I collect Aladdin chips and have been attempting to get all the dollar chips for quite some time. I just found what I think is the last one in undrilled condition at the convention this year. There was discussion on-line a year or so ago about the base colors of the dollar chips and the color of the "Aladdin" logo on these chips. I see there are still pink, red, and orange as descriptors for the "Aladdin" logo in the inlay. I've seen a whole range of pink with various amounts of red and yellow in it and would term them production variations or fading, not parameters that make up new varieties.

However, there are still still three different color descriptors for the dollar chip base material in TCR: Grey, Light Grey, and Beige. I believe there are only two colors. I know there is resistance to using the manufacturer's color names in the catalog, but I included two Paul-son color chips in the scan below to give a reference.

The chips in the top row have no standard Paul-son color match that I know of.

The chips in the second row are either Paul-son Grey, or Paul-son Off White. respectively.

What I look for in the white chip is a base material that is essentially the same color as the center inlay material. This chip is very hard to find undrilled, incidently.

Does anyone have an Aladdin $1 that is not one of these three colors?

There may be other colors that have aged due to use or exposure to the environment. I'd be interested in others' comments. My hope is that the color names for these Aladdin dollars can be reduced in TCR to just two.

DonL