Thanks, first, to Deputy Von for the recent dirt cheap chips he has sent and sold me! Very nice and very generous.

In those chips, I got the two $5 Crystal Casino credit chips. One had bold lettering on the word "credit," and the other did not. Unlike the other, the bold chip is very shiny on the embossed hats and canes. In addition, the chip is medal aligned (flip side looks the same if rotated to the left or right; flip side is upside down if rotated up or down). The other chip has no alignment whatsover. It also does not have shiny hats and canes, but has more wear. Do other Aruba collectors find these same differences?

Here are the chips:

By the way, do chippers have a standard terminology for writing that is not bold?

Michael Siskin