Both sides shown. The chips are plastic, square-edged, 1-1/2" diameter, 4 grams each.
The chips have a US President's face on one side (the same President as is on the currency for that amount) and an historical image on the reverse side. The manufacturer says, "Every chip truly honors the appearance of its inspiration. The front of each chip features a centered portrait, dual serial numbers, actual year of issue, the President's inaugural date and even a Federal Reserve Code chosen for historic reasons. The back of the chips prominently feature the iconic building, events, and symbols of America as they were featured on each note. Of course, the chips are not legal tender, but they do bring an authentic touch of America to your table and your game.... The front of each chip also features dual serial numbers, a year of issue and even a Federal Reserve code. Although the chips are not legal currency, they are an impressive sight during a poker game."
You get these 6 chips (obverse and reverse sides):
$1 George Washington -- on reverse: GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES: the same day the 13 colonies declared independence, July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress took steps to create their national emblem, the Great Seal of the United States. A number of committees worked on it, and it was finally adopted June 20, 1782. As customary at that time, the seal had two sides. On one side was the Eagle. The other side is on this poker chip. Lots of symbols. Annuit Coeptis is Latin for "favors undertaking." Along with the eye, it means "He (or Providence) favors our undertaking." Novus Ordo Seclorum is "A New Order of the Ages." Emanating from the triangle around the eye are rays of light (or Glory). The pyramid is 13 bricks high (for the 13 colonies) and is unfinished. The Roman numerals are 1776.
$5 Abraham Lincoln -- LINCOLN MEMORIAL: located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. across from the Washington Monument. It was dedicated in 1922. The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address. Wikipedia.
$20 Andrew Jackson -- THE WHITE HOUSE: the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Since then many additions and wings were added. Wikipedia.
$100 Benjamin Franklin -- INDEPENDENCE HALL: the centerpiece of Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets. It is known primarily as the location where both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted. … The building was completed in 1753 as the colonial legislature (later Pennsylvania State House) for the Province of Pennsylvania. It became the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1783 and was the site of the Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1787. The building is part of Independence National Historical Park and is listed as a World Heritage Site. Wikipedia
$500 William McKinley -- DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI: not noted on the chip, but it is from painting, "Discovery of the Mississippi" by William H. Powell (1823-1879), of Hernando de Soto discovering Mississippi River in 1541. It hangs in the United States Capitol rotunda.
$1000 Grover Cleveland -- AMERICAN BALD EAGLE: the bald eagle was chosen June 20, 1782 as the emblem of the United States of American, because of its long life, great strength and majestic looks, and also because it was then believed to exist only on this continent. … On the backs of our gold coins, the silver dollar, the half dollar and the quarter, we see an eagle with outspread wings. … On the Great Seal of the United States and in many places which are exponents of our nation's authority we see the same emblem. … The eagle represents freedom. Living as he does on the tops of lofty mountains, amid the solitary grandeur of Nature, he has unlimited freedom, whether with strong pinions he sweeps into the valleys below, or upward into the boundless spaces beyond.
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