Doug asks me (from above post in this thread):
"Here is a Ziegler's Chip that was under discussion. Eastman's California Chip Guide (1998) lists this chip as a Crest &
Seal
with a Plain mold. By the way, if anyone is interested in one of these "N" chips, I have a few for sale at $40. Doug "

I am pretty sure I know the answer to this. It looks like a a common, inexpensive generic "N" monogram SIMPLE,
PLAIN, ONE-COLOR, PROFILE, SILHOUETTE-TYPE INLAY poker chip that was nicely hot-stamped over. I have
seen a number of times (but not too often) other cases where a regular generic poker chip has been personalized like this
(prevent ringers, etc.). I have no idea as to the value of the Ziegler's chip, but it looks like a nice casino chip. Used for
roulette? Maybe they were cheap and hot-stamped the generic chip to save a few dollars; most places would order a
regular casino or creast and seal chip. or maybe they were in a hurry to put a set of chips on the table so grabbed a bunch
of genric chips and went to work with the local hot-stamp machine?

Getting back to the main point, it is not a litho inlay chip for sure, so by my definition it is not a Crest and Seal chip.
Notice how the brown (or maroon, or whatever) color of the clay peeks through the "holes" in the white die-cut inlay.

Regarding my comments about the Ziegler chip, it is an advance over the old days when generic inalid chips were used on
roulette (and I guess other) tables.. In fact, generic inlaid chips are often called "wheel chips" (as in roulette wheel). I
don't know why they didn't use personalized casino chips, but back then maybe communication was bad, they didn't know,
they wanted to save money...... Hot-stamping the generic chips would be better than nothing in preventing ringers from
cheating the game with generic chips.

Robert