I've combed over the pics of these and I can't find injection marks, but they don't seem to look like the 2 real diamond mold chips that I have. Are these just plastic?
Paulson diamond mold? (1 Viewer)
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The Paulson diamond mold looks a little more squashed then the super diamonds. Those look like the plastic mold, but I can't see any injection marks. How are the edges?
Here is one diamond mold I still have. To me, the diamonds look different....
OP
OP
I don't have them in hand, it's just a guy on Facebook. I asked him for close up pics and that's what he sent. I'll be honest I'm figuring plastic, but I only had 2 Paulson diamonds to compare them to and mine are very worn. The pattern for sure doesn't look identical but it was bugging me not seeing injection marks.
OP
OP
Exactly. The ones I have look like diamonds, this guys look more like squares.
Yeah, it doesn't quite look right to me. But it's hard to tell.
kirchhausen
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Two things stick out to me:
1) As mentioned, the known Paulson diamond mold example looks more less like a square than the examples in the 1st pic. The angles of the polygon are different
2) The spacing between the polygons in the actual diamond mold chip are larger. In the OP they are nearly touching.
1) As mentioned, the known Paulson diamond mold example looks more less like a square than the examples in the 1st pic. The angles of the polygon are different
2) The spacing between the polygons in the actual diamond mold chip are larger. In the OP they are nearly touching.
Super Diamond Plastic Chips for sure. I have a set, that i realy like for the price. I paid 5 to 10 cent per chip.
Those are plastic. Dead giveaways: huge (thickness) inner ring compared to the outer ring, and diamonds that really look like squares rotated 45 degrees and almost touch each other.
SpaceMonkey420
Full House
Assuming these are plastic too.
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Plastic. Yup!
Eloe2000
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It looks like an injection point on that blue chip there.
Clay for sure. Notice how the diamonds here are actually more diamond-shaped (a parallelogram) whereas the modern plastic diamonds are more square-shaped.
dmoney
Full House
These are clay also.
The vintage Super Diamonds are even better. Mold pip is in the diamond itself, and inner and outer ring are same width for more symmetrical look. Can be hard to find in quantity, though.
mtl mile end
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These probably predate the Paulson use of the mold. Jack Todd was using it 1933-1950, so they were probably made by Borland. Using Eisenstadt and BGinGA as references.
Borland didn't manufacture chips -- Todd's chips were made by Burt/USPC.
The diamond mold was purchased from Todd's estate by Christy & Jones, who later sold it (along with the Top Hat & Cane mold) to Paul-Son.
mtl mile end
Flush
Yeah, that's what I meant.
I checked the Eisenstadt reference, relied on memory for yours.
SpaceMonkey420
Full House
More plastic for reference
Pgheddie
Full House
Wondering if these are "vintage super diamond" - I bought them at a garage sale for the carousel . . . .
The coloring seems different than the op.
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Silver_Fiend
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Those are cheap plastic "super diamonds"
PLastic injection molded chips have been around for a long time. Fleabay is full of these chips listed as "vintage". Its a catch-all term, almost anything can be termed as vintage. 20 years is certainly "vintage" but that doesnt mean they are any different from the plastic super-diamonds being made today.
RichMahogany
Straight Flush
Injection molding dimple on the chip faces is a dead giveaway that these are plastic
Unfortunately not. Inner ring is very wide compared to the outer ring, and the injection mold pip is inside that same ring. Also, these diamonds are very "square" as well.
I thought someone indicated there was a difference with older super diamonds. Was just curious.
There can be. Super Diamond chips likely go back 40-50 years.
Pgheddie
Full House
I knew that (why I turned those all face up in the picture) but I was wondering if they might be the older plastic ones referenced above given the difference in color.
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