mold
number |
picture |
details |
| MD-39 |
|
CHAIN LINKS: 16 RAISED AND OVAL -- Hunt &
Co., Chicago IL. None of the four chain link molds shown on this page
were used for licensed Nevada casinos. They were used for illegal clubs
and private games........Howdy Herz, who bought the chip records of the company,
says this mold was used in the 1930-60 period and was manufactured in-house
by Hunt & Co., as were the other chips on this page. I found it pictured
in just one of many Hunt catalogs I own -- dated 1954.............Incidentally,
the Hunt Co. also used their chain link rim design on checkers and backgammon
pieces. The ones pictured in
this link are 1/4" thick and have 12 and 14 links........If you wish
to identify chips that have any of the chain link molds, I encourage you
to buy "Howdy's Guide to Hunt & Co." by Howard
W. Herz. It has almost 1000 Hunt mold chips pictured in alphabetical
order, and is worth the $53.00 price. Either email him at chipmaster@chipmaster.com
or write him at PO Box 1000, Minden NV 89423..........I very rarely
come across chips of this mold. Recently I purchased a box of these
(unidentified) "A.L.E." chips. The chip is identified in "Howdy's Guide
to Hunt and Co." (compiled from the chip samples and records of Hunt
& Co.) as being shipped to the Vista Sandwich Shop, Vista CA, in 1935. |
| MD-40 |
|
CHAIN LINKS: 20 FLAT (INCUSED) AND OVAL -- Hunt
& Co., Chicago IL. This appears to be the most common Chain Link
chip. I have found it in catalogs from the 1930's to the 1950's, and
Howdy Herz dates its use as 1930-60. ........... The chip here has
been identified in "Howdy's Guide to Hunt & Co." (compiled from the chip
samples and records of Hunt & Co.) as having been sold/shipped to Garfield
Cafe, 1126 Garfield St., Middletown OH, in 1944. |
| MD-41 |
|
CHAIN LINKS: 24 FLAT AND SQUARED -- Hunt
& Co., Chicago IL ? This is Bill Borland's mold design #52.
It is one of the three Borland molds, in his Blue
Book, that I was missing. I didn't know of anyone who had
one till November 2002 when Keith Reeves found some, thus the one shown here. |
| MD-42 |
|
CHAIN LINKS: 16 RAISED AND SQUARED -- Hunt &
Co., Chicago IL. I found this mold listed in a 1954 Hunt catalog.
The mold is rarely seen. I happen to have a Hunt shipping order envelope
with a sample chip inside, dated 1950. Howdy Herz dates the period of
use for this mold as 1940-60. (Apparently, they used these envelopes
for their records rather than the usual index cards used by other gambling
supply distributors.) (This mold design is not listed in Borland's Blue
Book.; the other three, above, are.) |
