~~~ since so much was made with only monograms and denominations without a monetary unit which, was understandable; why would a casino in France need to tell the players that they were playing with French francs...

The Chinese stuff; majority of that was shipped to Europe and UK with the ceners being blank, I think, and finished once sold... something I never got into being that there's millions of pieces. One woman in London used to price bulk lots by weight when I first got into the hobby... and I think a lot of that Chinese stuff we see on eBay today are recent creations. I think I owned one piece in the last 30 years.