[Wedge Rock]

Originally Posted by OnTheButton

Actually now that I look at it, it looks more like an actual mold cast, maybe it was the "cast" was initially made to create the final metal mold stamp from, since the letters are raised, instead of debossed.

I remember back in metal shop in high school, we would make our "cast" out of a softer material, pack it in sand as hard as we could and then when you pour the hot metal onto your "mold" it melts (burns off) your cast and makes a metal version of whatever you carved out of.

That's my guess. It is a mold die "cast" for the GN $100 house chip.

Wouldn't the text have to be reversed for this?

[Captn_All_In]

Originally Posted by Gaming Ore

Have you been in hiding? Witness protection program maybe?
J(GO)F

Well after reading the OP.......(points to highlighted parts)...

Originally Posted by Gaming Ore

Case in point is this chip, or floor sweeping. Although I'll explain the peculiarities of this chip later, for the time being (and in the interest of CT'er participation) I like for others to make comments about origin, purpose, peculiarities, etc.

... and then continued to read the rest of this thread (which has been a fun read by the way). I figured the explanation of the peculiarities of the chip would be at the end of the thread.....but it wasn't. So I wasn't in hiding....you were!!!!

I can't believe that is nobody at Paulson can explain this. They probably just don't want to release a secret.

[99%evil]

Chip looks like it was a test of the mold on whatever blank was available, maybe white allows for it to be examined more closely without a dark color hiding an imperfection. Intersting the waffle center, allowing a place for the adhesive to stick the inlay to the chips (like a tile back). Even the ASm chips require two stampings to make an inlay chip once to prep the chip with the mold and a space for the inlay and then a second time to seat the inlay. I'm curious what an asm chip looks like prior to the inlay beng placed. Either Cathy or Glenda explained the process and why the inlay chips were more costly because of their multiple times of handling.

This chip is interesting because it's a combo of a Golden Nugget and Tropicana chip


I don't see this mold in actual use.

[Gaming Ore]

Originally Posted by 99%evil

I don't see this mold in actual use.

Sure it is, but not in Las Vegas or Nevada. Which is part of the puzzle. An Atlantic City, $100 House mold in white chip. Very strange.


(scan courtesy of Archie Black)

J(GO)F

[99%evil]

Ahh, my mistake.