Colquhoun
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Those are plastic. The easiest way to tell is the shape of the diamond. if it's elongated, it's clay. If it looks like a square tipped at 45 degrees, it's plastic.
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How to tell if diamond molds are Paulson? (1 Viewer)
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ekricket
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Marion Heavy Diamonds. Best of the plastic diamond molds.
For reference, this purple chip below is a plastic Super Diamond chip.
- Diamonds are squares and indicated above.
- Note the plastic injection mark (light dot indicated by the arrow in the second photo).
- It’s really hard to see in the photo, but edges are similar to the Alibaba ceramics- the corner on one face is rounded and smooth; the corner on the other is sharper, but has a funky tiny angled step. You can see the wear on the step (lighter color) in the second photo (circled).
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Nope, no good.
I wouldn't say so. The best plastic diamonds I've handled are the ones with the injection pip in the diamonds themselves, and the inner and outer ring of the same width.
ekricket
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Ok. I based my opinion on how they feel and hot stamp. The Marion ones are as heavy as a Paulson and they stamp, not melt.
Jeff in Iowa
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Those are "Super Diamond" plastics chips. I remember them showing up by the early 1990s. Mostly manufactured in China. The large width of the inner band, and the perfectly square diamonds is an easy way to differentiate them from the clay chips.
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VMR911
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Super Diamond plastics right?
Okku
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Yes!
VMR911
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Do we know there are per chip ($) value?
Marius L
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Nothing imo, lol.
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8c or less
VMR911
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Well, just picked these up for $20 from FB marketplace. Maybe I'll gift them to someone or do a giveaway
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They are a reasonable cheap roulette chip. But the modern Super Diamonds are super plasticky, while the vintage ones (40+ years old) are much nicer.
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@allforcharity, we miss you buddy.
Although Super Diamond and Marion Heavy Diamond chips have squares on a 45 degree angle, there still exist some plastic chips with oblong diamonds (examples below). So beware.
Giveaways these are not clay: these have 24 diamonds vs. the 26 you find in MD-49 and the injection marks are very clear.
I somehow missed this thread a few years ago. This was one of the chips in a chip binder I bought at the auction of Bob Eisenstadt's estate. Most of the writing on the note at right i think is Howdy Hertz 's writing with Bob making a few notes.
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