Burt Co. made a 46 mm chip (1 Viewer)

[Jeff in Iowa]

The standard size of CPC chips is 39 mm, and the larger A and Scroll molds are 43 44 mm. I thought some would find it interesting that the Burt Co. (the predecessor to ASM and CPC) used to make chips as large as 46 mm.

Below, a Burt Co. order card from the 1970s. The chip mold was a house mold for the Genting (Resorts World) company. Below the card is a Genting $5 chip which is on the 42 mm mold, and a Burt sample chip on the Genting mold, but I'm not sure what size it is. The mold was probably returned to Genting at some point. I wonder how interested chippers would be in oversize chips on that mold if CPC ever got their hands on it again.

 

[BGinGA]

For the record, the ASM/CPC oversize chips are 44mm, not 43mm.

 

[Jeff in Iowa]

For the record, the ASM/CPC oversize chips are 44mm, not 43mm.

Oops, I should not have relied on my memory. Thanks for the correction.

 

[gmunny]

Nice find! I do have that Burt sample chip I'll measure it with my caliper later today.

 

[Jeff in Iowa]

I thought I had seen a post of yours with a picture of that Burt manufacturing sample chip. When I came across that Burt order card, I went through your old posts looking for it, but could not find it. That is a pretty rare chip, as the only ones I have seen is yours and the one in the ChipGuide (from which I got the image I posted).

 

[gmunny]

Here it the chip. just under 44mm. Ooh would love to get a 46mm one. Wonder if they made a46mm sample?