Jim told the story of these chips in an earlier post....
The actual secondary unused chips were brought out after majestic star reopened after their COVID shutdown. They were out in play as new primaries.
The old chips that were sold in this sale were moved to "secondary" status.
Then the casino closed. The state commission said that the casino had to destroy the primary chips in play (the new ones) or they could be sold if the casino put them under surveillance storage until such time that the mandatory redemption period expired.
The casino ran out of money, the surveillance shut down, the state gaming commission stepped in. All those new chips in play for only moths.... destroyed. A tragedy.
But the originals were still left, they could be sold. And we got this sale.
Everyone lived "meh" ever after.