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I'm sorry if this has been asked a billion times, but does anyone have a good explanation on primary and secondary poker chips, and what the value of each are (if it does in fact affect it).

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Iirc, some gaming commissions require casinos to have a secondary set of chips in storage that can be quickly swapped out if they believe the primary chips to be compromised.

Denominations will be the same, but typically quantity is slightly less since they aren’t intended to be in play for long periods of time.

As it pertains to collectors, secondary chips tend to be in new or very good condition because they don’t usually ever see the casino floor. This, combined with scarcity compared to the primaries, typically makes them a little pricier.

Hope this helps!
 
Iirc, some gaming commissions require casinos to have a secondary set of chips in storage that can be quickly swapped out if they believe the primary chips to be compromised.

Denominations will be the same, but typically quantity is slightly less since they aren’t intended to be in play for long periods of time.

As it pertains to collectors, secondary chips tend to be in new or very good condition because they don’t usually ever see the casino floor. This, combined with scarcity compared to the primaries, typically makes them a little pricier.

Hope this helps!
All that is true. I will add that sometimes mint primary chips will fetch a higher price because, even though there are fewer secondary chips.... there are even fewer mint primary chips in a lot of sets.
 
Iirc, some gaming commissions require casinos to have a secondary set of chips in storage that can be quickly swapped out if they believe the primary chips to be compromised.

Denominations will be the same, but typically quantity is slightly less since they aren’t intended to be in play for long periods of time.

As it pertains to collectors, secondary chips tend to be in new or very good condition because they don’t usually ever see the casino floor. This, combined with scarcity compared to the primaries, typically makes them a little pricier.

Hope this helps!
All that is true. I will add that sometimes mint primary chips will fetch a higher price because, even though there are fewer secondary chips.... there are even fewer mint primary chips in a lot of sets.
Thank you both for your insight! That completely makes sense to me! Definitely a better explanation than what I've been finding online.
 
I've had questions about this as well. Will the designs be different on secondary chips? If they are to be used in case primaries have been compromised, then, it stands to reason they would be different. Just curious.
 
I've had questions about this as well. Will the designs be different on secondary chips? If they are to be used in case primaries have been compromised, then, it stands to reason they would be different. Just curious.
Usually the inlay will be the same. Base colors and inserts will mostly be different.

Just FYI (in case you don't know)
Inlay = center part of chip. Looks like a sticker or label, but is pressed permanently into the chip in a compression molded chip
Insert = edge spots
 
Same inlay makes sense. So, you kind of need to decide if you want to go after primaries or secondaries since coloring win likely be different. This is getting complicated, lot of strands, man!
 
Same inlay makes sense. So, you kind of need to decide if you want to go after primaries or secondaries since coloring win likely be different. This is getting complicated, lot of strands, man!
It's not likely to be different, it will be different. You can mix and match between primary and secondary for different denominations if you want, but I wouldn't use both of the same denomination as that isn't going to look right.
 
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Will the designs be different on secondary chips? If they are to be used in case primaries have been compromised, then, it stands to reason they would be different.
Typically the same inlay design is used by both the primary and secondary chips, but colors and spot patterns are usually different. Some gaming jurisdictions require that both sets use the same base colors (with different spot colors and patterns).
 

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