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I always understood the term "mold" to be ~~~

~~~ MOLD DESIGN [as defined in a "Guide To Collecting Gaming Checks And Chips" by Howdy Herz]:

1- MOLD: The pattern or design that has been "MOLDED" into the surface of the check [chip] during manufacturing.

2- MOLD DESIGNS [ALL KNOWN "DESIGNS" are/were illustrated in Herz' work]: There isn't any illustration, nor is there any clay composition chip drawing showing/explaining a "PLAIN" mold w/ a die-cut or HS inlay except under PIMC chips...

Further into descriptions two C&S chips are illustrated with notes: "A plain clay check [chip] with an inlay was offered by various distributors as a 'crest & seal' check. These do not have a "mold design" but are a composition checks."

...and below the C&S illustrations are DIE-CUT Metal Inlay chips; one w/o any mold design and w/o any mention of the term PLAIN to describe/illustrate a mold deign, of which there is none... and there are no other terms describing chips w/o a "mold design" except for the section that illustrates 'actual' distributor catalog pages with printed decriptions -- and the chip types you illustrate in your post are described on several pages as "INLAID" and nothing more; one distributors' page, onward; with no mention of the term PLAIN MOLD, anywhere, though a MOLD DESIGN is mentioned when a "DIE-CUT" inlay with such designs similar to and common w/ other die-cut inlaids where the MOLD DESIGN is mentioned (see page B-16; Hunt & C0. No. B203).

After Herz' work, other authors/catalogers have described C&S casino chips under MOLD as being "PLAIN."

So, I believe if you need to describe a MOLD (even though there isn't any) while illustrating your chips (or any die-cut INLAID chip without a MOLD DESIGN), you would be safe with the term PLAIN since there are DIE-CUT INLAID inlays such as you illustrate on chips with a MOLD DESIGN. grin

I would also like to mention that a complete chip; of any type manufacture, has also been known as a 'MOULD' in our hobby.

Messages In This Thread

Need help with mold name....
Re: Need help with mold name....
So if filling in a description for "Mold Type"
I would think an accurate "Mold Type" description
By the way John, where do I turn to get the codes
Isn't the mold, plain?
Yes. It's plain... w/o a mold design, but so is a
Sure
Re: Sure
Tim, too bad your post asked one...
Just need the mold name Jim, that's all.
Hey Jim, by the way.....
Of course!
Your chips are not described by mold type
Re: Your chips are not described by mold type
Re: Your chips are not described by mold type
OK
I always understood the term "mold" to be ~~~
1: Diecut; 2,3,& 4: reverse die-cuts

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