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A member of Harrah's / Caesars (Generic)
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219 N Center Street
Reno, Nevada 89501 MAP
Type: Land Based
775-786-3232
Status: Closed
Open: 1946, Close: 03/2020
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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
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CG162715
Denom: $1
Added: 2016-05-09
Last Update: 2018-11-07
Color: Bahama Blue
Inserts: 4 Yellow
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: Round - White
Catalog#: NotInTCR
Contributed by: John K. Kallman

Jim Farnham Collection
CG316582
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-09
Last Update: 2024-06-09
Color: Green
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua

Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
CG316583
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-09
Last Update: 2024-06-09
Color: Dk Green
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua

Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
CG316584
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-09
Last Update: 2024-06-09
Color: Black
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua

Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
CG316585
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-09
Color: Red
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua

Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
CG316586
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-09
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua

Purge Chip, see above for explanation.

Coating removed to show Kolesters Tool and Die Co. logo.
CG162716
Denom: $5
Added: 2016-05-09
Last Update: 2018-11-07
Color: Fire Orange
Inserts: 4 Arc Yellow
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: Round - White
Catalog#: NotInTCR
Contributed by: John K. Kallman

Jim Farnham Collection
CG306941
Denom: $5
Event: Hot August Nights
Issued: 1997
Added: 2023-07-19
Last Update: 2023-07-19
Color: Red
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Inlay: OOR-Multi
Catalog#: N9883
Contributed by: Fred DeKeyser
CG306939
Denom: $5
Event: Grand Opening
Issued: 1994
Added: 2023-07-19
Color: Red
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Catalog#: N0621
Contributed by: Fred DeKeyser

Planet Hollywood Grand Opening, notched
CG306940
Denom: $5
Issued: 1995
Added: 2023-07-19
Color: Red
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Inlay: OOR-Multi
Catalog#: N0594
Contributed by: Fred DeKeyser

ABC Tournament 1995, notched
CG239272
Denom: $5
Event: Hot August Nights
Issued: 1993
Added: 2020-04-14
Color: Red
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Inlay: Linen
Catalog#: N0609.S
Contributed by: Jeff Veres

Hot August Nights 1993, 1957 T-Bird - Notched
CG239271
Denom: $5
Issued: 1993
Added: 2020-04-14
Color: Purple
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Inlay: Linen
Logo: Bomber
Catalog#: N7622.S
Contributed by: Jeff Veres
CG306937
Denom: $5
Event: Hot August Nights
Issued: 1994
Added: 2023-07-19
Color: Black
Mold: Plain
Catalog#: N0610
Contributed by: Fred DeKeyser

Hot August Nights 1994m, notched
CG239269
Denom: $5
Issued: 1994
Added: 2020-04-14
Last Update: 2020-04-14
Color: Red
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Inlay: Blue
Logo: Bomber
Catalog#: N0622.S
Contributed by: Jeff Veres

Notched
CG239270
Denom: $5
Issued: 1994
Added: 2020-04-14
Color: Red
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Inlay: OOR-Multi
Logo: Bucking Bronco
Catalog#: N0627.S
Contributed by: Jeff Veres

Reno Rodeo 1994, notched
CG256933
Denom: $5
Event: Hot August Nights
Issued: 1997
Added: 2020-12-13
Color: Red
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Inlay: Linen
Catalog#: N9883.S
Contributed by: Chuck Mades

Hot August Nights 1997
CG162643
Denom: $25
Added: 2016-05-08
Color: Indian Blue
Inserts: 4 Pink
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: Round - White
Catalog#: NotInTCR
Contributed by: John K. Kallman

Jim Farnham Collection
CG292634
Denom: $25
Added: 2022-09-26
Last Update: 2022-09-26
Color: Green
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Chipco
Logo: Arch & Hotel
Catalog#: NotinTCR
Contributed by: Shungo Okubo
CG162644
Denom: $100
Added: 2016-05-08
Color: Peach
Inserts: 4 Chocolate
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: Round - White
Catalog#: NotInTCR
Contributed by: John K. Kallman

Jim Farnham Collection
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CG156448
Issued: 1994
Added: 2016-01-25
Last Update: 2016-01-25

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