Poker Chip Molds
Welcome to Trking.com! For over 80 years TR King & Company produced dice, gaming equipment and the most amazing casino and poker chips. In August 2006 they closed their doors and stopped production. This website is not affiliated with that great American company but is however a tribute site for the company and it's products. Find out more about the history of TR King here.
Poker Chip Mold Design
Poker Chip Molds
There are 11 poker chip mold for sale on Etsy, and they cost $15.41 on average. The most common poker chip mold material is silicone. The most popular color? Since the molds on poker chips are very subtle, they tend to be one of the least important features that people look at when buying poker chips. But the mold is considered by most poker chip aficionados as the factor that gives the chip its artistic value. Each chip manufacturer has their own mold to uniquely identify their chips.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Who was T. R. King or what does it stand for?
A. The TR stands for Teddy Roosevelt and the King part is for the crown style molds they used for their chips.
Q. What chip molds did they produce?
A. TR King is probably best known for their 'small crown' (aka scrown) and their large crown (lcrown) molds. In the early days they used the 'Square-Square-Rectangle' and the 'Chain' molds. They also made the 'GN' house mold for chip issues 6 through 12, excluding the 10th, for the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas.
Poker Chip Fondant Molds
Q. What year did TR King start?
Poker Chip Mold Guide
A. It depends who you ask! The original trking.com website says they started business in 1922 but their chip boxes say 1924. There are also sources that claim 1923 was the first year and a few that say 1925 was when it all started.