The Holland America Line Collectors Reference Library
Casino Chips and Tokens




We know that the Holland America Line issued on-board tokens as early as 1948 as they exist in reasonable quantities in the market today. We are not sure if these were used as board- money or if they were indeed casino tokens, but we have included then here under the assumption that they are. Metal tokens were used well into the 1980-s, after which the tokens changes to casino "clay" chips. The metal tokens are in denominations from 5 cent to $5.  The clay chips were initiallygeneric tokens with the Half Moon logo and the text Holland America Line with the denomination below. The different values were easily recognized by the different color of the outer edge.  The sizes were identical and the denomitions ran from $1 to $100, as the lower sub-$1 values were abandoned.

The start of the new Millenium brought us the Millenium chip and the start of vessel specific casino chips. The first ones are the Noordam, Westerdam, Oosterdam and Zuiderdam. We suspect that the use of ship specific chips was to prevent carry-over from cruise to cruise on different vessels. And as has been customary with the Holland America Line the inaugural year of the vessel is celebrated in the casinos as well. The inaugural $5 chips were valid in the casino during the whole inaugural year, after which they were invalidated. Especially the inaugural chips are highly sought after collectibles.

The images on this website of chips not in our collection have been gracefully supplied by John Long and descriptions of the chips can be found on his website http://www.shipsandchips.net.

If you have any chips not seen on this site, please drop me a 300 dpi image and we will be happy to add your contribution to the site with the appropriate credit to your collection.



Metal Tokens

Collection Spits

reverse: NASM flag
front: 5 currency 1948 - brass
Collection Spits
Needed

reverse: NASM flag
front: 10 currency 1948 - brass
Needed
Needed

reverse: NASM flag
front: 25 currency cent 1948 - brass
Needed


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reverse: Half Moon logo
front: 5  in dotted circle - brass
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo
front: 10 in dotted circle - brass
 
Collection Spits
Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo
front: 25 in dotted circle - brass
Needed
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Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo  + text
front: 5 in dotted circle - nickel
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo  + text
front: 10 in dotted circle - nickel
 
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo  + text
front: 25 in dotted circle - nickel
Needed
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Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo
front: 5 TOKEN - brass
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo
front: 10 TOKEN - brass
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo
front: 25 TOKEN - brass
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Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo  + text
front: 5 TOKEN - nickel
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo  + text
front: 10 TOKEN - nickel
 
Needed
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reverse: Half Moon logo  + text
front: 25 TOKEN - nickel
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Collection Spits

reverse: Ship
front: 5 in dotted circle - brass
Needed
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reverse: Ship 
front: 10 in dotted circle - brass
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: Ship 
front: 25 in dotted circle - brass
Needed
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Collection Spits

front: Ship on front - small clouds
reverse: misc. scenes - nickel
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front: Ship on front - large clouds
reverse: misc. scenes - nickel
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reverse: large clouds, thick lifeboats
front: misc. scenes - nickel
Collection Spits
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reverse: Ship on front - with clouds
front: misc. scenes - brass
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Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo - nickel
front: 1 behind small ship

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Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo - nickel
front: 1 behind large ship

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Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo - nickel
front:  1 behind areal view of ship

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reverse: Ship  -  nickel
front: $5.00 and ship

Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: Ship  - bi-metal
front: 5 behind aerial view of ship 

Needed


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Inaugural and Special Occasion Chips

Collection Spits

reverse: $5 windmill
front: $5 ms Amsterdam - clay
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reverse: $5 ss Statendam
front: $5 ms Maasdam 1994 - clay
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Needed

reverse: $5 ss Statendam
front: $5 ms Rotterdam VI - clay
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Needed

reverse: $5 Half Moon logo
front: $5 ms Rijndam 1994 - clay
Collection Spits
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reverse: $5 Half Moon logo
front: $5 ms Statendam - clay
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reverse: $5 ss Statendam
front: $5 ms Veendam 1996 - clay
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reverse: $5 ss Statendam
front: $5 ms Volendam - clay
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reverse: $5 ss Statendam
front: $5 ms Zaandam - clay
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reverse: $5 Hour glass, Millenium
front: $5 ms 2000 - clay
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Other Chips

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reverse: Half Moon logo  HAL $1
front: same - clay (light blue)
Needed
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reverse: Half Moon logo  HAL $1
front: same - clay (dark blue)
Collection Spits
Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo  HAL $1
front: same - clay (bold font)
Needed
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reverse: Half Moon logo  HAL $2.50
front: same - clay (bold font)
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reverse: Half Moon logo  HAL $5
front: same - clay (bold font)
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reverse: Half Moon logo  HAL $25
front: same - clay (bold font)
 
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: Half Moon logo  HAL $100
front: same - clay (bold font)
 
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: 5 Win Cards
front: 5 Win Cards - clay
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: shell with Club 21 - clay
front: $1 ms Nieuw Amsterdam
Collection Spits
Needed

reverse: shell with Club 21 - clay
front: $2.50 ms Nieuw Amsterdam
Needed
Needed

reverse: shell with Club 21 - clay
front: $5 ms Nieuw Amsterdam
Needed
Needed

reverse: shell with Club 21 - clay
front: $25 ms Nieuw Amsterdam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $1 on compass
front: $1 ms Eurodam
Collection Spits
Collection Spits

reverse: $2.50 on compass
front: $2.50 ms Eurodam
Needed
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reverse: $5 on compass
front: $5 ms Eurodam
Collection Spits
Collection Spits

reverse: $25 on compass
front: $25 ms Eurodam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $1 on compass
front: $1 ms Noordam
Collection Spits
Collection Spits

reverse: $2.50 on compass
front: $2.50 ms Noordam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $5 on compass
front: $5 ms Noordam
Collection Spits
Collection Spits

reverse: $25 on compass
front: $25 ms Noordam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $1 on compass
front: $1 ms Oosterdam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $2.50 on compass
front: $2.50 ms Oosterdam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $5 on compass
front: $5 ms Oosterdam
Collection Spits
Collection Spits

reverse: $25 on compass
front: $25 ms Oosterdam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $1 on Big Ben
front: $1 ms Prinsendam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $2.50- on Sidney Opera
front: $2.50 ms Prinsendam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $5 on Kremlin
front: $5 Prinsendam
Needed
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reverse: $25 on Eiffeltower
front: $25 ms Prinsendam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $1 on compass
front: $1 ms Westerdam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $2.50 on compass
front: $2.50 ms Westerdam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $5 on compass
front: $5 ms Westerdam
Needed
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reverse: $25 on compass
front: $25 ms Westerdam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $1 on Dolphin
front: $1 ms Zuiderdam
Collection Spits
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reverse: $2.50 on Seal
front: $2.50 ms Zuiderdam
Needed
Collection Spits

reverse: $5 on Whale Tail
front: $5 ms Zuiderdam
Collection Spits
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reverse: $25 on Fish school
front: $25 ms Zuiderdam
Needed

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