Cancelled Cavanaugh's $1 with shaped, gold inlays! Unique! Once in a lifetime opportunity! (1 Viewer)

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Its a good chance that they were cleaned at some point. The slight whitish/fading on the the rolling edge is usually a sign of being soaked for too long (or too harsh of a cleaner). This could be the cause for the inlays appearing faded around the edges.
 
I was under the impression that the Chip Guide was generally accepted as an accurate source of information. Perhaps not perfect, but the default assumption for them is that the images, descriptions and text is authoritative.

Linked below is the Chip Guide entry for Cavanaugh's in Montana - now defunct. While it is possible that all the chips from Cavanaugh's has a "white" label/inlay that has faded to "gold" or been stained somehow, I wouldn't assume that to be the case without some evidence. The Chip Guide images show the same shade of "gold" as the images in this thread.

I would not accept an argument of "prove the chips weren't faded" vs assuming the images on the Chip Guide and elsewhere (including those in this thread) as being valid. Collectively we have millions of vintage casino chips. I don't know of any instance where the entire stock of chips had inlays that faded uniformly into another color. Yes we have seen individual chips suffering from damage but not the entire stock of chips and not uniform.

It is possible that a common cause of variance is in play. Maybe all the chips got exposed to water or some cleanser or a gas of some sort. However, I expect the parties proposing this sort of explanation to bear the burden of proof.

And in the end, I am not sure it matters at all. So long as the inlays don't look bad - - - does it matter if they were made with off-white inlays that faded uniformly to gold or if they were made exactly as they look today?

DrStrange

http://www.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=MTKACA
I don’t know anything about this “gold” discussion, but as far as clay colors go, I’d never take the chip guide as accurate. All too often their clay color descriptions seem like guess work. Or they just say “blue,” though there are something like close to ten different Paulson blues.
 
I stand by everything I have stated in the OP. The base inlay colour of these chips is indeed gold. Their condition is casino used. I never have, and never will, intentionally mislead anybody about the description of the chips I put up for sale here, and have tried to provide accurate pictures. I am fully invested in my reputation here as an honest seller and buyer, as well as my intentions with the proceeds of these and other offerings. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
 
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