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| Poker is the most popular cards game in the | | | | depending on their size. Air-tights are transparent |
| world, known as a celebrated skill game, and | | | | plastic coin holders that store a single coin. An |
| sport. Since it's humble origins in the 14th century, | | | | air-tight consists of two halves that snap-together |
| The game's jargon has become a part of English | | | | around a coin to form a snug, air-tight fit. |
| and American culture. | | | | Air-tights are great storage solutions to |
| Poker chips are almost synonymous with the | | | | show-case your best poker chips, but tend to be |
| game of poker itself. Early poker players | | | | pricey, so it can be cost-prohibitive to store your |
| sometimes used jagged gold pieces, gold nuggets, | | | | entire collection in them. |
| gold dust, or coins as well as "chips" primarily | | | | Coin tubes are hard plastic tubes that can store |
| made of ivory, bone, wood, paper and a | | | | approximately 20 chips in a small space. The coins |
| composition made from clay and shellac. Several | | | | are tubular on the inside but are molded square |
| companies between the 1880s and the late 1930s | | | | on the outside to prevent rolling and allow |
| began making clay composition casino chips. | | | | stacking. When ordering coin tubes, you should |
| Casino chip collecting also became increasingly | | | | order the 39mm, or "medallion" size. Coin tubes |
| popular beginning in 1988, with the establishment | | | | are a good storage solution to store your many |
| of the Casino Chips & Gaming Tokens Collectors | | | | traders, but you should be aware that the poker |
| Club (CC>CC). Poker chip collecting is the | | | | chips are not separated from contact with each |
| practice of intentionally taking chips from Casino | | | | other in the tubes. As a result, if not handled |
| premises, trading or collecting online, or in person, | | | | properly, it's theoretically possible that the chips |
| for the purpose of collection. Casino chip collecting | | | | could mar each other. For well used or older chips, |
| is a part of numismatics; a variation of exonumia, | | | | this may not be a concern, but you may want to |
| or coin collecting. Before it became a more | | | | think twice before storing your mint-condition |
| serious hobby, chip collecting was simply a case of | | | | chips in a storage tube. |
| people keeping chips as souvenirs from a casino | | | | There are several varieties of cases available |
| they had visited. Some poker chips are now | | | | from aluminum to leather to vinyl to wood. Your |
| worth up to $50,000. | | | | budget is your only limit! These cases usually |
| Whether a serious collector or a weekend gamer, | | | | store anywhere from 300 to 500 chips although |
| some equipment will be needed in order to store | | | | there are some 1000 chip models. There are |
| or display your chips. The best way to store or | | | | several varieties of special presentation cases that |
| display your poker chips is very subjective, and | | | | are excellent to showcase your most prized |
| will ultimately boil down to personal preference. | | | | poker chips. |
| There are several alternatives to storing and | | | | Wooden poker cases may include chip trays that |
| displaying your chips. Frames specifically for | | | | can be used to protect and store your chips, or |
| displaying poker chips are available, or you can | | | | can be removed to stack each players chips at |
| buy special mounting "backer" board to hold the | | | | the poker table. There is a shallow groove on the |
| chips and frame them yourself. Another display | | | | back of the trays to permit you to stack the |
| option is easel-mounted frames for one or more | | | | trays at the poker table. When buying or ordering |
| chips. For that extra-special or lucky chip, you | | | | wooden poker chip case and trays, it is important |
| might want to consider a poker chip Key Chain | | | | to specify the finish be polyurethane or a |
| Holder. This is typically a clear plastic air-tight | | | | non-soluble varnish. Specifically, avoid any type of |
| holder attached to a key chain. | | | | Oil finish such as Tung or Danish oil, as these oils |
| Storing your chips can range from very | | | | can penetrate into the clay chips over time. |
| inexpensive to extravagant, depending on the | | | | Again, be certain that your chips are appropriately |
| type of chips you own, and whether you want | | | | sized for the chip case. Generally speaking, the |
| them on display or not. Several vendors offer | | | | majority of chips are of the 39mm size. Large |
| "Poker Chip" binders that are basically a padded | | | | denomination chips, as well as chips based on the |
| binder with the words "Casino Chips" printed on | | | | Paulson Inverted Hat and Cane (IHC) fractionals |
| the front and spine. These binders are designed to | | | | mold, are of the larger 43mm size. |
| hold the three-ring binder pages that are in-turn | | | | Another measurement that may be referenced is |
| specifically designed to store casino chips. | | | | the mold size - 66.7 or a 67.7 rack. This number is |
| Flips are typically stored either in binders or flip | | | | an indication as to the length (in millimeters) that is |
| boxes. The former offer the convenience of | | | | required to house a stack of 20 chips. Paulson |
| being able to view your chips much like viewing a | | | | chips require a 66.7 rack, others are on the 67.7 |
| photo album. The flip boxes on the other hand, | | | | size. This may not be a major concern, but it is |
| allow you to store more chips in a small space | | | | worth mentioning. Poker chip thickness can also |
| and are more efficient and practical for those of | | | | impact how difficult it is too add or remove chips |
| you who don't have a lot of shelf space for chip | | | | from a tray. As a chip begins to show signs of |
| albums. | | | | wear, edges may become less crisp and the chip |
| Chip or coin, wallets are small vinyl albums that | | | | becomes a bit thinner. |