� The chips on this page
are not casino chips. Rather
they are casino quality,
fantasy commemorative poker chips,
made through the efforts of Bill Borland
some 15 years ago. Today they are
obsolete and highly collectible. ... ....
.... I noticed this pattern to the chips
(disregarding variations in the size of edge spots): (a) the
chips cover 10 casinos; five of the casinos have sets
of 7 chips ($1, $5, $25, $100, $500, $1000 and $5000);
the other 5 casinos have sets of 9 chips ($1, $5, $25, $100,
$500, two $1000's (one with edge spots; one with "pie") and two $5000's
(one with edge spots; one with "pie"); those that have
both pie and edge spots, the color combinations of the
pie and edge-spot chips are esentially the same; (b) the $1
and $5 chips have two edge spots (except the $1 Dunes chip
which has no edge spots); (c) the $25 and $100 chips have
three edge spots; (d) the $500 chips have four edge spots;
and (e) the $1000 and $5000 chips have either four edge spots
or are pie. .... ....... ........ The above picture is of a cardboard
advertising display for Borland's chips. The back of
the display is pictured at the bottom of this page. Note
the inscription "copyright 1992, The Bill Borland Co. ...
.... ." Note also that only 7 of the 10 casinos are
cited, and only those casinos have pie $5000 chips; the missing
three casinos have only edge-spot $5000 chips.
� I am especially indebted to David Spragg, who
made the scans of the chips on this page and let me use them
here. The history of the Borland chips, the Chip Rack
Nevada codes, his scans and descriptions of the colors of all
the chips can be seen on his Web
page and the Web page he maintains
for the Casino Chip
and Gaming Token Collectors Club. In August
2005, I changed the code numbers to comform to the new
number arrangment devised by David. ...... ...... ....... Note:
In the pictures, below, where it says "Re-orders
with 1/2" inserts," it means that when Bill Borland (in the
early 1990's) depleted the first issue of these
chips, he re-ordered some more chips with a change in the size
of the inserts. Incidentally, all of the code numbers that
have an "a" suffix (eg., 15a) have 1/2" inserts.
.. ..... "p" is for pie mold (this, no inserts).
� CHIPS I NEED: In the tables below,
I indicate which chips
are missing from my collection by
a notation in the "Comments" column.. .....
....... ........ I am also in the market
to buy any of the Borland chips for my inventory.
� CHIPS I HAVE FOR SALE: In the rightmost
column I indicate which chips
I have for sale and the sales price. I
sell all of my duplicates. I do not
hoard them for possible future trades. I
wish all collectors did this -- make their
duplicate chips available to other collectors
by offering them for sale. All the
chips offered for sale are in excellent-very
fine condition. ... ... ... Postage-handling:
$4.00 . (Click
the link at the upper left for PayPal, mailing
address, etc., info.)
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