number
formed by the bottom of the cane and the left side of the
hat and brim is rather small; also the bottom of the cane appears
to end lower than the brim line. (The blue chip shown here is
from the California Hotel, Las Vegas NV.)...... I recommend
you visit Greg Susong's fine page about these variations and other
interesting chip information. ........I scanned the orange chip
on the left because its soiled nature highlights the embossed hat and
cane design. It is, of course, a roulette chip from the famous Nevada
casino. I have it for sale in many colors -- peach, orange, brown,
blue, yellow and red. each
between the bottom of the cane and the left side of the hat
and brim (see the arrows in MD-76 and MD-76a). Additionally,
the lower end of the cane does not seem to go below the hat brim line.
It is my suspicion that many individual chip runs were done using both
molds (76 and 76a)...... ... .....In 2002 the French-owned Bourgogne
et Grasset, a major gambling supply house outside of the U.S., purchased
Paulson and Bud Jones companies. Paul-son is now a division of the
French-owned Gaming
Partners International Corporation, abbreviated GPI
Corp, the result of the merger of Bourgogne et Grasset,
The Bud Jones Company and Paul-Son Gaming Supplies, Inc under
the leadership of B&G. Gaming Partners International
Corporation, previously known as Paul-Son Gaming Supplies
Corporation, has their head office in Las Vegas. At
the same time, the two subsidiaries, Paul-Son Gaming
Supplies, Inc. and Bourgogne et Grasset have become
respectively Gaming Partners International USA, abbreviated
GPI, USA and Gaming Partners International, SAS, abbreviated
GPI, SAS. The group concentrates on products that are
very sensitive to casinos, particularly chips and plaques
but also dice, wheels, cards and associated products
such as layouts and gaming tables. For an informative web page
devoted to the Paul-son division, with links to its types of chips (colors,
sizes, etc.), click here
And click here
for a pdf file on GPI USA, which includes much information on their Paulson,
Bud Jones and B&G brand chips. ......I scanned a particularly soiled
chip to highlight the mold design. for
sale
now.
That is, two pair (which happen to be the top and bottom
pair on the chip to the left, which was scored with pencil to highlight
the mold) have their cane handles facing each other. Another
major difference, among others, is that there is no outer ring (between
the embossed hats/canes and the edge of the chip) as there is with MD-76
and MD-76a, above. Click here
and here
for bigger pictures. ......This new rim mold design was probably done to
accommodate Paul-son's new wide graphic
and full graphic inlaid chips, which Paul-son began making in 1993. Nowadays,
most new Paul-son chips, especially the commemorative/limited edition
ones, seem to have this rim mold. .. .... ....... I'm limiting these
pages to vintage molds, but Lee H. O'Dell sent me this interesting new
Paulson mold chip, in January 2011 -- a Bally's, Las Vegas, "no cash value"
chip with 8 hats & canes -- 7 have the cane handle on the right, and
1 has it on the left -- click
here to see it. The mold is only known on non-cash value chips,
some being at Sam's Town, Tunica, MS, too.
for
sale
now.
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HAT AND CANE (INVERTED) -- 8 repetitions of inverted hat
and cane, that is, the brim of the hat faces the edge of the chip; in
all the other molds here, the brim faces the inner circle. Made about
1990 to present by Paul-son Gaming Supplies, Las Vegas NV. Both chips
to the left are actually 1-3/4" wide, and these inverted H&C chips
are only used on such large baccarat-style chips............... Thanks
to Don Lueders, who supplied the NOP chip. ... ... ...... I just acquired
a number of the Winner Club chips and will sell them for $3 each. For
scanning purposes, I applied a white pencil around the recessed hat-and-canes.
Click
here and here to see
other scans of the Winner chip. In small print under the 1000
is "this chip for amusement only." The Winner Club chips
were made for a junket operator running junkets to The North Korean Free
Trade Zone, casinos. The chips were never picked up. The inlay
gives off a hologram-like 3-D effect. |
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