Museum of Gaming History
   An Educational Project of The Casino Collectibles Association, Inc.
   An IRS approved 501 (c) (3) Tax Exempt Not-For-Profit Organization 		ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
ChipGuide Member Services Search Resources Links
A member of Harrah's / Caesars (Generic)
(Click above to view other casinos in the group and items used at all casinos in the group)
219 N Center Street
Reno, Nevada 89501 MAP
Type: Land Based
775-786-3232
Status: Closed
Open: 1946, Close: 03/2020
Link to Website
Closed in March 2020 for COVID-19 pandemic and announced on June 5, 2020 that it will not re-open.

PURGE CHIPS: (Steve Passalacqua) The $1 table chip color of the Harrah's Brass Core chip is sunshine yellow. 46 color variations of this chip were purchased by Steve Passalacqua CCA #044, LM #214 (3 Dark Green, 6 Black, 15 light Green, and 22 red). These off-color chips came from the Kolesters Tool and Die Co. family. They made Harrah's first Brass Core casino chips in the late 1960s and 1970s. These brass core slugs have the Kolesters Tool and Die Co. logo inside the casting in the shape of California holding the letters “KTD”. When a new denomination was needed for a color change they would purge the existing ABS plastic color from the current chip run by adding the new color on top of the existing color in the machine. The old color would be purged out of the machine with the new color by filling the $1 brass core slugs until the new color appeared ready for the next denomination color. I call the chips used to purge the old color from the machine Purge Chips. Each of the 46 Kolesters Tool and Die Co. Purge Chips has a hand-cut serial number label placed by me for identification. Not all off-color Brass Core chips are purge Chips.
TCR numbers are used by express permission of SSS Publishing
Collapse All Return to Nevada Expand All
Casino Money
Table Chips (43) [QuickView]
Limited Edition Chips (115) [QuickView]
Manufacturer Sample Chips (19) [QuickView]
No Cash Value Chips (24) [QuickView]
Roulette Chips (203) [QuickView]
Odds & Ends Chips (2) [QuickView]
Slot Tokens (16) [QuickView]
CG070342 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1979
Added: 2012-04-03
Last Update: 2021-03-06
Color: Brass
Mftr: RW
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG070806 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2021-03-06
Color: Brass
Mftr: RW
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG070808 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1983
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2021-03-06
Color: Nickel
Mftr: RW
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG070807 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1988
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2021-03-06
Color: Nickel
Mftr: GD
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG070809 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 2001
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2021-03-06
Color: Light Brass
Mftr: RW
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG070804 Obsolete
Denom: $2
Issued: 1996
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2021-03-06
Color: Brass
Mftr: GDC
Catalog#: ONeal Catalog #3274
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG070802 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Issued: 1982
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2012-04-06
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG070803 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Issued: 1986
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2018-02-03
Color: Nickel
Mftr: gd
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG070805 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Issued: 2001
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2018-02-03
Color: Brass
Mftr: RWM
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG070801 Obsolete
Denom: $10
Issued: 1992
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2012-04-06
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG070800 Obsolete
Denom: $10
Issued: 2001
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2012-04-06
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG205152 Obsolete
Denom: $25
Added: 2018-07-26
Color: Bi-Metalic
Mftr: OPM
Contributed by: Joel Reznick
CG070798 Obsolete
Denom: $25
Issued: 1986
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2012-04-06
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG207927 Obsolete
Denom: $25
Issued: 2000
Added: 2018-08-16
Color: Nickel
Mftr: NCM
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
CG161814 Obsolete
Denom: $100
Added: 2012-04-06
Last Update: 2016-04-28
Color: Nickel
Mftr: GD
Contributed by: Don Lueders

Trademark symbol next to Harrahs, reeded edge.
CG205778 Obsolete
Denom: $100
Added: 2018-08-01
Last Update: 2018-08-01
Color: Bi-Metalic
Mftr: OPM
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
Tokens - Other (17) [QuickView]
Manufacturer's Sample Tokens (2) [QuickView]
Silver Strikes (31) [QuickView]
Ticket In Ticket Outs (3) [QuickView]
Casino Equipment
Dice (4) [QuickView]
Playing Cards (2) [QuickView]
Players Club (Slot) Cards (19) [QuickView]
Player Registration Cards (2) [QuickView]
Slot Glass (1) [QuickView]
Casino Collectibles
Ash Trays (12) [QuickView]
Business Cards (3) [QuickView]
Chip Order Cards (16) [QuickView]
Coin Buckets (2) [QuickView]
Tableware/Glassware (2) [QuickView]
Gaming Guides (1) [QuickView]
Key Fobs (2) [QuickView]
Lighters (1) [QuickView]
Match Books (11) [QuickView]
Match Play Bills (1) [QuickView]
Pin Backs (1) [QuickView]
Post Cards (20) [QuickView]
Room Keys (12) [QuickView]
Shot Glasses (1) [QuickView]
CG302961
Added: 2023-03-29
Contributed by: Eric Miller
Other Items (41) [QuickView]
Total Items (629)

© Copyright 2009-2024. All rights reserved. Contact: TheMOGH