... from Paul-son Gaming. They hold 100 chips each (more or less). I separate mine by geographical area (some fill more than one box; other boxes only partially full), then by casino name, then by denomination (usually; though I also keep sets together regardless of denomination).

Advantages: easy to find chips ... easy to take chips out for fondling <g> ... easy to rearrange to accommodate new chips in correct order ... take up very little space since there is almost no storage "material" (boxes are approximately 3.5 x 5.5 x 1.75 inches, or less than 34 cubic inches each -- 32 boxes of 100 each (3200 chips) fit on a bookshelf 30 inches long, 7 inches deep and 8 inches high --- try doing that in binders!!) --- no danger of contamination from improper plastic flips.

Disadvantages: easy to take chips out for fondling <g> (takes up too much time and some would say you should minimize handling them anyway) ... no separate protection for individual chips (2x2 flips of either variety and/or chip clips or other more serious forms of individual chip storage obviously won't fit in the boxes ... not a very useful form of displaying chips or looking at groups of them all at once.

Actually, I do display some of my favorites in Dansco Supreme binder pages, the kind with the cardboard pages and slide out plastic covers (available from CT Rogers) or the 80 pocket stock books (available from Don Lueders). I plan to order some framing displays from Tiny Treasures (Chris Colangelo) for very special presentations.

I also use the 80 pocket stock books for storing and transporting traders; they are very handy for that purpose as they keep the chips safely stored, but easily accessible -- and they take up much less storage space than regular binders (particularly important when travelling).

----- jim o\-S

(who has no financial interest in any of the enterprises mentioned)