Mark,
I refer you, again to the CC>CC Souvenir, Fantasy & Fakes informational page. I quote directly from it: "This set was allegedely made as a movie prop for a James Bond Movie. In 1989 we, as did several other collectors bought this set for a goodly amount of money being told there were only 500 sets made for movie prop use.

Somewhere along the line Paul-Son decided this would make a good set for home use and began mass producing them and they are still available today at 65 cents each.

You can make your own comparison. The first four are the "James Bond" chips we bought in 1989. The second four are the ones still available today, with the addition of $500 and $1,000 that we did not get with the original set."