... uses a type of hot stamp on the inlay, it's usually done for a very good reason, and if known to The Chip Rack folks, this example will be listed. To fill in this hole (or remove the gold pigment on the hot stamp) is altering the casino's message when they released them in the marketplace.

If some want to say filling in this hole is no different than fixing a cracked teacup... they are dead wrong because the crack in the teacup wasn't put there for the same reason the hole was put in the chip.

Now, watch for the question: "What if Joe Blow drills a hole in a chip; is it wrong to fill it in?"

JB