Hi Chad,
Two of the chips in the picture are Seymour Coded engraved clay Antique chips. I call them "Seymour Coded" to honor a great chip collector and member Dale Seymour who wrote the guidebook Antique Gambling Chips. The two chips I am referring to are the BULL DOG Seymour coded PA-BZ and the Base Ball chip Seymour coded PS-AB. This type of Antique chip is also known as generic meaning they could be purchased by anybody out of a catalog or over the counter in General stores that sold Notions and also at the corner drug store. A catalog from the U.S. Playing Card Company dated 1906 has an illustration showing your Bull Dog chip and your Base Ball chip was illustrated in a USPCC catalog dated 1915. USPCC also made several other chips in this series and style including: AUTOMOBILE - KITTY - INDIAN - LION RAMPANT - ELK - YACHT - LANTERN - CROWN - HORSE SHOE - STEER HEAD - FLUSH HAND - BASE BALL - BOWLING & GOLF. They are all fun to collect and some are much easier to find than others. The value of antique chips of this type really depends on the quality of the chip. If an engraved chip of this type is clean, has no nicks, and 100% ink still in tact it is worth more but I would have to value your two chips at about $2.50 each.
Like Jim said Chad, "This is a Great Place to Start!"
Oh I almost forgot... the other three chips at the bottom of your picture look like they might be from a home game set or maybe from the gift shop.
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