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
for bigger picture. ......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. 
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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