"The Silver Star chips were purchased from the Silver Star management upon closure by Jim Gellete, George Anton and Bill Payne. It was a three way deal. Unfortunately all three individuals are now deceased."

I bought an entire set of Silver Star chips directly from Jim Gellette in the early 1990's. The set included all of the hat & cane mold chips and all of the Nevada mold chips. These were sold to me as genuine.

Were the Nevada mold chips purchased by Gellette, et al., from Silver Star management? If so, were the Nevada mold chips purchased from Silver Star management by the trio manufactured prior to the opening of the casino? Or, did Gellette, Anton and Payne (GAP) buy the Nevada mold chips from Bill Borland and, therefore, only acquire the hat & cane mold chips from Silver Star management? And, if so, did GAP sell all the Silver Star chips as genuine with the knowledge that the Nevada mold chips were manufactured by Borland subsequent to the closing of the casino?