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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1942976, member: 24633&quot;]I started collecting, both, medals and casino chips about 20 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grading medals would follow the same guidelines as coins, but it becomes a little more difficult because there are no set guidelines for the plethora of medals in the marketplace. There are just too many different designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, I think you&#039;ll find that most medals will fall into the circulated categories because very few were issued with presentation cases. Of the several hundred medals that I own, only about 2 dozen came with presentation cases, and another 36 (ANA Conventions) were housed in 3-medal Capital holders. It was just too expensive. I have 48 medals that are graded by NGC, and all are MS because they were protected by cases.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for casino chips, I don&#039;t know of any (reputable) grading service that authenticates them. Your clay chips were probably produced before the 60&#039;s when most casinos were changing to composites to make it more difficult to counterfeit them. Prior to the early 90&#039;s, I don&#039;t know of any casino that produced commems. Most were made as house chips, and obviously had some circulation wear. You can usually detect this wear by rounded (instead of sharp) edges. Yes, small chips and blemishes can affect the grade much like coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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