order number	picture (note: picture size scales vary; be sure to read the dimensions in the description column)	description	price
MOP-1		¶ size -- BIG -- +2.5" wide, 1.75" high; 3 mil. thick ¶ condition: excellent ¶ reverse side is plain on all of these MOP-1's. ¶ "Ex Candore Decus" is Latin for something like, "from sincerity/openness comes honor/glory."..........I know of only 22 of these (MOP-1) existing.........the design on the crest is a bird (goose?) standing atop a knight's helmet.............I don't know if I have ever seen a MOP chip with a motto or saying on it.	$170.00
MOP-2		¶ size -- SMALL -- 1.5" x 7/8", 4 mil. thick ¶ condition: excellent ¶ reverse: plain (all like that) ¶ see the description for MOP-1, above..........I know of only 59 existing.	$30.00
MOP-3		¶ size: 2.5" x .75", 3 mil thick. ¶ condition: excellent ¶ reverse side is plain (all that way). ¶ SORRY, SOLD OUT	SORRY, SOLD OUT
MOP-4		¶ size: 1.25" x 7/8,"  3 mil thick. ¶ condition: excellent ¶ reverse side is plain (all that way) ¶ 17 known to exist. ¶ might be from the old Copacabana in Cuba.  Just one chip left. ¶ SORRY, SOLD OUT	SORRY, SOLD OUT
MOP-5		¶ size: 1-7/16" x 1-7/16", 3 mil thick ¶ condition: excellent-very fine ¶ reverse has "ASC" monogram ¶ I have only 2 left; there are no large quantities anywhere.	$80.00
MOP-6		¶ size -- 1-7/16" x 1-7/16", 3 mil. thick. ¶ condition -- excellent ¶ reverse has "ASC" monogram ¶ I have about 10 left; I am the only source of these.	$45.00
MOP-7		¶ size -- SMALL -- 1.25" x 7/8", 3 to 4 mil. thick. ¶ condition -- excellent ¶ reverse side is plain, on all of them -- made that way. ¶ the design is the letter "G."  They were made with a white-ish paint in the engraving.....I have only 4 chips left.	$40.00 sold out of MOP-7
MOP-7a		¶ size -- LONG -- 2.5" x 0.75;"  3 mil. thick. ¶ condition -- excellent; don't be fooled by the "dull" looking picture; the pearl has many facets and shimmers as it catches the light. ¶ reverse side is plain; made that way. ¶ letter "G;"  companion to MOP-7, above.  I have about 9 pieces left.	$45.00
MOP-8		¶ size -- NICE -- 1-5/8" diameter; 2.75 mil. thick. ¶ condition -- very fine. ¶ bi-color MOP (top white, bottom blue).  Each side is different. SORRY, BUT TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT ¶ According to John Benedict, a specialist in European chips, the  "EC" bicolor (a lost art) is from Eden Casino in Trouville-sur-Mer, France, on the Normandie coast. The casino was completed in 1889 and demolished in 1911 to make room for the Casino de Trouville."	$50.00 SORRY, SOLD OUT

MOP-10

MOP-10 (Cont'd)		¶  these chips are not mother-of-pearl.  I placed them here for lack of a better place.  Some have called them enamel; I don't know.  They are made of glass and a metal like copper, and are pictured in the last two color plates (near page 109) of the Revised Edition of "Antique Gambling Chips."  I intentionally broke the the light blue chip above so I could examine the construction of the chip.  Note that there is a copper-like rim and copper ruffled core to the chips, and colored glass on both sides of the ruffled core, which creates the fan design........ I consider these to be quite rare.  I have come across these only once, and I do not know of others who have sold them.  ¶ colors available -- all the colors shown. ¶ size -- 1-3/16" diameter, 3 mil. thick. ¶ condition -- varies.  I will send you the best chips available.  At least one side will be excellent-very fine, and the reverse side will be OK, will have no serious problems.	$35.00 each
MOP-11		¶ size -- 1-5/16."  2 mil. thick. ¶ condition -- very fine-excellent.  The chips capure the light and shimmer very nicely.  The picture here capured this almost too well.  The chips are mostly white looking, but when you tilt them to the light, they are particularly nice and colorful.	$20.00

MOP-12

MOP-12 (Cont'd)		¶ size -- about 1-1/4" ¶ condition -- quite poor --  lots of wear and nicks.  ¶ the designs appear on both sides, one side is usually quite worn, though. ¶ these are from Peru, Latin America sold	$5.00 each (my choice);  or 6 for $25.00 (my choice) sold

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