Please Help with unknown chips (1 Viewer)

[Drksongbrd22]

I have tried to look up HI WAY. I did find a casino in Westport, MA that had burned down in 1947. By chance is anyone familiar with this chip?

 

[Colquhoun]

The chip is an MD-31 mold which antique gambling chips dates around the 1950s.
I did also read about the Hi Way Casino in Westport CT, and the timing does seem appropriate.
Keep in mind that the term “casino” in the 1800s and early 20th century was not used to describe a place of gambling, but any social gathering hall, with billiards, library, sports and meeting rooms.
It could be a chip used in a card game there, but wasn’t known as a “casino” as we use the term today.

 

[Colquhoun]

Sorry, it’s an MD-31 mold…I can’t edit posts in this collector’s corner section, strangely.

 

[Drksongbrd22]

Sorry, it’s an MD-31 mold…I can’t edit posts in this collector’s corner section, strangely.

So what does a MD-31 mold mean

 

[BGinGA]

@Tommy

 

[Tommy]

Sorry, it’s an MD-31 mold…I can’t edit posts in this collector’s corner section, strangely.

@Tommy

Thanks. Should be fixed now.

 

[Colquhoun]

Thanks. Should be fixed now.

Thanks! I thought it may have been intentional for this sub-forum for some reason.

 

[allforcharity]

So what does a MD-31 mold mean

It doesn't mean anything, really, it was just an artificial designation to try an organize chips by category, as cataloged by Robert Eisenstadt (RIP) for the Museum of Gaming History (MOGH).

You can find the website info by Googling "antique poker chips"

 

[Drksongbrd22]

How can I find out if they are worth anything?

 

[Tommy]

How can I find out if they are worth anything?

List it on eBay?

 

[BGinGA]

List it on eBay?

Or ask on the Chip Board. Good luck with that one....