not "fake", my apologies for that meaningless distinction in the context of my question.

I said:
"As you've left it now anyone collecting old Nevada chips has to just stop, or be ripped off."
Trimble replied:
"I agree.
I stopped buying or trading for older NV chips 4 years ago.

The link is:

http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/tcbarc13/tcbarc13.pl?read=428152

Seems plain enough to me.