What's Inside Poker Chips??

I've been excited about doing this project for a while. My dad sent me poker chips a few months back, and I've been waiting to use them until I had a good idea where I could feature the chips without destroying them. So I thought I would do it with half of a wood bowl, and the top half poker chips and resin. Everything was going well until I realized my tools kept bouncing off the poker chips instead of cutting them. And then I found out these chips have metal inside... I tried to carry on with the project, but the metal was just too much for my tools to deal with. I was super disappointed, but I post all my projects, including the massive fails, so here it is!
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