"I like to HOLD, STACK, FEEL, HANDLE AND TURN OVER IN MY OWN
HANDS chips that have been on actual casino tables and been held by other sweating hands as well!"

I agree 100%.
I guess that is what drew me to illegas. Holding something that was possible to have been held by some of the biggest illegal gamblers in the world.

I have never held an UNC chip that gave me the same pleasure that a used chip gave me. Don't mis-understand, I have many UNC old NV chips in my collection. I just get more pleasure from the ones I know to have been on the tables.