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Antique Cuban Chips for Sale
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Note: all of the chips are regular 1-9/16" size, though some of the scans are smaller than others,
except that the El Paraiso chips (C27 and C28) are 1-7/16".  The chips look better than these poor scans!

Order No.
picture (175 pixcels)
Comments
Price
C1
¶  $5 Capri, Havana, Cuba
¶ excellent condition.
¶ in the casino logo, and on the chip, is a map of the italian island of Capri, which is off of Italy, about 20 miles south of Naples.
¶ This Capri casino is from the 1950s period.  It was one the most spectacular casinos in all of Havana, Cuba, in the pre Castro era.  George Raft, the actor,  worked as a greeter at the Capri, where he was part owner along with Meyer Lansky and Santo Trafficante, according to Wikipedia.

$20
C2

¶  $25 Capri (Capri Casino, Havana, Cuba -- see C1, above)
$23
C3

¶  $1 Capri  (Capri Casino, Havana, Cuba -- see C1, above)
$25
C4

¶  $1 Capri  (Capri Casino, Havana, Cuba -- see C1, above)
$18
C5

¶  $5 Capri  (Capri Casino, Havana, Cuba -- see C1, above)
$15
C6

¶ $25 Capri  (Capri Casino, Havana, Cuba -- see C-1. above)
$18
C7

¶  $100 Credit, Capri  (Capri Casino, Havana, Cuba -- see C1, above)
$45
C8

¶  $100 Capri  (Capri Casino, Havana, Cuba -- see C1, above)
$35
C9

¶ C, Capri  (Capri Casino, Havana, Cuba -- see C1, above)
SOLD
$18
SOLD
C10

¶ C $5 Capri  (Capri Casino, Havana, Cuba -- see C1, above)
$29
C11

¶  D Capri  (Capri Casino, Havana, Cuba -- see C1, above),  Roulette chip, Table D.
$29
C12

¶  F $5 Capri  (Capri Casino, Havana, Cuba -- see C1, above)
$29
C13


¶ $1 Wilbur Clark Casino (in the Nacional Hotel), Havana, Cuba
¶ used but front is OK; obverse has a large, bad BURN affecting the inlay and some of the clay.  Click here to see the reverse side.  SOLD
$50
SOLD
C14

¶  $5  Wilbur Clark Casino (in the Nacional Hotel), Havana, Cuba
¶ used, but very nice -- fine, square edges, etc..
$110
C15

¶ $25  Wilbur Clark Casino (in the Nacional Hotel), Havana, Cuba
¶  mint-like, EXCEPT there is a red tinge to the inlay in places on both sides.
Click here to see the reverse side.
$85
C16

¶ U-C 10, Union Club, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
¶ used, decent condition, except that the imprint is faint.
$25
C17

¶ U-C 20, Union Club, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
¶ used, decent condition, except that the imprint is faint.
$25
C18

¶ U-C 30, Union Club, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
¶ used, decent condition, except that the imprint is very worn/faint.
$25
C19

¶ U-C 40, Union Club, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
¶ used condition, imprint is faint, the rim on both sides was painted black!
$25
C20

¶ $1 Habana Hilton Casino,  Havana, Cuba
¶ excellent, mint-like
SOLD
$60
SOLD
C21

¶ $5 Habana Hilton Casino,  Havana, Cuba
$45
C22

¶ $25 Habana Hilton Casino,  Havana, Cuba
¶  excellent, mint-like, EXCEPT somehow there is a red tinge to the inlay in places, maybe from the glue or whatever under thr inlay
$50
C23

¶  $100 Tropicana ("T"), Havana, Cuba.
¶ very fine - excellent
$40
C24

¶  $5 Tropicana (next to impossible to see it on the scan, but the word "Tropicana" runs across the "5,"  Havana, Cuba.
¶ excellent, but there is a small edge nick on one side.
$55
C25

¶ $25 Montmartre, Havana, Cuba
¶ mint unused condition. .. ... .. On the side facing you there are two dark spots on the scan at the 5:00 and 10:00 positions, but they are just some sort of wax, and have been removed. ... .. ...  The reverse side is also mint and unused, but just letting you know that the straight part of the "2" (the straight line on the bottom of the numeral) did not come out in the manufacturing process here -- minor matter.  Click here to see the reverse side.
¶ square/diamond mold.

C26

¶ $5.00 Montmartre (the $5.00 is on the reverse), Havana, Cuba.  Click here to see both sides.

C27

¶ 40  El Paraiso
¶ fine chip, just that the lettering is worn in different places on each side.
¶ made of a hard, strong resin-like plastic.  At leat three other Cuban casinos used the same material for their chips. These chips are 1-7/16" diameter.
Click here to see the reverse side.
$80
C28

¶  10 El Parasio
¶ chip OK, no problems other than faint inscription on both sides.
Click here to see the reverse side.
$65
C29

¶ CA (American Club)
¶ very fine condition.
$50
C30

¶  CN
¶ some problems: note crack at rim at 11:00 position, and the inlay on the reverse side is  marred with the removal of the outside seal.  Click here to see the reverse side.
$35
C31

¶  $25 St. John's Casino, Habana, Cuba.  This chip was ordered for the casino, which never officially opened.
¶ excellent condition
$32
C31a

¶  $5 St. John's Casino, Habana, Cuba.  This chip was ordered for the casino, which never officially opened.
¶ no picture available at the moment.  Have just one chip for sale.  Similar style to C31, above.  The $5 one has: same lazy "S" mold as C31, red, 3 light gray (maybe light green?) edge spots
¶ excellent condition


$40
spoken for, likely sold
C32

¶  $100 Arawak Hotel
¶ used, worn imprint, AND FINE HAIRLINE CRACK  runs from the edge to the center, yet chip is very much intact.
¶ very rare chip.  I had three dupes; this is the last one.  Two of the dupes (no crack) I sold for $200, and they were appraised for more than that.  Again, this is the last one.
$150
C33

¶ Yacht Club
¶ very fine condition, nice imprint -- uniform and easy to read.
¶ rather rare chip
$75
C34

¶  $25 Havana Riviera
¶ excellent
$50



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