"I know for a fact Boreland COULD NOT reproduce the clay that gave rise to the
shiny NEVADA mold or the DICE AND CARDS mold."

"shiny NEVADA"!!!!!!!!!

Boreland never produced any clay for any chip at anytime.
Boreland only hot stamped chips.
Some of these blanks came from Bud Jones and some came from Atlantic Standard.
Atlantic Standard????? I bet thats a little surprize.

BTW, your knowledge of hot stamping is a little suspect! <g>