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number |
picture |
details |
price |
| MD-31 |
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RECTANGLES & HEARTS -- heart
and rectangle, repeated 11 times. 1950's. Code and Co.,
Chicago IL. 
(I have some advertising poker chips on this mold with the
imprint "Codes Super Speed Check.") Samples of the mold, though
not rare, are uncommon........I can sell you a chip of this mold --
blue, hot-stamped GT. |
$3.00
Find
me
some
more
to
sell
here.
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| MD-31a |
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TRIANGLES AND HEARTS -- heart and
triangle, each repeated 12 times.
I never noticed this mold before; thanks to Rich Hanover
for bringing it to my attention. I have other chips from the same
Portuguese casino (same logo, too), but with the Large
Greek Key mold. Probably used abroad. |
None
for
sale.
Find
me
some.
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MD-32
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TRIANGLES AND CLUBS (a/k/a Tri-Clubs) -- triangle and club pip, repeated
12 times. Gambler's General Store, and Langworthy Casino Supply,
Inc. -- both of Las Vegas NV, as recently as 1991. I have
one chip from Knightsbridge Casino, London (not shown here) that has
this mold. .... ... .... ..... I have the green chip for sale as a sample
of this mold. It is an advertising chip from the famous Burlington
Industries Textile Corp, which has been around since 1923. Click here to visit the Burlington
web site and to view their logo -- exactly the same as on the chip -- both
the weave design and the rounded square border!
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$2.00
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| MD-33 |
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24 SUITS -- spade, heart, club
and diamond, repeated six times. This is the closest chip I
have found that might be Bill Borland's mold #17, which has the same
number of suits in the same order. ... ... The "DAM" chips I have, all
have flecks of "gold" imbedded in, or printed on, the surface of the ends
of the chips (so can't see this in the photo on the left). They were
probably put there for decoration, not like the very tiny brass or lead filings
put in many chips for weight. ... ... .... Rare mold, but who cares?
Not found on casino chips; probably used for private poker chips. .........I
have for sale (1) the chip pictured on the left -- gray; 25 cents on
the reverse; and (2) a blue chip -- DAM on one side, 10 cents on the reverse. |
$3.00
each |
| MD-34 |
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SPADES (a/k/a Lazy Spades) -- 9 spades.
Rare mold. Borland's mold #14. Not used for casinos, rather
for poker chips for private use (home games, Elks clubs, etc.). No
Nevada casinos ever used this mold...... .... ..... I just noticed (Sept.
2003) an original box of 100 of these chips on eBay. They were made
by Pacific Game Co., Inc. There was a 1981 price tag ($34.99). The
box touted "Casino Clay-type Gaming Chips as used at world famous casinos.....
available in 8 colors." ...............I have chips of this mold design,
in red, white and blue, for sale; however, they are plain -- they have no
hot-stamp image. |
$3.00
each |
| MD-35 |
|
16 SUITS -- spade, heart, club
and diamond, repeated four times. This is the closest I have
found to Borland's mold #16 -- the same number of suits in the same order.
Rare, but just a plastic poker chip. Roy Klein has the same chips
(but with a clear center), also with a small circular "c", and says they
were sold by " Custom Games" out of California in 1981. The blank
center was used for an imprint; just now (Jan. 2, 2001) I won at
eBay this same blue chip with the imprint BPOE 1554 and picture of an
elk!......The chip for sale here is the blank blue one pictured to the
left. |
$3.00 |
| MD-36 |
|
SUITS by BUD JONES. (inlaid) A sample
of one of the many Bud Jones Co. (1965 to present), Las Vegas NV, plastic-nylon
chips with card suits (pips) INLAID on the rim. 1970's-present
(?). The chip pictured has 4 suits on the rim, so the mold is called
4SUITS; others have 6 or 8 suits. Some come with a metal coin inlay
(1971 to present). Note, again, that the suits on the rim are inlaid,
not embossed......... .... Bud Jones® is now a brand name of Gaming
Partners International®, USA, or GPI® USA.
Bud Jones does not exist anymore as a company. It and
Paul-son were bought by the large french gambling supply house, Bourgogne
et Grasset. For a while the merged company was called Paul-son,
but now it is called Gaming Partners International. Click
here for more information about the merger. .And click here
for an interesting web page that shows the variation in Bud Jones chips
(size, color, etc.) today...The chip pictured is for sale.
It is from the now-defunct Embajador, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. |
$4.00 |
| MD-36a |
|
SUITS by BUD JONES. (embossed suits) See what is
written above for MD-36. Here the suit pips are embossed, not
inlaid. This one would be called 8SUITS. Interesting that the
sequence of the suits do not repeat themselves -- heart, club, diamond,
spade is followed by club, heart, spade, diamond! |
None
for
sale.
Find
me
some
for
this
list.
|
| MD-36b |
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SUITS by BUD JONES. 12 inlaid suits, plastic-nylon
chip with decal inlay. See what is written above for MD-36 and
MD-36a. I suppose this would be called 12SUITS. I put the chip
here to illustrate another type of suits mold. Here the suits
are in clusters. (Don't call the motel, which used to be across the
street and somewhat south of the old Aladdin; both are now gone.) |
None
for
sale.
Find
me
some.
|
| MD-36c |
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LEFT ON TOP (LOT) - RIGHT ON TOP
(ROT) DIAMOND VARIATIONS. (Actually, they are mirror images of
each other.) The scan on the left is from Dick Covington, who tells me
that Pete Porro discovered this variation a few years ago. If
you click here
you will see Dick Covington's graphic explanation of the variation.
If you click
here you will see Pete Porro's scan of two identical chips, except
for the LOT-ROT difference. Incidentally, the diamond in MD-36,
above, is LOT, and the diamond in MD-36b, above, is ROT. ( LOT
and ROT, by the way, are just mirror images of each other.) |
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| MD-37 |
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HORSESHOE, CLOVER AND PIPS --
a horseshoe, a clover, and 8 pips. Interesting mold.
I always wanted one and was greatly disappointed when I finally obtained
it (this one). Very flimsy plastic, as light as a chip could be!
Unknown makers/distributors. |
None
for
sale.
Find
me
some
for
sale
here.
|
| MD-38 |
|
8 SUITS -- heart, club. diamond
and spade, repeated twice. This is a nothing chip -- made of a
hard plastic. I include it here because it matched Bill Borland's
#15 mold design so well, and I couldn't find another chip like it, only
some with a dashed ring around the center. This chip (and Borland's)
does not have that dashed ring...........I have this chip in red, white,
blue and yellow. |
$3.00
each
Need
more.
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| MD-38a |
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will add more info soon. |
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| MD-38b |
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SUITS (4), THE -- Called "The Suits" mold by
the owner of the mold: 4 suits and a broken circle. It is a
clay chip, as are all the other chips on this site, unless I say otherwise.
The mold is owned now by Nevada Jacks Co. (who purchased it in 2001
from the original owner, who created it in the late 1990's), and manufactured
now by The Blue Chip Co, North Las Vegas NV. Originally the chips were
made by Atlantic Molding, and some of the first chips were used by Barona
Casino (click
here to see a Barona chip) which opened in the 1990's. I have
also seen a 25¢ purple hot-stamped Gold Country Casino, Oroville CA,
chip with the mold design. The mold has had a limited use in card
rooms. It is used exclusively now (Aug. 2005) for home poker chip sets
sold by Holdem Poker Chips.com
. One of their stock poker chips is pictured at the left (I scored
the embossed mold design with a pencil so it would be easier to see). It
is used solely for Holdem Poker Chips home sets; it is not used today for
casinos and clubs.... .... ...... You may buy a sample $25000 chip here (and
a full set at Holdem Poker Chips web site). |
$2.00
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