Robert Eisenstadt's web site has part of the story but he stops short of the LINCOLN HOTEL ID... "Used in Chinse gambling operation in hotel in Stockton CA,after being shipped to H C Evans and Co, the large Chicago gambling supply house, in 1917........Plain inlay." Robert's site link here---> http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/uspcDieCut.htm
Still looking for the LINCOLN HOTEL ID...