CREST AND SEAL BOX STICK (CORRAL) NUMERALS
(These chips were likely all made by the U. S. Playing Card Co. from the 1920's to the 1940's. The chip sample-chip order volumes in the USPC Co. museum shows many of these chips. Note that often these chips were not generic, but ordered with a color combination exclusive to the customer. Click here to see part of a page from the Mason & Co. catalog where these box chips are described as "exclusive" ... ... non-duplicate" chips to protect the club from "ringers.")
| order number |
picture |
denom- ination |
color of numeral |
color of clay |
comments |
price |
Box1 |
|
1 |
black |
yellow |
$7.00 |
|
Box1a |
|
1 |
green |
light lilac- lavender |
lighter lilac-lavender than scan here |
$15.00 |
Box1b |
|
1 |
black |
orange catalin- bakelite (?) (plastic) |
Not a crest and seal chip, of course. Just thought it should go on this page. Hot-stamped chip. Thick, square-edged |
$7.00 |
Box1c |
|
1 |
red |
blue |
$15.00 |
|
| Box1d |
|
1 |
red |
white; looks gray now here, but white |
$15.00 |
|
| Box1e |
|
1 |
green |
yellow |
15.00 |
|
Box5 |
|
5 |
black |
red |
$20.00 |
|
Box5a |
|
5 |
rust- orange |
white |
serrated edge |
$25.00 sold |
Box10 |
|
10 |
blue |
yellow |
serrated edge |
20.00 sold |
Box25 |
|
25 |
gold |
blue |
serrated edge |
$25.00 sold |
Box25a |
|
25 |
red |
black |
small nick on one side; otherwise fine |
$20.00 sold |
| Box25b |
|
25 |
green |
green |
very fine-excellent |
$45.00 |
Box50 |
|
50 |
black |
pink |
serrated edge |
$25.00 |
Box100 |
|
100 |
green |
purple |
Here is the elusive $100 purple
(not the more common red one) Balinese Room, Galveston, Texas, crest and
seal poker chip. (Another difference is that the red one has black print
in the inlay; the purple one has green print.) A check of
the latest edition of Ed Hertel's "Illegal Chip Price Guide" will verify
that this chip is from the Balinese Room. It is also identified in
Frank Chalfant's "Galveston Island of Chance," and in other works. There
is an added plus to the chip! You'll note that it has a
small shamrock discretely branded into the rim of the chip,
probably for security purposes. Click here
for a closer view of that shamrock. |
$90.00 |
