>>The idea of increasing issue sizes is a double edged sword. One might be able to secure chips a lot easier if they were readily availabe however, if these chips were to languish in the casino cages with no one to buy them casinos would halt issuing chips.

Presumably these chips can be used on the tables and thus have no need to languish in the casino. And I do not think the hobby would be terribly hurt if casinos didn't pump out chips constantly. If more casinos issued chips but each casino issued less (number of issues not the size of the issue) we would still have stuff to collect.

I have some conceptual problems with chips never intended to be used on a table.