Clueless on Chips -Please Help

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casino chips are 9-10g, i think.

[Brain]

Interesting. I always thought the casino chips I picked up for souvenirs in LV felt as heavy as the dice chip I have.

I'm sure someone has done this already, but it looks like a science experiment at work tomorrow!

[TenPercenter]

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Interesting. I always thought the casino chips I picked up for souvenirs in LV felt as heavy as the dice chip I have.

I'm sure someone has done this already, but it looks like a science experiment at work tomorrow!

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Already done my man. I've found that casino chips are most frequently 10g to 10.5g. The whole "heavier is better" thing became a measuring stick when the Chinese 11.5g plastics flooded the market. That just happened to be the weight that they were made once they added the steel slugs to them, and suddenly everyone thinks that they need heavy chips or the chips are subpar.

It cracked me up when I brought my Chipcos over to a buddy's house, and he "weighed" one in his hand and said with a look of dismay, "Are these the full 11.5 grams?"

Ten

[Brain]

Very cool! I can't believe your buddy said that though.

[Fins]

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Interesting. I always thought the casino chips I picked up for souvenirs in LV felt as heavy as the dice chip I have.

I'm sure someone has done this already, but it looks like a science experiment at work tomorrow!

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Already done my man. I've found that casino chips are most frequently 10g to 10.5g. The whole "heavier is better" thing became a measuring stick when the Chinese 11.5g plastics flooded the market. That just happened to be the weight that they were made once they added the steel slugs to them, and suddenly everyone thinks that they need heavy chips or the chips are subpar.

It cracked me up when I brought my Chipcos over to a buddy's house, and he "weighed" one in his hand and said with a look of dismay, "Are these the full 11.5 grams?"

Ten

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LOL... that's funny

Just 'cause I had the chips at work and also 'cause it annoys some folks... I weighed 2 each of my custom Chipcos... also added some measurements I had on my samples plus some Slowplayray did... here ya go for the weight conscious:

FINS: TFC Chips
$1 Chip = 10.44g / 10.39g
$5 Chip = 10.43g / 10.44g
$25 Chip = 10.50g / 10.41g
$100 Chip = 10.64g / 10.42g
$500 Chip = 10.43g / 10.42g
Average = 10.45g


FINS: Samples
Just weighed them and here are the results:

Buypokerchips.com Archtype
$1 = 10.47 grams
$5 = 10.40 grams
$25 = 10.31 grams
$500 = 10.61 grams

Apache Las Vegas casino:
$1 = 10.55 grams

Crystal Oyster casino:
$1 = 10.54 grams

Homepokerchips.com sample
$100 = 10.18 grams

FYI:
SLOWPLAYRAY:
I finally just made the effort to measure them. Here are the results:

Paulson (Foxwoods):
Diameter = 39.1 mm
Thickness = 3.3 mm

T.R. King:
Diameter = 38.6 mm
Thickness = 3.2 mm

ASM (pokerchips.com):
Diameter = 39.6 mm
Thickness = 3.3 mm

Blue Chip:
Diameter = 39.0 mm
Thickness = 3.2 mm

Chipco:
Diameter = 39.4 mm
Thickness = 3.3 mm

All-In Chips:
Diameter: 40.0 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm

And there you have it!

- Fins