"I don't believe it and have heard that only about 50 chips have been done by Dave Whalen"

In May 2004, following an interview with Dave Whalen 4 months earlier, the president made the following report.
http://www.ccgtcc.com/cgi-bin/mb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=17605

Note in particular
"Mr. Whalen has stated that he has done hundreds, if not close to one thousand of these alterations. This does not include the numbers done by the other individuals reportedly doing some of the same alterations. Mr. Whalen has publicly stated that he has done work for a “Who’s Who of chip collectors and dealers""