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They come in these boxes. You can find them pretty regular if eBay. Not tons, but some.
Oh, cool! Thanks!
I was gonna say, Eddie, you’re crazy!
Thank you for the info!! Great stuff!The purple chip is a Casino de Mexico, a fantasy casino line produced by Paulson for the home market back when they still did that. It's on the THC mold, which is widely regarded as the best mold by collectors. I believe it's leaded as well, meaning it's heavier than other chips, which is desirable to most collectors. This is a top-quality clay chip. You can search the forum to see what CdMs have sold for lately.
The yellow chip is a Starburst, a non-denominated line of chips produced by Paulson for the home market. It too is on the THC mold, and leaded. Not everyone appreciates Starbursts, but they have their fans (myself included). The chip is top-quality, although of lesser interest because it's solid rather than spotted, non-denominated rather than denominated, and hotstamped rather than inlaid. Starburst values depend on color; yellow is one of the harder-to-find and more-in-demand colors. Search the forum to see some recent values.
The red, white, and blue chips with the spade design on them are the "Lazy Spade" mold aka MD-34. You can read about them here: http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/molddesign_suits.htm - But here's the relevant information from that page: 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."
This information lets us know that they were commissioned by Bill Borland and manufactured by Atlantic Standard Molding using Bill's mold. They are compression-molded clay, similar in composition and quality to Paulson chips (as opposed to injection-molded chips such as plastics, ceramics, or china clays). These are not necessarily top-quality chips, but they are probably quite nice, and rather uncommon although not necessarily highly valued by collectors. These in particular have no inlay and no hotstamp which makes them less interesting and less attractive. There's probably not a good way to value these, as they probably haven't traded recently; my guess is that they'd be comparable to other ASM chips, which usually go for between $0.50 and $1.50 lately, I think.
The red, white, and blue chips with the hat design are MD-75 "Hat, No Cane" mold chips. You can read about them here: http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/molddesign_manmade.htm . These are not compression-molded clay chips, even though the mold design is of course intended to look similar to Paulson's Top Hat and Cane (THC) mold. They're injection-molded plastic, and have no relation to Paulson chips at all. Unlike modern mass-market plastic chips, they don't have a metal slug inside them for additional weight. These are very low-quality even for mass-market plastics and are not worth much, if anything. A few people have tried them and said that they're actually not bad for what they are; search the forum for MD-75 to learn more about these chips.
Welcome to the forum! That case alone makes this a nice score, and you can think of the chips as a cool bonus. Looks like your TRKs have found a nice new home.
yes - $15 well spentThe purple chip is a Casino de Mexico, a fantasy casino line produced by Paulson for the home market back when they still did that. It's on the THC mold, which is widely regarded as the best mold by collectors. I believe it's leaded as well, meaning it's heavier than other chips, which is desirable to most collectors. This is a top-quality clay chip. You can search the forum to see what CdMs have sold for lately.
The yellow chip is a Starburst, a non-denominated line of chips produced by Paulson for the home market. It too is on the THC mold, and leaded. Not everyone appreciates Starbursts, but they have their fans (myself included). The chip is top-quality, although of lesser interest because it's solid rather than spotted, non-denominated rather than denominated, and hotstamped rather than inlaid. Starburst values depend on color; yellow is one of the harder-to-find and more-in-demand colors. Search the forum to see some recent values.
The red, white, and blue chips with the spade design on them are the "Lazy Spade" mold aka MD-34. You can read about them here: http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/molddesign_suits.htm - But here's the relevant information from that page: 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."
This information lets us know that they were commissioned by Bill Borland and manufactured by Atlantic Standard Molding using Bill's mold. They are compression-molded clay, similar in composition and quality to Paulson chips (as opposed to injection-molded chips such as plastics, ceramics, or china clays). These are not necessarily top-quality chips, but they are probably quite nice, and rather uncommon although not necessarily highly valued by collectors. These in particular have no inlay and no hotstamp which makes them less interesting and less attractive. There's probably not a good way to value these, as they probably haven't traded recently; my guess is that they'd be comparable to other ASM chips, which usually go for between $0.50 and $1.50 lately, I think.
The red, white, and blue chips with the hat design are MD-75 "Hat, No Cane" mold chips. You can read about them here: http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/molddesign_manmade.htm . These are not compression-molded clay chips, even though the mold design is of course intended to look similar to Paulson's Top Hat and Cane (THC) mold. They're injection-molded plastic, and have no relation to Paulson chips at all. Unlike modern mass-market plastic chips, they don't have a metal slug inside them for additional weight. These are very low-quality even for mass-market plastics and are not worth much, if anything. A few people have tried them and said that they're actually not bad for what they are; search the forum for MD-75 to learn more about these chips.
Welcome to the forum! That case alone makes this a nice score, and you can think of the chips as a cool bonus. Looks like your TRKs have found a nice new home.
it came with 20 - what would I do with the other 19?
Hahaha. Send them all
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