"The pink is punk, Gene."

Care to explain a little more. I would take this to mean you changed your mind since our conversation.

"My understanding is that the drilled chips were reduced to bare brass and remolded with new plastic."

I don't think so. I think the holes are filled. I will check.
I saw one last week that one of the brass inserts was broken off and lost. I saw it again yesterday. It was still in the PVC mold. The new home made brass insert was in it. It was not trimmed so could not tell how good it looked. It will be interesting to see the finished chip since the casino name was on the missing insert. Also seen some marbleized (white with purple) cores still in the molds. They were beautiful.
Also saw the red, white, and blue Harrahs $2.50's I ordered. They were still in the molds and not trimmed so could not tell much.