What's coming up for the
Key West Resort & Casino
New issue $1 chip coming in 2014
Just as casinos often issue a new chip from time to time, I'm considering a adding a new $1 chip to the Key West line in 2014 to commemorate "10 years of Key West." The chip was initially made in 2004 by Apache and ASM, so it's been 10 years since its introduction.Key West Resort & Casino
New issue $1 chip coming in 2014
The new $1 chip will likely be blue with yellow 312 spots, and carry the same $1 inlay that is on the current $1 chips. It would be added to the line, so white $1 chips will still be available. The original white $1 chips will be called "first edition" chips, and the blues will be "second editon."
The plan is to keep the white $1 chips available as usual, so you, the buyer, could decide if you wanted a white $1 chip, a blue $1 chip, or some of each in your Key West setup.
UV Security Tests underway
For the past couple of weeks, I've been experimenting with different UV inks, pens, stencils, etc., with the hope of placing a UV security feature on all Key West chips in the future. Much time has been spent waiting for samples of UV ink pens. (Conducting the actual tests has been easy and actually, kind of fun.)
If successful, your Key West chips will have a small UV security figure on each inlay (both sides), something like a palm tree, or a sunset or a crescent moon, next to the denomination. It will be completely invisible in normal light, and will light up under UV light to identify the chip.
My requirements for this are pretty tough.
- The UV ink must be safe, non-toxic and permanent. It can't wash off.
- The UV ink pen needs to be sharp enough to make a clear, identifiable figure when stenciled on to the inlay.
- The color has to be right
- The process must be quick and easy enough for us to offer it to our existing Key West chip owners, so they can readily add it themselves to their chips if they'd like.
If all goes well, I'll put up some photos of the test results here.
If we land on a process that's easy and works well, we have the opportunity to mark your chips uniquely with the UV security. Please let me know if you'd prefer a standard UV security marking on all chips, or one that's unique to your set of chips.
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