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19th cent. poker chip brochure:original chip names

I'll share this with you. Very neat poker chip/crest and seal-related find. Unfortunately there is no date, but must be about 1900. The front page (pictured below) says "Incorporated 1898 ... ... .... Established 1890" for Mason Co. of hub mold fame. The Harris Company was in Brooklyn, not far from where I live. Just a torn one-page brochure. The neat thing is that it shows the old, original names for certain chips.

The chip names/descriptions are:

American Flag, Navarre, Oriental
Gem, ?, Colonial
Majestic, The Stag, Royal
Elite, Wizard, Imperial

Champion, Unique, Progress
Perfection, Peerless, Corker Inlaid
Pointer Engraved, Engraved Initial, Raised Numerals
Lenox Composition, Excelsior Composition, Eclipse Composition

Navarre must refer to:
"The population of northern and western Navarre is largely of Basque stock, and the early history of the region is that of the Basques. The pass of Roncesvalles, which leads from France to Navarre, made the region strategically important early in its history. The Basques defended themselves successfully against the Moorish invaders as well as against the Franks; the domination of Charlemagne, who conquered Navarre in 778, was short-lived. In 824 the Basque chieftain IƱigo Aritza was chosen king of Pamplona, which was expanded under his successors and became known as the kingdom of Navarre. It reached its zenith under Sancho III (reigned 1000-1035), who married the heiress of Castile and ruled over nearly all of Christian Spain."
Robert





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19th cent. poker chip brochure:original chip names
Incredible! Thanks Robert!
THANKS, ROBERT
Neat brochure for sure
Re: Neat brochure for sure
the brochure likely dates from 1904-1910
Yes, it is "Navarre"; want color photocopy of it?
Please send me a photocopy. Thanx.
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Re: 19th cent. poker chip brochure:original chip n
Re: Thanks for sharing that!

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