Anyone know the year Paulson stopped making BJ coin inlayed or shaped clay inlayed chips
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What year did they stop making shaped inlay or coin in center chips ? (1 Viewer)
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Maybe if they’re grandfathered in like Bally’s? Just guessing here, no clue at all.
By Coin Inlay, do you mean on the Bud Jones mold or on the H&C, which are considered Metal Centers like the one below? The metal centers were made in the 70's, however i don't know when they stopped making them or if they were any re-orders. I don't recall seeing any new issues in the 80s or later.
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Anybody have any more intel on this? I've always assumed that all shaped inlay THC's were full of lead, but if @BGinGA is correct above, then shaped inlays produced 1998 or later are likely unleaded. Oh and before a certain date too, I assume? Ugh - who had the THC mold before Paulson and did they use lead?
As far as lead, this press release says 1998.
http://gpigaming.investorroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=62
"Paulson chips had been produced for decades using formulas that contained lead monosilicate as one of the many compounds used in the manufacturing process. In 1998, Paulson chips were reformulated as a precautionary measure to substantially reduce the amount of lead in chips and to include compounds that were essentially lead-free. Tests conducted on chips manufactured this year demonstrate that the current version of the chips contain a barely perceptible lead level in the parts per million range which may be occurring naturally in plastics and other components that make up the gaming chip. "
http://gpigaming.investorroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=62
"Paulson chips had been produced for decades using formulas that contained lead monosilicate as one of the many compounds used in the manufacturing process. In 1998, Paulson chips were reformulated as a precautionary measure to substantially reduce the amount of lead in chips and to include compounds that were essentially lead-free. Tests conducted on chips manufactured this year demonstrate that the current version of the chips contain a barely perceptible lead level in the parts per million range which may be occurring naturally in plastics and other components that make up the gaming chip. "
You mean Cristy and Jones?
though this article says it was until 2008? now im confused.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...y-or-coin-in-center-chips.49082/#post-1094749
"Gaming Partners International Corp., or GPI, previously known as Paulson Gaming Supplies, signed the agreement. The company is the market leader in making poker chips for 28 of the 30 largest U.S. casinos, according its Web site. Paulson makes chips in Mexico, Bud Jones in Las Vegas and Bourgogne et Grasset in France.
Research from the Center for Environmental Health found that Paulson poker chips contain as much as 47 percent lead. The manufacture agreed to start making chips that contain no more than 0.005 percent of lead by Nov. 1, 2008. The old leaded poker chips can remain in the casinos, but the gambling establishments must post warnings and advice to wash hands."
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...y-or-coin-in-center-chips.49082/#post-1094749
"Gaming Partners International Corp., or GPI, previously known as Paulson Gaming Supplies, signed the agreement. The company is the market leader in making poker chips for 28 of the 30 largest U.S. casinos, according its Web site. Paulson makes chips in Mexico, Bud Jones in Las Vegas and Bourgogne et Grasset in France.
Research from the Center for Environmental Health found that Paulson poker chips contain as much as 47 percent lead. The manufacture agreed to start making chips that contain no more than 0.005 percent of lead by Nov. 1, 2008. The old leaded poker chips can remain in the casinos, but the gambling establishments must post warnings and advice to wash hands."
They had it at one point. But right before Paulson? Maybe in the '70's?
Yeah its Christy & Jones, but those chips were made by Burt/ASM.
I remember this going down at the time... some news station did a piece on lead in poker chips. It looked bad for Paulson. They announced they had been phasing out the lead in their chips for years (1998 reformulations) and further declared to remove it entirely.
Thanks, Burt is who I was thinking of.
So, according to this http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/molddesign_manmade.htm the Christy and Jones chips were only produced from '55 to '65, and that was actually a slightly different mold.
So I guess I'll assume that all THC's produced between '65 and '98 were produced by Paulson and are full of lead.
Not quite, I'm afraid.
Paulson bought the THC mold from Christy & Jones' president Pat Sullivan in 1965 after Bud Jones was forced out of the company (and subsequently started Bud Jones Co.). But the Burt Company continued to make THC chips for Paulson using that mold until roughly 1975, when the two Paulson companies combined and they moved chip production in-house to Las Vegas (with leaded materials using new molds and processes).
They started removing lead in 1998, but the entire lineup was not relatively lead-free until 2005 (well into the GPI era). Five colors remained leaded for several years before their formulas were replaced (and Royal Blue was discontinued).
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I knew thought there was a missing piece. So Burt produced THC Paulsons are lead free, correct?
So we've only got 20 or 25 years of leaded THCs?
Yeah now that you say this i kind of remember reading that it took Paulson some time to go through their existing raw material inventory. The spin it that press release. lol
Also one thing to note is that C&J always used the Long Cane THC mold, which i assume was remade (or re-tooled?) by Paulson when they took over production. My assumption (which is probably wrong) is that all the Long Cane shiny hats were made by Burt and when Paulson took the mold and started producing its own chips they ceased to be shiny. I think it was Gene or Jim B that described the etching process of the mold that created the shiny look, but am too lazy to look for that. The Short Cane THC mold was only Paulson afaik.
I do have this shiny Long cane H&C sample in my collection. Made by Burt before the switch?
I do have this shiny Long cane H&C sample in my collection. Made by Burt before the switch?
Curious. Is it actually confirmed that GPI no longer makes shaped inlays? They must still make them for existing casinos resupply?
Seen one lately?
I don't see many THC being made these days but they obviously still make them. Curious if it is the same idea as RHC v THC. They prefer making round inlays but can make shaped inlays upon request.
My thinking is that the NAGB chips would have shaped inlays if they were available.
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Correct on all counts.Also one thing to note is that C&J always used the Long Cane THC mold, which i assume was remade (or re-tooled?) by Paulson when they took over production. My assumption (which is probably wrong) is that all the Long Cane shiny hats were made by Burt and when Paulson took the mold and started producing its own chips they ceased to be shiny. I think it was Gene or Jim B that described the etching process of the mold that created the shiny look, but am too lazy to look for that. The Short Cane THC mold was only Paulson afaik.
I do have this shiny Long cane H&C sample in my collection. Made by Burt before the switch?
The two Endy brothers combined their businesses in 1975 to create Paulson Gaming Supplies in Las Vegas.
To resupply existing sets. For example, Paris 1s.
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