Notched "samples" are early samples from the manufacture, sent to the casino for looking at, or use in front of the cameras, all geared towards a final approval. Also, some Gaminging jursidictions wanted an example for their approval records.

These chips are notched samples. Do not take the shape, location or number of notches to mean any pertinent to being notched samples.

(These holders are not slabs. They are archival quality holders that open and close just like airtites.)

Notching to cancel a chip is infrequently done, but does happen. In doing so, I believe the casino ships the chips to the manufacturer, who then notches them and returns them or ???

These are notched to cancel. Do not take the shape, location or number of notches to mean any pertinent to being notched as a cancelation.