Unidentified Chipping Object (UCO) - New type of Chip construction? (1 Viewer)

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This chip was first discussed in a different thread

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https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/2-player-cash-game.92347/post-1917698.

Thanks to @sharik224, a sample was secured and its construction was examined. Will share pics in the next few posts.

Would love to get everyones thoughts and does anyone know if this style of chip has been seen or discussed before?
 
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Looking again at this pic where is all the weight coming from?
I was going to say I think you can see the whole metal through the hole but test for the confirmation

I think these are one of the earliest version of ”diamond mold” where they are still make in sluggo and not ceramic yet
 
I was going to say I think you can see the whole metal through the hole but test for the confirmation

I think these are one of the earliest version of ”diamond mold” where they are still make in sluggo and not ceramic yet
Prior to cutting, I thought it was the other side of the label through those holes.

Earliest version? This is a new chip range from Jacks. Could it be the latest version for the "unfamiliar" chasing "casino" weight?
 
Prior to cutting, I thought it was the other side of the label through those holes.

Earliest version? This is a new chip range from Jacks. Could it be the latest version for the "unfamiliar" chasing "casino" weight?
I seem those diamond mold plastic floating around few years ago on the china market

they are used to be advertise a lot, this is one of the pre diamond mold plastic

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I not very familiar with Jacks from Aus, i Only recall that they have a very cool 500 chip casing and sell a few Sun-fly products line - so I assume the one you showing are of Sun-fly line as well
 
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All due respect to @BGinGA , I would have guessed from the pictures in the previous thread that these were injection-molded slugged plastics with a sticker, and not the Sun-Fly (or Tina) molded ceramics. It's hard to be conclusive just going by pictures, but they looked very much like decals in a recess to me; the edges of the decals showed ragged white edges, which wouldn't happen with dye-sub printed ceramics on the Sun-Fly diamonds blank.

The physical tear-down is conclusive, of course. Always easier to tell these sorts of things when you have samples in hand, especially if you're willing to sacrifice them. :)

The construction of this chip is more-or-less standard for slugged plastic chips. This one is notable for being a single-color chip, i.e. the mold used to make it is even simpler than the mold for dice chips, which are two-color chips.

The diamond mold design is similar, of course, to the Sun-Fly diamond mold ceramics, but this chip has a very different construction from the Sun-Fly ceramics, as it incorporates both a metal slug and a center recess, and accordingly it would use a completely different injection mold. I don't recall seeing a chip like this elsewhere before; it's possible that this design was inspired by the Sun-Fly design, but of course I can't say for sure.
 
All due respect to @BGinGA , I would have guessed from the pictures in the previous thread that these were injection-molded slugged plastics with a sticker, and not the Sun-Fly (or Tina) molded ceramics. It's hard to be conclusive just going by pictures, but they looked very much like decals in a recess to me; the edges of the decals showed ragged white edges, which wouldn't happen with dye-sub printed ceramics on the Sun-Fly diamonds blank.

The physical tear-down is conclusive, of course. Always easier to tell these sorts of things when you have samples in hand, especially if you're willing to sacrifice them. :)

The construction of this chip is more-or-less standard for slugged plastic chips. This one is notable for being a single-color chip, i.e. the mold used to make it is even simpler than the mold for dice chips, which are two-color chips.

The diamond mold design is similar, of course, to the Sun-Fly diamond mold ceramics, but this chip has a very different construction from the Sun-Fly ceramics, as it incorporates both a metal slug and a center recess, and accordingly it would use a completely different injection mold. I don't recall seeing a chip like this elsewhere before; it's possible that this design was inspired by the Sun-Fly design, but of course I can't say for sure.
from the original pics from Jacks, it was also clear to me that it was a recess with a sticker but I wasnt sure of the chip material or the claimed weighht. Now we know!
 

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