NOTEWORTHY DICE

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Over the years I have encountered many amazing dice From time to time some of these stick out as noteworthy This is my list of such ...         NOTEWORTHY FOR HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE Both of these examples are noteworthy for their purpose during World War II For full explanation ... click on the thumbnail for details in the full size photo
NOTEWORTHY FOR AGE Age is hard to determine when dealing with dice ... Here are some that I feel are noteworthy due to their age
	These Mason & Co Stock Exchange Dice are likely the oldest D10's ever made
	These dice by Klepa Arts (Paul Klepa) seem to be the oldest sex / adult dice found to date 1948
	This game (Zazz Polyspheres) may be the earliest example of a set of platonic solid dice that are all used in a game There have been many single examples over the years ... but it seems until 1963 there never was a full set used together
	This is a Bronze die ... Has been estimated to be 14-16th century Central European This die was considered so unique that  Rose & Pentagram  produced copies CLICK HERE
	These Japanese Standards Association dice are probably the oldest plastic twenty-sided dice (d20) ever produced THIS ARTICLE  (Page 9)  states   "This can be demonstrated with random combinations of the variables R, Y & B in Table 1.1. These single-digit numbers in the range 0-9 were generated by throwing twenty-faced icosahedron coloured dice (red, yellow and blue) with the numbers zero to nine engraved twice on each die. The dice were invented in the 1950/60 period by Mr Yasushi ISHIDA and patented by Tokyo- Shibaura Electric Company.  They were marketed and distributed by the Japanese Standards Association for demonstrating the principles of statistical quality control."
	These dice are special for several reasons 1) The Shape 2) they are made of celluloid 3) I have only seen one other set like them
	These dice are the oldest eight-sided dice (d8) that I have found to date (1888 ish)
	This is probably my oldest dice ... 2nd century AD Persia
	Although these are copies ... they represent some of the oldest dice ever found
	On the surface these would seem to be normal wooden poker dice but for some reason these Molinard perfume solid dice are extremely rare ... and hard to get ahold of
NOTEWORTHY FOR UNIQUENESS There are many unique dice in my collection but here are some of the best
Many of the shapes shown on my DICE SHAPES page are unique
	These are the first mass produced polyhedral dice that were released with the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set Note : Photo will be changed to a Creative Publications set once I have a full set
	The collection has several meteorite dice which of course came from space While uncommon they are not that rare THESE dice came from Earth (Fort Wayne IN) and went to space and returned
	These are truly amazing Chainmail dice
	These eight-sided (d8) slot machine dice are the single example I have encountered of these dice
	These are the largest set of hard plastic poker dice I have ever seen ...
	This is an 'Art Deco' die of unknown origin ... I have never seen anything like them before or since
	This is a Gamescience prototype d48 Before you ask ... there are no more ... until Gamescience decides if / when these will be released to the general public
	Mercury Tappers these dice are programmable Place the faces up that you wish to raise the chances of rolling Tap them on the table then roll
	On the surface these do not seem to be unusual dice the  unique thing about these dice are that they are leather clad metal or some other very dense material
	These are the smallest dice I have yet to acquire there are smaller ... but I have not been able to get ahold of any
	These dice are special because they are made of Teflon
	for their 'Crystal Dice'