Your first two points are either your own observation or your opinion, either way, doesn't prove anything.

4.I have heard this same old story until I want to puke. "found in a box with other Newport chips"

This annoys me. The seller did not "find a box". She made the box herself from items secured by either herself or her husband. This is a first party deal NOT a third party, hearsay, affair!

5. I have caught those KY boys trying to pass off a number of chips as KY chips. They think every chip found in a flea market should be labeled KY.

I'm talking about a widow and her adult daughter not sophiscated con artists. Also, was she trying to pull the wool over my eyes for a wopping $12.50 (the value she placed on it)? BTW, the $12.50 included this chip:

I would have paid many times the $12.50 for the coach chip alone. I offered over $100 for the 2 chips.

Also, this is NOT a flea market find!!!

If I am able to obtain more info, I'll post it.