William,
Welcome to the Board! As to the Hard Rock chips Marv is talking about. The Gaming Commission found out that they were selling the 4 chip Ed Roth set (4 $5 chips = $20) for $35 & told them to stop & the Hard Rock was fined if I remember correctly, $10,000. Needless to say the Hard Rock no longer sells their chips for more than face value anymore. This all happened in early 1996. Andy - Las Vegas