Carl Osbourn told me that he had Bud Jones make these smooth coin checks after the casino had closed. See the article that Howdy wrote in CC&TN a few years ago. Honest Injun! They were made just before Jim's first Bellflower show and they along with boxes of other Bud Jones high value chips were sold there for about $300 per box. After Carl told me, he and I walked over to Howdy's table where Carl repeated the story.