mold
number |
picture |
details |
| MD-31 |
 |
RECTANGLES & HEARTS -- heart and rectangle,
repeated 11 times. 1950's. Code and Co., Chicago IL.  (I
have some advertising poker chips on this mold with the imprint "Codes
Super Speed Check.") Samples of the mold, though not rare, are uncommon.. |
| MD-31a |
 |
TRIANGLES AND HEARTS -- heart and triangle, each
repeated 12 times.
I never noticed this mold before; thanks to Rich Hanover for bringing it
to my attention. I have other chips from the same Portuguese casino
(same logo, too), but with the Large
Greek Key mold. Probably used abroad. |
| MD-32 |
 |
TRIANGLES AND CLUBS (a/k/a Tri-Clubs) -- triangle
and club pip, repeated 12 times. Gambler's General Store, and Langworthy
Casino Supply, Inc. -- both of Las Vegas NV, as recently as 1991.
I have one chip from Knightsbridge Casino, London (not shown here) that
has this mold |
| MD-33 |
 |
24 SUITS -- spade, heart, club and diamond,
repeated six times. This is the closest chip I have found that might
be Bill Borland's mold #17, which has the same number of suits in the same
order. Rare mold, but who cares? Not found on casino
chips; probably used for private poker chips. . |
| MD-34 |
 |
SPADES (a/k/a Lazy Spades) -- 9 spades. Rare
mold. Borland's mold #14. |
| MD-35 |
 |
16 SUITS -- spade, heart, club and diamond,
repeated four times. This is the closest I have found to Borland's
mold #16 -- the same number of suits in the same order. Rare, but
just a plastic poker chip. The blank center was used for an imprint;
just now (Jan. 2, 2001) I won at eBay this same blue chip with the imprint
BPOE 1554 and picture of an elk!......The chip for sale here is the blank
blue one pictured to the left. |
| MD-36 |
 |
SUITS by BUD JONES. (inlaid) A sample of one of
the many Bud Jones Co., Las Vegas NV, plastic-nylon chips with card suits
(pips) INLAID on the rim. 1970's-present (?). The chip pictured
has 4 suits on the rim, so the mold is called 4SUITS; others have 6 or
8 suits. Some come with a metal coin inlay. Note, again, that
the suits on the rim are inlaid, not embossed.........The chip pictured
is from the now-defunct Embajador, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. |
| MD-36a |
 |
SUITS by BUD JONES. (embossed suits) See what is written above
for MD-36. Here the suit pips are embossed, not inlaid. This
one would be called 8SUITS. Interesting that the sequence of the
suits do not repeat themselves -- heart, club, diamond, spade is followed
by club, heart, spade, diamond! |
| MD-36b |
 |
SUITS by BUD JONES. 12 inlaid suits, plastic-nylon chip
with decal inlay. See what is written above for MD-36 and MD-36a.
I suppose this would be called 12SUITS. I put the chip here to illustrate
another type of suits mold. Here the suits are in clusters.
(Don't call the motel, which used to be across the street and somewhat
south of the old Aladdin; both are now gone.) |
| MD-36c |
 |
LEFT ON TOP (LOT) - RIGHT ON TOP (ROT) DIAMOND
VARIATIONS. (Actually, they are mirror images of each other.) The
scan on the left is from Dick Covington, who tells me that Pete Porro discovered
this variation a few years ago. If you click
here you will see Dick Covington's graphic explanation of the variation.
If you click
here you will see Pete Porro's scan of two identical chips, except
for the LOT-ROT difference. Incidentally, the diamond in MD-36, above,
is LOT, and the diamond in MD-36b, above, is ROT. ( LOT and ROT,
by the way, are just mirror images of each other.) |
| MD-37 |
 |
HORSESHOE, CLOVER AND PIPS -- a horseshoe,
a clover, and 8 pips. Interesting mold. I always wanted
one and was greatly disappointed when I finally obtained it (this one).
Very flimsy plastic, as light as a chip could be! Unknown makers/distributors. |
| MD-38 |
 |
8 SUITS -- heart, club. diamond and spade,
repeated twice. This is a nothing chip -- made of a hard plastic.
I include it here because it matched Bill Borland's #15 mold design so
well, and I couldn't find another chip like it, only some with a dashed
ring around the center. This chip (and Borland's) does not have that
dashed ring...........I have this chip in red, white, blue and yellow. |
