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06-06-2005, 08:34 PM
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| | | Anyone help with these chips???
I picked these up at a fleamarket one summer because I thought they were interesting. I can't seem to find any info on these chips or chips like it. the box they come in look vintage to me but there are no dates on it.
Just dont see that many ( embosed) paper chips out there.
Anyway any help or info would be helpfull as I was planning on trading them off. THX.   |
06-07-2005, 01:03 PM
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| | | Re: Anyone help with these chips???
That fleur de lys design is probably from the 40's and maybe early 50's. Don't know who the manufacturer is, perhaps it's printed on the box?
Unfortunately, I remember ruining a few of those chips as a kid.  Quote: |
Originally Posted by Niagara_All_In I picked these up at a fleamarket one summer because I thought they were interesting. I can't seem to find any info on these chips or chips like it. the box they come in look vintage to me but there are no dates on it.
Just dont see that many ( embosed) paper chips out there.
Anyway any help or info would be helpfull as I was planning on trading them off. THX. | |
06-07-2005, 05:19 PM
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06-07-2005, 06:21 PM
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| | It was more like washing them to clean them 
And there really were real clay chips. Or at least they were made of some sort of brittle ceramic plastic compound 'cause they just snapped in half if you threw them against a brick wall ...
Paint chips back then would have given you enough lead to fill the car's gas tank . But back then asbestos was considered a fire retardent.
Red meat, whole milk, whole eggs, and white bread were considered part of the nutrition triangle instead of stuff that will kill you if you keep eating it.  Quote: |
Originally Posted by smoore "You ate paint chips as a kid, didn't you?"
"You mean 'wall candy'?"
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06-07-2005, 08:07 PM
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| | | heh, cool... I was just kidding (as you figured out).
Yeah, asbestos is good stuff, just gotta keep it contained.
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06-07-2005, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by PocketRocket And there really were real clay chips. Or at least they were made of some sort of brittle ceramic plastic compound 'cause they just snapped in half if you threw them against a brick wall ... | Bakelite maybe, right? I have some KEM setups that came in bakelite cases. Cracks pretty easy, but it's hard as, as, Bakelite. |
06-07-2005, 08:41 PM
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| | It's been a long, long, time ago, but I seem to remember them being more ceramic like than bakelite, though it could have been some sort bakelite. Actually I think those chips may have made pre-WWII or at some point in the 40's. They couldn't have been of much value or they wouldn't have been left in reach of the kids . Quote: |
Originally Posted by TenPercenter Bakelite maybe, right? I have some KEM setups that came in bakelite cases. Cracks pretty easy, but it's hard as, as, Bakelite. | |
06-07-2005, 08:53 PM
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| | | Seeing these chips and their packaging also brings to mind that TR King chips can no longer be used in Nevada casinos. There's a couple of rumors floating around and I could probably start a few of my own in terms of speculation, but the 1.5 inch diameter of these chips reminds me that the TR King chips are smaller and do not meet the Nevada Gaming Commission's requirement that gaming chips be 1.55 in. in diameter and .130 in thickness (the TR Kings are about 1.52 and .126 thick). On the other hand this all seem to occur soon after his son, Paul Endy Jr. bought the Christy & Jones company and renamed it to Paul-Son so who knows. |
06-08-2005, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by TenPercenter Quote: |
Originally Posted by PocketRocket And there really were real clay chips. Or at least they were made of some sort of brittle ceramic plastic compound 'cause they just snapped in half if you threw them against a brick wall ... | Bakelite maybe, right? I have some KEM setups that came in bakelite cases. Cracks pretty easy, but it's hard as, as, Bakelite. | Definitely bakelite. There's a whole subculture of collectors that are more fanatical about bakelite than we are about pokerchips! As a side note, it's funny that these were being sold as "noiseless"! That's my fav. part! The noise! |
06-08-2005, 01:31 PM
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| | I think these are made of compressed paper. They are very light.
I still find them interesting but really have no room for the odds and ends anymore lol. I guess that happens when you collect to many things. SO any info on them is great as I am sure someone will have an interest in them as I once did |
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