I have received an inquiry from a chipper friend who was wondering if this variation of the original Harrah's A.C. $1 chip was noteworthy?

Please examine the outter white portions of this image where "Harrah's" appears and disregard the alignment of the metal centers.

As you can see by the top scan the obverse/reverse image is "coin aligned" or "flip". All U.S. coinage is minted this way. If you hold the design right-side up and flip over the coin vertically top to bottom, the obverse and reverse will always be right side up. In the top photo "Harrah's" is at the top on one side and "Marina Hotel Casino" is at the top on the reverse side.

"Non-flip", or "medal design", such as the bottom obverse/reverse scan is different in that when holding a medal with the design right side up, you must rotate the medal horizontally, from left to right or right to left to orient either side right side up. On this chip ... "Harrah's appears at the top in the same location on both sides of the chip.

Alan McCurdy asks if these two types are variations that should have separate catalog listings?

What is YOUR opinion regarding listing this "flip" vs. "non-flip" variation?

BTW: I've not found this phenomenon to occur on any of the Harrah's $2.50's or $5 chips in my inventory.