John, I read your post a few times, but I'll admit I am confused.

To re-familiarize myself with the laws, I looked up the HPA (Hobby Protection Act - 1973), and also the more recent CCPA, or Collectible Coin Protection Act - 2014). Among other things, its requirement that fantasy coins be marked "COPY". (And I've also seen words like "Tribute" used).

I'm not a coin collector, but I have seen those Cook Islands coins offered on late-night TV, as sold by an independent operator. Just for photo reference, here's a $1 and $5 Cook Islands coins with "COPY" stamped at the bottom of the Liberty Bell and below the Eagle on the reverse of the 2 coins. No interest in them for me, but they comply with the law.

Now for my questions for you, John --

1. If the CCA requested HPA type markings, who do they request it to? Current members of CCA? A third-party that makes such chips/tokens/etc.? Somebody else?
2. I'm not aware of members making deceptive material. Yes, there's some "tribute" chip sets with artwork similar to real chips, but are they being made by CCA members? What punishment would you propose?
2a. If you are referring to Rich Burgel, that ship has sailed. Anyone else?
3. Regarding CCA's relationship with Nevada Gaming (NGCB), is CCA's reputation with NGCB broken or tarnished in some way? It just seems that CCA is not in this type of enforcement, and if chips are being made that NGCB is concerned about, they have enforcement powers without CCA's help. And as an aside, the home-game chips that Archie pointed out recently were similar to an Atlantic City casino (I don't recall which one), not Nevada, so that's a different jurisdiction anyway.

Just trying to understand the points you were making.
Bob