If you love hosting fun poker games at your home, you could change the way you play and use alternative betting options besides poker chips. Coin collections offer a fun way to play poker, and you have a lot of options to choose from.
Follow our guide to build collections, learn ways to play, and find out what to look for as you shop for coins.
Novelty Coins
Poker chips are known for their colorful and unique design. You can find similar designs through various coin collections. For example, colorized coins include highly detailed patterns, including Presidential sets, locations, and iconic pop-culture characters like superheroes and cartoon characters.
With the novelty coins, you can select coins to meet your interest. For example, over the years, the NFL has released numerous team and player coins. The colorized coins feature player pictures and team logos printed over coin designs like half-dollars and quarters. The bright and vivid colors make ideal poker chips.
You may stick with a single theme or collect a large mix of themes to use with the poker games. You could have all the coins used as the same value or assign different values based on the themes or colors of the coins. When you shop for coins, keep an open mind to see the designs available. You may come across unique designs or patterns you've never seen before.
Bulk Coin Purchases
When you play with coins, you will need a lot to accommodate multiple players. Consider bulk purchases of coins to use for the poker game. For example, you could purchase a mint set of quarters released from a specific year. Or you could purchase a specific collection of coins.
For example, the Muhammad Ali Colorized American Silver Eagle Dollar Coin set includes eleven different coins. The coins could represent the highest value found in your poker game. For the smallest chip values, consider an affordable purchase of bulk pennies. Purchase newer pennies, vintage styled pennies, or one cent coins gathered from all around the globe.
Coin Protectors
In a game of poker, coins pass around, pile up, and move around the table on every hand. To help keep the quality of the coins in-tact, purchase coin protectors. Known as coin capsules, the protectors are made for every size coin and will keep a coin secure without any wear or fading. The capsules will also make the coins easier to grip or handle while you play poker.
The clear plastic protector also allows you to clearly see the coin design while you play. The capsules will minimize the sound of coins jingling against each other every time one gets tossed into the poker pot. Many collectible coins already come with protectors on them, but you could purchase bulk packages of protectors to cover all the coins you own.
Larger Coins
You can use any coin with a poker game, but the handling and counting of the coins is made a lot easier with larger coins. In the 1970s, several large one dollar coins were released into circulation. The large and flat coins work well as poker chips and are comparable in size to the American Silver Eagle, which is still released in circulation to this day.
The half dollar is another large coin with several variations and a good size to use within poker games. Along with standard editions of the half dollar, consider some of the collector's designs. Some half dollar printed designs include animals, holidays, dinosaurs, and United States political figures like former US Presidents.
The more you browse and shop, the quicker you will build your collection of coins you can pull out for every fun poker game.
For more information on coin purchases, contact us at Gardena Jewelry & Loan Company. We will help you find the coins you are looking for and our inventory always changes with new coin options and collectibles.
