Old West Poker Chips

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Old west saloon style wood-look poker chips with customized value. Retro style numbers with stamped effect. Add your name or personalized text to create you own unique chip. Perfect gift for the riverboat gambling man on your list. Not made of real wood - image is printed on ceramic. More unique masculine novelty gifts for men, poker players, casino gamblers, card sharks, executives available. Poker in the Old West was not the game it is today. Finding a square game wasn’t easy. This is the first complete set of “Poker Chips” to come to auction, and is one of only a handful in. Jun 4, 2016 - Old West Events is home to Brian Lebel's High Noon Show & Auction in Mesa, Arizona, and Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction in Fort Worth, Texas. Held every January and June for the past 25+ years, they are known as the premiere events in the Western Americana collecting industry. Several different civilizations had been fond of gambling and many of them even used their own versions of poker chips to keep track of the game. Clay poker chips. The clay poker chips were first made almost at the end of the 1800s. Over the years as technology developed, new materials and different production methods began to be introduced for making poker chips. Acrylic and plastic poker chips were also soon introduced in the market. Several manufacturers also produced custom designed.

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Old West Poker Chips

Nevada Jack ceramic poker chips are made available for home games and casinos alike. Few poker chips can come close to replicating this classy appearance. On the edge of the chips, there is also a marble-like finish with vertical stripes at six points around the chip’s perimeter. All Nevada Jacks ceramic poker chips feature a colorful illustration of the Nevada Jack logo and a deceased old west gambler.

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We are proud to offer the Nevada Jack Saloon Series poker chips. These ceramic poker chips are reminiscent of the old West, where Nevada Jack ruled the strip. We believe these chips would have been used in the Nevada Jacks Saloon – starting with low stakes cash games and increasing to unheard of high stakes cash pots. The ceramic poker chips weigh just over 10 grams, and feature a fine linen finish. In addition to its casino feel, an advantage this chip has over other chips in the marketplace is the fact that the image is actually embedded in the material itself. No stickers or stamps that will wear off. The Saloon Series is the newest addition to the Nevada Jacks poker chip line.

Old West Poker Chips

  • 10 Gram Ceramic Poker Chips
  • Order in Increments of 25

All poker chips have existed since the game has been around though they were quite different in the earlier days. In the 1800s gambling and poker especially gained much popularity in the US and especially in the west states of the country. With this popularity came the need of keeping the track of the wins and losses during the game.

In the earlier days all the players had different currencies and some used no paper currency at all. Many players used gold nuggets, dust or any other type of expensive mineral, gems or ores which they had been able to find while working in the mines. Some players even put their cattle on stake while other traded for expensive food items. However, since the game had been so popular it was necessary to have a standard currency.

Introduction of all poker chips

A couple of centuries ago, in the US during the time of riverboats and small card rooms there was a need to safeguard real currency while playing the game. There was also a need of standardizing the game and the currency so the card rooms and gambling houses began making use of poker chips. Those rooms used to collect the real currency from the players and charge them a small fee to provide them the chips for playing poker.

Replica Old West Poker Chips

Mass production of plastic chips was not used in those days yet. Instead items like bones, wood and stones were used in the form of chips. It was at these gambling houses that the trend of poker chips first began where they took the player's money and turned them into the house's special poker chips. However, the history of poker chips can be traced back to other parts of the world even before that. Several different civilizations had been fond of gambling and many of them even used their own versions of poker chips to keep track of the game.

Clay poker chips

The clay poker chips were first made almost at the end of the 1800s. Over the years as technology developed, new materials and different production methods began to be introduced for making poker chips. Acrylic and plastic poker chips were also soon introduced in the market. Several manufacturers also produced custom designed ivory poker chips.

Old West Poker Chips Replica

Old West Poker Chips

Modern poker chips

In the mid 20th century the large casinos had already been established in several parts of the US and these casinos became the hot spot for gamblers from all over the world. There was a need for manufacturing thousands of poker chips.

Old Western Poker Chips

Old West Poker Chips

Who Sells Antique Old West Poker Chips

Also, there was a need for making different poker chips so that they could be authenticated and separated from the other casinos. With the technology that is available today most casinos use chips with microchips inside them. The weight, size, color and shape are all standardized and the designs are so intricate that it is not possible for anyone to forge these chips. Millions of chips are mass produced by manufacturers today and every casino has its own special set of poker chips which are customized and made from high quality material.