Plaques are traditionally used in casinos, mainly in Europe, South America and Asia, as high-value chips. It was originally a check used for cashing in and is still called "jeton" in many countries, which translates to token [of value]. Today we also use plaques during play to simplify both the handling of the chips and the game itself, to avoid misunderstandings in regards to the higher values/denominations, and to free up chips. Since plaques represent a unique type of gaming chip they can be used with any set of chips; they are in fact meant to be different from your other gaming chips.
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