Yes I did and I have been trying to find some pictures but couldn't find them so I dug this stuff out and made a couple of scans. YES the common colors were RED WHITE & BLUE and you could buy a box of 100 that contained 50 white, 25 red, and 25 blue chips. The white chips (50) were the low denomination and I have always thought that the blue chips were the HIGH denominations... I have also always thought that the term BLUE CHIP STOCK came from the higher denomination blue chips too but who would know for sure? In the late 1800s (actually the clay composite chip era began circa 1890) & early 1900s you could purchase the more common engraved antique chips and most of the embossed variaties in stores that sold NOTIONS.
A variety of Notions were sold as a "sideline product" in most Gereal Stores; nick knacks, gimmicks, pins, buttons, playing cards, etc.
You could add the fourth color usually yellow for a higher denomination in a box of 16 chips over the counter but special orders could be made with say a box of 100 yellow and other colors as well. Smaller sizes were also available via special order too. I am sure that some of the designs were special ordered for use for early club use before the standard clay mold hot stamped chips came along circa 1915-1920. The "C" mold clay chips were developed circa 1900 and marketed by Harris specificly intended as a CLUB use chip but the Monarch Racir pre dated the C mold by just a few years. Antique chips could also be purchased in just about any corner drug store in the 30s 40s & 50s but they were kept behind the counter.

Scan from Dale Seymour's Antique Gambling Chips revised edition page 414 Thank you Dale.

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