Graded (slabbed) casino chips (1 Viewer)

[bigbob416]

Good evening! In addition to collecting poker/casino chips, I also collect coins. I know that companies like NGC and PCGS, but is there a place you can send casino chips to get graded? Thanks in advance.

 

[BGinGA]

Thankfully, no. Nor do most in this hobby want them.

 

[AlbinoDragon]

Most grading services don't know how to grade a casino chip. The standards one uses for grading a coin are very different than what one would use for a chip.

If you look on eBay, you will see a graded and or slabbed chip very rarely and when you do see one, it's infrequent/rare they even sell.

Like @BGinGA said above, folks who collect chips just don't want it. We want to be able to see all parts of the chip and decide for ourselves what the condition is, not what someone else says the condition is.

 

[Dingdingding]

The chip collector world is a bit smaller than coins and there is good reasons to avoid slabbing stuff. It is really something that helps the grading companies much more than the collectors. You can find additional information here.

 

[improviseallday]

I seem to be in the minority but I wouldn't mind slabbed collectible chips. It makes sense for chips that are worth many multiples of the price of the grading service.

Then again, I don't have a single chip worth over $10 yet.

 

[exodus]

I like the idea but how they would even start grading would be very difficult to quantify.