Casino Chip Mould
Denom: $1 Issued: 2013 Color: Blue Inserts: 2-Orange-V Mold: H&C (SCV) Inlay: OR-AQUA Logo: Binion's Was: Horseshoe Club 128 E Fremont Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Type: Land Based 800-937-6537 Status: Open Open: 2005. 1954 Nevada Club J Roulette Casino Chips, Sm-Crown Mold. C $13.07 0 bids + shipping. Old $1 HORSESHOE CLUB Casino Poker Chip Vintage Antique H/C Mold Reno NV 1980. C $5.88 + C $5.16 shipping. Picture Information. Opens image gallery. Image not available. Mouse over to Zoom- Click to enlarge: X. Have one to sell? Outside edge is alternating Dice and Swirl indents. Something went wrong. View cart for details. As of October 2015, the mold is still being produced in Maine at Classic Poker Chips company, a company that took over from Atlantic Standard Molding in 2013-2014.All their molds can be seen here.
Casino chip collectors are always looking for old Las Vegas casino chip. The casino chips from Vegas date back to the earliest that can be found anywhere in the country. Nevada state had legalized gambling in the year 1931 and since then Las Vegas became the casino capital of the world as dozens of world class casinos opened up in the city which even today millions of tourists from all over the world. Once chips had been introduced in table games, every casino in the city began issuing their own chips with unique designs and their logos imprinted on them.
Poker Chip Mould
Although the chips are only worth the denomination that is printed on them when they have been issued, today several Las Vegas casino chips are sold by collectors for thousands of dollars. Any collector who is interested in collecting old Las Vegas chips should first understand how to determine the age of the chip since the older the chip is, the more valuable it will be.
Guide
The guide given below and the tips will help collectors determine the age of old chips in a couple of moments:
- The first thing to do when an old Las Vegas casino chip is found is to check the inlay of the chip. The inlay on a chip is a picture or design which is set and fixed at the center of the chip. The inlays of chips will have logos or pictures or signs which are associated with the casino where it had been used. With the name of the casino determined it is not very difficult to determine the age of the chip.
- There are several websites which have a list of rare chips along with their names and prices on the internet. If you have the name of the casino where the chip had been used, you can check it in that list. There had been several casinos in Las Vegas which had only been operating for a few months in the city. For example from the Bonanza casino there are only two or three chips remaining worth $25 today so these will be very valuable.
- Check the chip for the mold. Compare the mold's design to the images of other Las Vegas chips. On the raised edge of chips the pattern or the design which can be found is known as the mold. Several manufacturers had their own distinctive designs. For example the US Playing Card Company which is quite famous had manufactured chips from the year 1907 till 1939 and the Burt Company had manufactured them from 1940 till around 1985. With the name of the manufacturer, it is possible to find out the age of the chip.
- Check the edge spots. These generally look like small spots of paint which are distributed along the edges of the chips. These had been used to authenticate the denomination of the chips. With the help of these it is possible to compare them with the present day chips to determine their age.
- Check the texture of the chip and determine the material from which they were made. The earliest chips were made from ivory and mother of pearl and after that they had been made from clay composition. If the chip is sealed with polyurethane it was made after 1940.
One of my favorite molds is the rectangles and hearts mold shown here on the Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn $5 chip from my collection. One of the most popular molds is the arrowdie. No matter what area of interest a chip collector might have, they always seem to want at least one chip with the arrowdie mold in their collection.
Casino Chip Mouldings
Quite a few collectors try to obtain an example of every mold known. That will keep you busy for a while!The best place to see and learn about molds is at Robert Eisenstadt's great Web site. The link to the mold design section of his site is below. Make sure to bookmark that page, you will refer to it numerous times over the years, as you acquire more and more chips for your collection.
Casino Chip Molds
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/molddesignindex_site.htm