Pete - It's the date that's most dangerous on these
three chips. If falsly advertised (displayed) along
with normal LE chips dated 1998, the buyer can be
duped in believing this is normal. A real thief can
call these 40th-Anniversary chips from when Castro
closed the casinos and then reopened them in 1998.
Also, a $100 chip from anywher (real or fake) will
look very inviting to a new collector or to Mrs
Jones who will buy it for her grandson.

I've read e-mails saying these chips are no
different than a Friday night poker chip set. I
played a lot of poker in my time and have yet to see
a set containing 3,600-pieces.

These chips were made to dupe a buyer and that's all
there is to it.

It was also suggested to me by a frequent poster,
who recently took up reading books, that a slap on
the back of the hand from the club would not sting
as much as we all slapping the manufacturer.

The manufacturer knew very well what they were doing when they duplicated these logos (for a customer ?) to almost be exact. These chips with the 1998 date would look like a natural when placed side-by-side with the real Cuban chips (see Robert Eisenstadts post), What eveyone forgets is that there are a heck of a lot more casino chip collecrors our there there than are just in the club or on this fabulous (and don't let anyone tell you different or take it away from you) BB.

Remember the "James Bond" chips that were made for
props years ago? Well that manufacturer is still
knocking that type out, and there's no saying they
won't do it again with these three issues -- along
with adding a few more obsolete Cuban casinos to
their list. After all, that "James Bond" stuff is
old hat by now.

There has got to be a reason why they gave Steve
that cold shoulder when he started asking questions.

Thanks for being alert and letting us know about
them, Steve S. and Steve P. The rest is up to us
(and I hope the club).

JB