>>There's the key to the difference between repairing A damaged chip and makng numbers of fake or counterfiet chips.

Bob, since you think that quantity of the chips makes a difference in whether a chip is repaired or counterfeit let me ask you this question:

Suppose that the person who is repairing these chips is not a chip collector, but someone who has decided that they would like to use these chips for their home game?

Now are they counterfeit or repaired?