Renfield is a an advertising poker chip. Liquor importers/distributors, legit I suppose, at time of the poker chips. . Well known for long time to poker chip collectors, in Seymour's Antique Gambling Chips book. I'd sell some at $4 each post-paid to US addresses. 3 colors. Not terribly rare.
Called celluloid, not catalin (bakelite).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Reinfeld
"Joseph Hersch Reinfeld (1891–1958) (last name later changed to Renfield)[1] was a major bootlegger during the Prohibition era in the United States. After prohibition ended, he owned several large liquor import and distribution companies.
Reinfeld was born in Lubaczów, Austria (now in Poland) and emigrated to the United States in 1910, settling in Newark, New Jersey, where he opened a tavern.[2] When Prohibition arrived in 1920, he had difficulty in getting good quality liquor for his business. Reinfeld formed a syndicate with Newark mobsters Abner Zwillman and Joseph Stacher, and henchman James Rutkin. The syndicate imported liquor from Canada, partnering with Samuel Bronfman's Joseph E. Seagram & Sons distiller. The liquor was transported from Canada to the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a French territory near Newfoundland, Canada, and then shipped to Port Newark, Atlantic Highlands and other areas in New Jersey. The syndicate bribed local politicians and police to ensure the liquor was transported and stored without interference. Testimony during the Kefauver Committee hearings estimated that Reinfeld's syndicate imported nearly 40% of all the alcohol consumed in the U.S. during Prohibition.[3][4] Reinfeld was charged in 1925 for the murder of Louis LaFera, a former government prohibition agent, but the government failed to get an indictment from the grand jury and the charges were dropped.[5] .... .... "
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