Hi Ron

I do like to discuss issues like this , as it is valuable to the hobby as a whole.
I can't see these chips being made in a basement though .
I do know that in British Columbia and likely elsewhere gaming are tweaked over
time when needed if situations come up. Many early stories regarding chips in the
casinos in Canada , to where we are today where all chips are very tightly controlled.
Chip counts , numbers and chips are very closely watched. I have nothing to gain in
this discussion one way or another as I do not have any of the chips , nor do I collect
Atlantic City Chips at this time. As to value of the chips in question that is up to the
market as in any chips . I do however keep an open mind in this discussion and I
do believe much is possible over the years of gaming.
If I were collecting Atlantic City I would want examples of the chips in question for my
collection (depending on cost of acquisition). I would not try cashing in any chips in at
a casino of higher value that I did not acquire myself through actual gaming in the Casino.
If the chips were live for a short period of time they would have been counted by
gaming , and removed as quickly as possible and replaced by manufactured chips done
in the correct process to comply with gaming. In B.C. chips remain on the books until
they are destroyed ... the reason many of our earlier chips are hard to find today. I
have asked at cages in Casinos and talked to supervisors in B.C. and they would not sell
any obsolete chips turned in at the cage , any and all were destined for supervised destruction
to take them off the books , as I understand any chips not destroyed would remain on the books.

I thank both yourself and David Spragg for providing insight on the chips in question.