I was cataloging my chips and noticed that I had two of the newer Bud Jones $1 chips. Always trying to be aware of variations, I noticed that the inlay colors were slightly different.

Whenever I see similar variations (like a light and dark color variation) I'll flip the chips over to see if the difference is on both sides. If not, it is usually an indication of sun or UV fading.

In this instance the variations were present on both sides of both chips. So, my first question is, for those who have multiples of this chip, do you see obvious color shade differences in the yellow/brown ring?

And then, while flipping the chips, I notice that both had aligned inlays. While one was medal aligned, the other was coin alinged and the fact that either was aligned is very unusual (but possible) but for both to be aligned and in two different ways, and it was my only two examples of the same chip, now thats is quite a coincidence. Which leads me to my second question.

Are all these chips aligned? For those who have this chip, can you please take a look and let me know if they are also aligned, coin or medal?

In my scan the two different chips are at the top. I've flipped them both (from top to bottom) the resulting images are the bottom chips.

Thanks for looking.

Jim