I emailed John Kendall to thank him for supporting the Slabfree movement on the Chipco web site. Below is his answer. I think he says what a lot of us feel. Thank you, John and Chipco,

Hello Gene,

It is always good to hear from you. I am very pleased to support the collectors efforts to stop "slabbing" on gaming chips. The value of chip collecting is to insure the chips are authentic, and were really used on the tables at the casinos; thus laying appropriate claim to the history of that property through these custom playing pieces.