I think someone has a listing for 6-7 racks of them for like $200/rack right now? HSCleveland has less expensive $100s for sure. The high denoms will add $600 + $300 + $200 = $1100 so with HSI assuming availability you're already looking at the top of your budget. $500s will be $6-7/chip if you can find anyīased on your example breakdown you're already looking at $1500-1650 for just the $1s $5s and $25s, and the HSI $5s are mostly offered in sets these days. $100s will run you $5.50-6+/chip though and finding a whole rack isn't the easiest $1s are about $1/chip depending which of the 3 you pick. HSI is probably your best bet for future expansion/reduction. LE has cheap and abundant low denoms but $25s on up are impossible now that I think about it. I'm not too familiar with IG pricing but off the top of my head it sounds very doable, especially since people seem to be moving on from them already. Some more recent TCR sales come to mind like IG and LE or some slightly older much more available sets like HSI or HSCleveland.

So bottom line sounds like about a Paulson 1000 chip cash set for $1-3/chip average.

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