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The Chip Board Archive 01

MORE-MORE ON OLD MOLDS

This could be my final installment on the subject. I talked to TR KING today. They are making Small Crown molds and the Chain mold. The Large Crown is dead for now. Gamblers General Store has converted Triclub to an injection mold. I am looking at a business card Triclub chip from GGS as I write. GGS also owns the Ewing mold but has not used it. Slim Ewing just died last year. Three companies are making clay compression chips today.

TR King opened in 1923 and started chip production in the early 30's
Paul-Son - opened 1963
Burt now Atlantic Standard - opened 1928

If you pull up - pokerchips.com - It looks to me like Alantic Standard is making the Unicorn chip attributed to Chipco. You will also see the diamond mold that Paul-Son says they own. These are clay/plastic or just plain plastic injection molded chips. They are lighter in weight.
You will also see a chip, I think it was called 6 stripes. I seen it yesterday at GGS. I have a chip issued at the Rail City Casino in Sparks, Nv. It has the initials TK on it. Identifing the distributor. This is TK Speciality in Reno, Nv. Rail City bought it in Asia and sent it to TK Speciality for Hot Stamping. It is the same exact chip as GGS and pokerchips.com. Everybody has the same chip. I think it was easier tracking the old molds than it is going to be tracking the new chips.

Clay compression chips will be history soon. The 3 still making them will have to re-tool to compete. (My opinion, no one said that to me.) It will be a sad day. What if the Arrowdie is knocked off in Asia and put on a plastic chip?


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