I don't recall when those chips came out, but I do remember playing those on the craps table during one of the CC>CC convention trips that I made - I am guessing maybe 1998 or so

I vaguely remember the handful of chips that I kept during that trip as being faded and I attribute a lot of that to table play - but I also remember trying to cherry pick while I was playing.

I believe I left the table that day with about 12-15 dollar chips and maybe 3-5 five dollar chips

I don't think I have any of those chips left, but i'll take a look though my stack of chips to sort.