Yes, I have 1 of each (unscratched + scratched).
According to the Chip Rack, the unscratched version is 2.5x to 3x more valuable, due to limited supply of the unscratched version. Originally, there were 10,000 made of this classic C&J mold chip, but only a small fraction are around anymore in unscratched condition.
I know there's a story about why someone scratched most of the supply, but I don't recall the details. The perpetrator should serve a sentence in "Chip Jail" IMO... or at least wear an ankle bracelet for a while!
(And where does one serve a sentence in "Chip Jail", you ask? Why, at the Jailhouse Motel-Casino in Ely, of course!) (Pic from MOGH/ChipGuide)
(Yes, I've been there, and they really do have an "old west" jail cell there.)
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