Pam, Some of us have seen chips through the years that were no longer in their original form of manufacture. Some of us have seen these at chip shows and some of us have received them in the mail (and there were even a few who decided to make it their business to alert the educators and pioneers of our hobby to carry such information to everyone in the club.

Some examples (for educational purposes, only) of chips that have been found in the marketplace that were not in their original state of manufacture (with attempts to bring such original manufacture about):

1) A new (condition) mold with a poor quality litho inlay glued in place and then haphazardly sanded to bring the edge flush with the mold surface.

2) Actual color photocopied inlays from an original chip having been cut to size and affixed to a chip with a missing inlay.

3) Similar to above: an inlay that has been dislodged (or popped) for whatever reason and returned in place, but not returned in alignment to conform with "crosshatching" on the mold.

4) Cellophane tape applied to an inlay after the original protective film has fallen off.

5) As much as 1mm removed from the circumference of a chip in order to remove edge nicks/chips.

The above are just a few that I know of (and heard of) and I'm sure there are others (some of which have been noted on these BBS in recent months.

Excellent topic (Restoration) for discussion, Pam.

JB