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What do dice chips weigh? And what is the best weight (1 Viewer)
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"Official Casino Weight" is the answer to both of your questions.
Colquhoun
4 of a Kind
In all seriousness….
Dice chips are traditionally around 11.5g.
However, most chippers around PCF focus less on a chips’ weight, but it’s materials and manufacture.
“Official Casino Weight” is a marketing creation to make the cheap chips seem relevant. There’s no such thing. It seems the more a website focuses on their weight, the cheaper the chip.
The only time you might see weight described on PCF is to differentiate the Paulsons that have lead in them for weight. The leaded ones are more sought-after for their weight and feel, and a scale is often the only way to tell the difference between them and those that contain no lead.
Dice chips are traditionally around 11.5g.
However, most chippers around PCF focus less on a chips’ weight, but it’s materials and manufacture.
“Official Casino Weight” is a marketing creation to make the cheap chips seem relevant. There’s no such thing. It seems the more a website focuses on their weight, the cheaper the chip.
The only time you might see weight described on PCF is to differentiate the Paulsons that have lead in them for weight. The leaded ones are more sought-after for their weight and feel, and a scale is often the only way to tell the difference between them and those that contain no lead.
Dice and other similar chips are made of cheap, slippery plastic, incosistent color-wise and even width-wise.
To give them some weight, a metal slug is placed inside them, resulting in their sounding like medieval chain armour.
Of course, they are almost indestructible, like any plastic thing.
The weight is actually too much at 11.5g (or even 14.5g in worse cases).
"American clay" compression mold chips (which are still to a high degree high-end plastics with some metal flakes) weigh 8-9g and used to weigh 10-10.5g when the flakes were made of lead (in the past).
To give them some weight, a metal slug is placed inside them, resulting in their sounding like medieval chain armour.
Of course, they are almost indestructible, like any plastic thing.
The weight is actually too much at 11.5g (or even 14.5g in worse cases).
"American clay" compression mold chips (which are still to a high degree high-end plastics with some metal flakes) weigh 8-9g and used to weigh 10-10.5g when the flakes were made of lead (in the past).
ekricket
Royal Flush
Just no.
Lead in metal form was never used. Most probably lead oxide which is a yellow or reddish powder. Same stuff they use in lead crystal or paints.
SeanGecko
4 of a Kind
The best weight is what ever feels best in your hands.
You heard me. And yes, I said that slowly in your mind.
You heard me. And yes, I said that slowly in your mind.
jamesjkim
Flush
I’ve seen dice chips that are 11.5g, 13g, and 14.5+. Weight preference is highly subjective. Personally, I can’t stand chips that are <8g. And after having a set of paulsons and premium plastic, I can’t handle >11g, it’s just too heavy (eg B&Gs).
"Best weight" is subjective. Some people like older leaded chips from Paulson and TRK. Some people like oversized chips (43mm+).
Most modern Paulson clay 39mm chips weigh around 10g each. Somewhat of an industry average. A lot of ceramic chips are about the same, as well as weighted Bud Jones plastics in their better lines. CPC clay tends to be about 0.5g lighter.
I believe that weighted Matsui and Abbiati chips are around 11.5g.
Most modern Paulson clay 39mm chips weigh around 10g each. Somewhat of an industry average. A lot of ceramic chips are about the same, as well as weighted Bud Jones plastics in their better lines. CPC clay tends to be about 0.5g lighter.
I believe that weighted Matsui and Abbiati chips are around 11.5g.
Hi Etricket i'm curious I always thought they used lead dust Then had to use brass dust after cali banned lead in chips? i only ask because my GV 100's have silver metal in them? if its not lead what is it? Anyone know?
Paulson used lead oxide for added weight and color enhancement until it was replaced by zinc oxide in the late 1990s-to-mid 2000s. Neither was visually noticeable in chips.
Burt Co./ASM/CPC used/uses visible brass flakes for added weight.
The visible metallic flakes (often aluminum) you see in some larger denomination Paulson chips are a security feature, not added for extra weight.
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