IMO Mark, it's best to have both TCR and Campiglia & Wells Official U.S. Casino Chip Price Guide. C/W has 300 or so pages with six chips pictured per page. Not every chip, but plenty to give you a good knowlege of what to expect. Important for spotting valuable chips you may run across at shows or prowling flea mkts., etc. and could stimulate interest in casinos you didn't know about. TCR, even without the pictures, provides enough info to be used as your only guide if you want a single book. You'll gain by using both books, finding data in one not contained in the other. Both these pubs strive to provide the best information possible and, as guides, really enhance the hobby and are worth the investment for both. Of course after awhile you're gonna need Black's AC book and Susong's Riverboats and Fuller's Index and Goodrich and that ashtray book too, Chip Chat and...