As a past collector of stamps, coins, books etc. I find casino chips the most engaging.
One is the personalization. You can collect by themes. That may be by denominations,
cities, states, countries, or interests such as horses, sport figures, or akin subjects on to infinity.
Take coins. If you've seen one collection of Indian Head pennies, you seen them all.
Along with the individuation is the scarcity of classical chips. To release funds set aside
to mint a replacement of worn out chips the old issue must be destroyed. Hence, the
essence of a treasure hunt for "walkaways." Also, of interest is the growth factor. More than 300,000
different chips are listed. Supposely, there are 50 million stamp collectors, 12 million
coin collectors etc. Las Vegas gets 35 million visitors a year. Why there are less than
10,000 CCA hobbists begs a question. No? Robert Denbow R-7362