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This “Buy it Now” offering is for fourvintage clay poker chips with an inlaid design known to collectors as Sunburst (PW-SX)in four different colors: red, white, green and lavender. This historic pokerchip design appeared as early as 1906 in the U.S. Playing Card Co. (Cincinnati)catalog of gambling supplies and these chips are great examples of clay chipsfrom the late 1800s and early 1900s. Clay chips began replacing ivory chipsbeginning in the 1880s and inlaid chips like these were introduced in the 1890swith manufacturers creating dozens of designs through the early 1900sforgambling houses to prevent players from bringing in their own identical chipsrather than “buying in.” The diverse and graphic designs make them popular withcollectors today. These chips would make a great addition to any poker chip orgame collection or as a gift for the poker enthusiast.
These are standard size 1.5-inch diameterchips.
Condition: Thesechips are in excellent collector-quality condition and although they aresusceptible to dings from use, I only see light edge wear in this grouping.Group photos show both sides of the chips for your assessment of condition. Youreceive the actual items in the photos.
Combined shipping discounts: I only charge actual shipping cost (USPS Ground Advantage), so see mylistings for more and save on multiple purchases! If making multiple purchases,add items to your cart and request combined shipping to have the discountapplied at purchase or complete your purchase and any excess shipping fees willbe refunded when shipped. All schedules are carefully shipped in rigidpackaging with tracking and insurance.
Check my other listing for more vintage pokerchips and sets. I will be disposing of my 60-year collection over the comingmonths so click the “Save Seller” link at the bottom of this listing to seeitems as they are offered.