Ok does anybody know why these are so difficult to find?

Supposedly there were 2000 $5 chips released. That should be plenty. I believe that I have only seen 2 hit Ebay and one is currently going for over $18.

I know I have posted here looking for them and the 500 release of $25 chips and so have others but there just don't seem to be any around.

so where are the 1998 that haven't been on Ebay?