I carried a yellow $1 Harrah's brass-core in my pocket for over 20 years, as a good luck charm and card-protector whenever I played poker, and the plastic edges got so rounded and so smooth, but not the brass edges, they wore a little, but nothing like the plastic part. I actually like that chip so much I have it put away in a vault with my rarest chips.
Now I'm wondering just how many of us did that.
I know we couldn't be alone, right!!?!!
Now-a-days I carry a black $25 Harrah's brass-core in my pocket at all times, for the same reasons.
It's now my favorite card-protector and gets a lot of attention whenever someone notices it that isn't familiar with those types of chips. And sparked many a conversation!
Small world!