Hey Fred! Hope you are well! I feel that the hobby has definitely declined and prices for chips, tokens, etc. have decreased, at least for me. I only collect Colorado though, so perhaps it is just me! Since I only collect Colorado stuff, I have hit a dead-end basically with collecting, since I only have minimal chips, tokens, silver strikes I am still looking for. I more than likely will never be able to find them either because they have been bought up from long time collectors or ones with deep pockets. But, none the less, I had fun for the many years I did collect and found what I did, so not all is a loss! Ian