What Was the first House Mold? (2 Viewers)

[justsomedude]

Just as the title states. Discussing it here at the Alamo and no one knows. Just curious if anyone does?

 

[ovo]

good question. How about the first house mold on fantasy chips. I was thinking Desert Palms ??

 

[BGinGA]

First ever casino house mold? Or first Paulson-produced casino house mold?

There's an argument to be made that the first 'house' mold wasn't a casino mold at all, but made for a re-seller..... and there were a bunch in the old days. Most of what's being produced by CPC today, in fact.

Need a more defined request.

 

[BGinGA]

How about the first house mold on fantasy chips. I was thinking Desert Palms ??

I think both the PAULSON CHIPS and Paulson's suits/card pip mold predates the DP chips. Unless you mean a fictitious name mold.... in which case the River Poker Tour might have been sooner, although not a clay mold.....

 

[ovo]

I wouldn't consider Paulson Chips a house mold, Paulson is not a casino, but fictitious casinos are ok. River Poker Tour, got any pics ? Justsomedudes question is a great one. What was the first real casino house mold ?

 

[BGinGA]

Doesn't get any more house mold than PAULSON CHIPS, son. Now if you're talking about casino house molds, that's different.

But the first actual house mold - if defined by a mold that was commissioned, owned, and used exclusively by somebody other than the chip manufacturer - a bunch of those go back a long, long way.

First actual casino name house mold, I was just reading about that the other day. I'm thinking it was produced by Paulson, but can't remember offhand for whom.

River Poker Tour, got any pics ?

 

[BGinGA]

Found these early ones

1972

1972

1970

1956

Although Robert Eisenstadt states on his web site that the house mold was "First used by a Nevada casino in the mid-1960's", the chipguide lists the Dunes chip as manufactured in 1956.

 

[BGinGA]

I'd consider this the definitive answer, from the CPC web site:

"In 1954 the Burt Company introduced the first multi-colored edge spots and the first house mold at the Golden Nugget. A house mold casts the name or logo of a casino into the rim of the chip."

So @justsomedude @David O -- Golden Nugget, circa 1954.

 

[justsomedude]

I'd consider this the definitive answer, from the CPC web site:

"In 1954 the Burt Company introduced the first multi-colored edge spots and the first house mold at the Golden Nugget. A house mold casts the name or logo of a casino into the rim of the chip."

So @justsomedude @David O -- Golden Nugget, circa 1954.

Awesome info, @BGinGA!!! Thank you for the research and info. This is pretty damn cool to know!

 

[Perthmike]

Whilst we are engaging in a history lesson, any idea if the rest of the trops in that set with the blue $1 were produced at the same time? Or were they made on an ongoing basis for a number of years?

Also that 1956 dunes chip looks epic.

Edit. Found the answer myself on chip guide.