if I bought. I started with clay composition chips; added a few ivories; then discovered casino and club chips after visiting with Allan Myers and Dale Seymour. I have over a hundred thousand chips and specialize in illegals, Nevada, California, A.C., South Dakota (my former home), Ivories, crest & seal and whatever anyone donates to me. Enjoy the site--but it is in construction. I have completed entering my chips but must now repair broken links, re-name several groups for easier access and create an index
COMMENTS ON ATLANIC CITY CHIPS	The Atlantic City chi links are listed by the codes given them by Archie Banks. See his home page: http://www.callzia.com/dghome/acchips/home.htm The link codes are: BALLY GRAND: BAG; BOARDWALK REGENCY: BOA; BORGATA: BOR; THE BRIGHTON: BRI; CAESARS: CAE; CLARIDGE (HI HO, DEL WEBB'S): CLA; GOLDEN NUGGET: GOL; HARRAH'S: HAR; HARRAH'S AT TRUMP PLAZA: HTP; HILTON ATLANTIC CITY: HAC; HILTON: HIL; PARK PLACE: BPP; PLAYBOY: PLA; RESORTS INTERNATIONAL: RES; SANDS: SAN; SHOWBOAT: SHO; TROPICANA: TRO; TROPWORLD: TWD; TRUMP CASTLE: CAS; TRUMP PLAZA: TPP; TRUMP TAJ MAHAL: TAj. Illegal AC are found in Illegals.
COMMENTS on CREST & SEAL CHIPS	See Rich Hanover's Home Page for the definition of Crest & Seal chips. http://www.oldpokerchips.com/CSdates.htm Rich (and others consider only inlay lithos that have been sealed (either with celluloid in the earliest chips or plastic) without a mold design. I have include a few of my chips in which the inlay appears to have been sealed but which have mold designs. Another type of chip that I include is called "machined." These chips are like little records. E.g., I have indicated that these are not Crest & Seal chips. In addition, I have included plain mold "die cut" chips. See Eisenstadt's home page for illustrations and description of these chips. http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/sitemap.htm Ivory and Crest & Seal chips are expensive--some selling for $250 or more.
DUPLICATES for SALE or TRADE	Where I havee moe than one of a paricular chip I indicate with the word "DUPLICATES." I do not list a price. If interested in trading or buying a duplicate, contact me for a separate scan and price.
BUYING CHIPS	I buy IVORY, CREST & SEAL, ILLEGALS (UNLICENSED CLUBS), NEVADA, CALIFORNIA and SOUTH DAKOTA CASINO or CLUB CHIPS.
ELKS CHIPS	Most, although not all Elks chips (indicted by " B.P.O.E.") have common reverse, thus: I do not show those sides and do not note that they have common backs.
REFERENCES	Dates that are noted are the dates of delivery. Sources are either from The Gaming Table, The Chip Guide, The Official U.S. Casino Chip Price Guide or as noted by Rich Hanover, Robert Eisenstadt or from information obtained on purchase. When this project is completed, links will be provided to other traders and sellers. Some chips are coded and are referenced in Dale Seymour's book on Antique Gaming Chips, for example: "PS-EW."
ADDRESS: thdlewin@law.syr.edu Syracuse University College of Law Syracuse, N.Y. 13244 315 443 1222 (O) 315 446 8678 (H) CEL: 315 396 9087	A link to each page is found in "Site Map."