... define them similar to you but specifically as:
FANTASY: Chip made for a casino that never existed, or a chip made for a current/previously existing casino commemorating it usually with dates .... really no gray area here .... includes fantasy chip makers/sellers out here now that clearly state what they are doing ...... have no effect on our genuine hobby ..... not now or in the future ...
FAKE: Chip made for a casino that is/was real, but may be wrong denomination and/or may or may not have the markings or intentions of being real ...... gray area here like newer 4 Queens chip that looks like old Arodie ..... but is actually real ......
COUNTERFEIT: Chips that are/were made to deceive either a casino or collectors .... definitely bad for our hobby, but gray area here, too ...... like old Fremont that was counterfeited years ago to defraud the casino and is now a collector's item .........
WOLF-CRIERS: There are some here that think the sky is falling and our hobby is ruined by Slabbers and Fixers.
I tend to disagree. Slabbing is a dead issue in chipping and has not caught on and will evaporate under its own weight of non-functionality. Repairing of chips as I see it is alarming, of course, but is such a minute issue and not worthy of prediction of doom, especially since any loss resulting from this cannot be documented, but only speculated upon.
Those are some of my thoughts anyhow ........
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