There are no records, that I know of, of these chips. I believe they were made from the early 1900s to 1911
Here is what I’m pretty sure of. The inlay was not made by USPC. I believe the inlay was made by whitehead & Hogg. Among MANY other things W&H made pinbacks (see pic below). The pinback graphic was printed on paper which was covered in celluloid (like the film used to make movies in the early days of movie making). In a pinback the graphic was held in place by a metal ring. Therefore never a chance of the inlay coming loose.
The inlay in the poker chip is the exact same size as that used in the pinback and is also a celluloid paper sandwich (hence why I think W&H made the inlay). USPC c&s printed its graphic on celluloid not paper. The earliest USPC chip I found was from 1911.
Now the question is who made the chip itself. My theory is that USPC ordered the inlays from W&H and made the chip. However I wouldn’t doubt that W&H made the entire chip.
The majority of Jockey chips are one sided. Not many two sided like the red chip for sale.
$75, delivered. I also have a one’d sided white chip for $40, delivered.
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