I think you're speaking as a person who has collected for a long time and has had a lot exposure to chips before becoming a serious collector. A new collector would probably have no idea what the dates on a Borland chip would mean. How could a newbie know that the dates are the opening and closing years? Casinos put years on anniversary chips like that all the time, so it may not seem out of the ordinary. My first run in with a Borland several years ago when I first started collecting confused the heck out of me. It looked kind of neat, but didn't seem like a casino quality chip. I can see people with more money than sense not recognizing that and pay far more that they should thinking that it was "real". Combine that with sellers who may or may not know what they are and represent the chips as something they or a family member "picked up from the casino years ago". Just my opinion.