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*Originally posted on another forum on Jul 8 2009. I hope the cross-post is OK. Adding here by request*
I'll try to tell the short version of this story
My dad has been a life-long poker player. He always told me that he had "custom" clay chips that my mom bought him in the 70's or 80's but he could never find them.
He couldn't remember anything about them except that he was sure they were "good" and clay. He always played with plastic chips because he could never find them. My mom didn't remember much about them.
Years and years go by and I have always wanted to see these chips. My mom passed away in 2006 so they took on a whole new level of importance to me.
Well my dad finally found them a few weeks ago while looking for some old family photo albums. He surprised me with them when I went to visit last week.
They were in an old box he had laying around.
I opened the box slowly savoring the moment. I was dying to see which mold they were on and whether or not they were actually clay.
Well they are the real deal. They are clay and they have never been played! Nice and chalky.
Diamond mold with a "JC" hot stamp on them. My dad and I share the same name so I liked the hot stamp
I was so excited. My dad told me that he wanted me to have them.
Just a really great moment between father, son and dearly departed mom.
==Comments by Mike Endy from BCC about the history of the mold==
Great find, congratulations. I love those old hot stamp chips.
That looks like the Todd mold. Paulson used that mold to make retail chips for Golden State Game Supply (my dad's company in Los Angeles) who would sell hot stamped chips. That happened during the time frame you are talking about (mid 70's to late 80's when Charlie sold the company and joined Paulson Gaming).
The Todd mold is really old and has been owned by a few chip manufacturers. It has been copied by a lot of cheap knockoff injection molded chips. I'm sure Eisenstadt's site has a lot more information about it.
M. Endy
Golden State used to sell chips through the Game Keeper and number of other retail outlets including billiard stores and luggage stores. The reason I bring up Golden State is that my understanding was Paulson only used that mold for GS for a number of years. Also I have a set of hot stamps with the same style font. They may not have been purchased directly but highly probable they stamped them for the other store.
M. Endy
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I'll try to tell the short version of this story
My dad has been a life-long poker player. He always told me that he had "custom" clay chips that my mom bought him in the 70's or 80's but he could never find them.
He couldn't remember anything about them except that he was sure they were "good" and clay. He always played with plastic chips because he could never find them. My mom didn't remember much about them.
Years and years go by and I have always wanted to see these chips. My mom passed away in 2006 so they took on a whole new level of importance to me.
Well my dad finally found them a few weeks ago while looking for some old family photo albums. He surprised me with them when I went to visit last week.
They were in an old box he had laying around.
I opened the box slowly savoring the moment. I was dying to see which mold they were on and whether or not they were actually clay.
Well they are the real deal. They are clay and they have never been played! Nice and chalky.
Diamond mold with a "JC" hot stamp on them. My dad and I share the same name so I liked the hot stamp
I was so excited. My dad told me that he wanted me to have them.
Just a really great moment between father, son and dearly departed mom.
==Comments by Mike Endy from BCC about the history of the mold==
Great find, congratulations. I love those old hot stamp chips.
That looks like the Todd mold. Paulson used that mold to make retail chips for Golden State Game Supply (my dad's company in Los Angeles) who would sell hot stamped chips. That happened during the time frame you are talking about (mid 70's to late 80's when Charlie sold the company and joined Paulson Gaming).
The Todd mold is really old and has been owned by a few chip manufacturers. It has been copied by a lot of cheap knockoff injection molded chips. I'm sure Eisenstadt's site has a lot more information about it.
M. Endy
Golden State used to sell chips through the Game Keeper and number of other retail outlets including billiard stores and luggage stores. The reason I bring up Golden State is that my understanding was Paulson only used that mold for GS for a number of years. Also I have a set of hot stamps with the same style font. They may not have been purchased directly but highly probable they stamped them for the other store.
M. Endy
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