Are all of the textured inlay chip a gray color? Even those with little to no wear or dirt? My point is still valid with other chips, even with the textured inlay difference of the Harold's Club chips is a different situation. Note the Lucayan Beach $1 small key chips on the Caribbean Chip Guide (now part of the MOGH Chip Guide):

http://www.caribbeanchipguide.com/chip2.php?primarykey=BAHLB&sort=type

Here is mine, which has noticeable wear and is more gray:

All of the beige ones I have seen are pretty much pristine.

Michael Siskin