mold
number |
picture |
details |
| MD-65 |
 |
HORSE HEAD RIGHT (HHR) -- 16 horse heads
looking to the viewer's right. (Another way of putting it is that you see
the right side of the horse's head.) 1965-present. Langworthy
& Co., Las Vegas NV; Wico Gaming Supply, Las Vegas (1994-1996); Gambler's
General Store, Las Vegas NV; and Atlantic
Standard Molding, Portland ME, uses it now; ..............On the chip
to the left I applied soap to the recessed embossed horse heads for scanning
purposes. The Paradise Theater was in Aspen CO. about the early
1990's. I believe the club featured low-stake fun gambling for drinks,
etc. Currently at the location is the Double Diamond night club,
which features live music bands. The chips are in excellent condition;
somehow the "Aspen" imprint did not scan well. |
| MD-66 |
 |
HORSE HEAD LEFT (HHL) -- 16 horse heads
looking left. 1950's-1965. Bill Borland's Blue Book cites Paul-son
& Co., Las Vegas NV; and C. W. Rice Co., Walnut Creek CA, as distributors. |
| MD-67 |
 |
UNICORN -- 8 unicorns. Recent mold; unsure
of the dates; still in use. This is an open mold made in the U.S.
and recently abroad. Marion & Co., North Miami FL, Chipco Int'l,
Windham ME, and a host of other places. |
| MD-68 |
 |
ELEPHANT HEAD AND CROWN -- elephant head
and crown, repeated four times. 1980's-present. Marion
& Co., North Miami FL has exclusive use of the mold. The
mold is used primarily in casinos outside of the U.S., and for private
games throughout the world............The inlaid chip on the left shows
a rat holding playing cards. I have it in gray and blue. I scored
the surface with pencil so the scan would show the recessed design. |
| MD-69 |
 |
DRAGON -- 4 dragons. Recent mold, still in use.
Flimsy, light (4 grams) plastic, yet the center can be hot-stamped with
an image. The chip is offered today by many gambling supply houses
as an inexpensive alternative to their standard chips. The Dragon
chips (and the Mermaid and diamond plastic chips) are suggested for promotional
chips, infrequent home games and Las Vegas nights, etc. Gamblers
General Store, Las Vegas; Poker Store, Stanton CA; Summit, Colorado
Springs CO; R.T.Plastics of Nevada, Las Vegas NV, and Bill Borland's World-Wide
Casino Exchange, Las Vegas (now defunct) are just some of the places that
sell these chips..............I have samples, like on the left, in
these colors: red, green, black, white and yellow. |
| MD-70 |
 |
JOCKEYS -- 9 jockeys crouched in racing position,
holding a riding crop. John Huxley and Co., London, England. 
Not used in U. S. casinos. Borland says it is popular in European
casinos, although I have a "Regent & Huxley Casino Equipment, Atlantic
City, U.S.A." advertising chip of this mold design. The chip on the
left is in Lesotho, an independent kingdom and enclave in South Africa. |
| MD-71 |
 |
MERMAIDS -- 4 mermaids reclining.
Recent mold, still in use. 
The comments in MD-69 Dragons, above, apply here, except that the Mermaid
chips are more substantial 7 gram chips, are injection molded, but have
a more clay-like feel..........The red chip at the left is from the
Gulf Coast Dealers School. |
| MD-72 |
 |
FLOWERS -- flower with stem, repeated 12 times.
c.1940-present. George & Co., Buffalo NY. |
