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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
Link to Website
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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. |
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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
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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.
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CG316584
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-09
Last Update: 2024-06-17
Color: Black
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
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CG316651
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-17
Color: Black
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
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CG316652
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-17
Color: Dk Green
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
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CG316583
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-09
Last Update: 2024-06-17
Color: Dk Green
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
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CG316653
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-17
Color: Green
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
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CG316582
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-09
Last Update: 2024-06-17
Color: Green
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
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CG316585
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-09
Last Update: 2024-06-17
Color: Red
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
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CG316654
Denom: $1
Issued: 1980s
Added: 2024-06-17
Color: Red
Inserts: 16 Brass
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Steve Passalacqua
Purge Chip, see above for explanation.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CG063064 Show Casinos
Added: 2012-02-13
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Blue/Pink
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Albert Scalzo (LM-2995-2)
1st, "Harrah's Reno and Lake Tahoe"
(These cards are very hard pieces to locate. These cards used the punchboard system and were eventually replaced with the mag stripe cards. One can assume that almost every cardholder that came back to Harrah's either threw out or turned in their "worthless" punchboard reader card.)
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CG112430 Show Casinos
Added: 2013-07-19
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Lt Blue/Pink
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
1st, "Harrah's Reno and Lake Tahoe"
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CG110392 Show Casinos
Added: 2013-07-04
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Lt Blue/Pink
Mftr: PPC
Contributed by: Robert Baker
2nd, "Harrah's Reno and Lake Tahoe"
(Similar to above, except "Patent Pending" on reverse.)
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CG110393 Show Casinos
Added: 2013-07-04
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Lt Blue/Pink
Mftr: PPC
3rd, "Harrah's Reno and Lake Tahoe"
(Similar to above, with Patent Number on reverse.)
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CG062736 Show Casinos
Added: 2012-02-11
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold/Blue
Mftr: FARADAY
Contributed by: Robert Baker
4th, "Reno - Lake Tahoe" on City Pattern
("Holiday Casino/Las Vegas" is last line of text listed on reverse.)
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CG110394 Show Casinos
Added: 2013-07-04
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold/Blue
Mftr: Faraday
Contributed by: Albert Scalzo (LM-2995-2)
4th, "Lake Tahoe - Reno" on City Pattern
("Holiday Casino/Las Vegas" is last line of text listed on reverse.)
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CG063065 Show Casinos
Added: 2012-02-13
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold
Mftr: Faraday
Contributed by: Robert Baker
5th, "Reno - Lake Tahoe" on City Pattern
("This card is not transferable..." is last line of text listed on reverse. No "Holiday Casino")
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CG110395 Show Casinos
Added: 2013-07-05
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold/Blue
Mftr: Faraday
Contributed by: Robert Baker
5th, "Lake Tahoe - Reno" on City Pattern
("This card is not transferable..." is last line of text listed on reverse. No "Holiday Casino")
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CG063068 Show Casinos
Added: 2012-02-13
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold/Blue
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
6th, "Reno - Lake Tahoe" on City Pattern
(No Joliet on reverse and reverse text in Purple. Reverse text not showing correctly in scans. The Text is Purple.)
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CG110396 Show Casinos
Added: 2013-07-04
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold/Blue
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
6th, "Lake Tahoe - Reno" on City Pattern
(No Joliet on reverse and reverse text in Purple. Reverse text not showing correctly in scans. The Text is Purple.)
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CG110397 Show Casinos
Added: 2013-07-04
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold/Blue
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Albert Scalzo (LM-2995-2)
6th, "Reno - Lake Tahoe" on City Pattern
(No Joliet on revers and reverse text in Black .)
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CG110398 Show Casinos
Added: 2013-07-04
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold/Blue
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
6th, "Lake Tahoe - Reno" on City Pattern
(No Joliet on revers and reverse text in Black.)
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CG110399 Show Casinos
Added: 2013-07-04
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold/Blue
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Albert Scalzo (LM-2995-2)
7th, "Reno - Lake Tahoe" on City Pattern
("Joliet" on reverse.)
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CG110400 Show Casinos
Added: 2013-07-04
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold/Blue
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
7th, "Lake Tahoe - Reno" on City Pattern
("Joliet" on reverse.)
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CG110407
Added: 2013-07-04
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold/Blue
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
8th, "Reno" on Harrah's Pattern
("1-800-HARRAHS" and "Know when to stop before you start" with no "sm" after "start"
and 4th line starts with "this card...")
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CG110408
Added: 2013-07-04
Last Update: 2019-05-16
Color: Gold/Blue
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
9th, "Reno" on Harrah's Pattern
("1-800-HARRAHS" and "Know when to stop before you start" with "sm" after "start"
and 4th line starts with "card is...")
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CG154656
Added: 2015-12-26
Last Update: 2015-12-26
Color: White
Mftr: None
Contributed by: Robert Baker
PC, "Guest Card", (Indicates "This Guest Card is for Tracking Purposes Only")
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