Identify the type of chip and manufacturer - Downstream Casino $1 (1 Viewer)

[codeman00]

A friend of mine gave me this chip. It has a nice rough almost knurled texture...but I've never seen one like it before.
Is a ceramic with a plastic coating?
Or just plastic? Do you know who the manufacturer is?
It's not magnetic. And weighs 9.3g

 

[WedgeRock]

Your answer lies in a vise and a pair of pliers.

 

[Highli99]

Will it blend?

 

[WedgeRock]

Looks like they also use Chipcos in their current lineup, according to Chip Guide.

http://chipguide.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=OKQUDO&sort=type

Those are not Chipcos, tho.

 

[codeman00]

Looks like they also use Chipcos in their current lineup, according to Chip Guide.

http://chipguide.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=OKQUDO&sort=type

Those are not Chipcos, tho.

Well I'm happy to bring a unique find to the forum. I've been around here awhile and I haven't seen anything like them....especially at 9.3g, plastic, without a metal weight inside.

 

[CrazyEddie]

Those have definitely been printed using dye sublimation, which makes them a type of ceramic chip (ceramics aren't actually made out of ceramic, they're plastic).

There's several manufacturers that could have made them, but no easy way to tell who it was without doing a side-by-side comparison of known samples. I agree that they don't look like Chipcos, which are pretty distinctive. The rolling edges look terrible, they have those nicks all over them. I don't know if that's wear that came from being used in the casino, or if they came from the manufacturer that way. If those are marks from manufacturing, then the chips are of very low quality, much worse than I'd expect from any of the big name manufacturers like B&G, Abbiati, Sun-Fly, or ABC. They could be from any random Chinese supplier.

 

[upNdown]

Those have definitely been printed using dye sublimation, which makes them a type of ceramic chip (ceramics aren't actually made out of ceramic, they're plastic).

There's several manufacturers that could have made them, but no easy way to tell who it was without doing a side-by-side comparison of known samples. I agree that they don't look like Chipcos, which are pretty distinctive. The rolling edges look terrible, they have those nicks all over them. I don't know if that's wear that came from being used in the casino, or if they came from the manufacturer that way. If those are marks from manufacturing, then the chips are of very low quality, much worse than I'd expect from any of the big name manufacturers like B&G, Abbiati, Sun-Fly, or ABC. They could be from any random Chinese supplier.

I was thinking those marks were from when dealers slam their tip on their toke? I’ve never seen chips manufactured that way. But who knows.

 

[DMack]

These are cheap ceramics of some kind. Downstream replaced their lineup a couple months ago and went with these. The Chipcos are gone.

 

[Chipandchair]

Could they be ICON/TSC Huxley ceramics?