Identify these chips? (2 Viewers)

[MVStillwater]

Hi everyone. I just joined the forum and thought I'd post a question about some chips. I got these as samples about 15 years ago and I don't have any record of what they are. I believe I bought them from Apache. Can someone identify who made them? It's interesting to see how some of the spots have developed pale areas. The chips were stored in a dark place.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Colquhoun]

Those are considered China clay on the spirit mold, probably made 15-20 years ago, and they look to be knocking off Paulson Classics.
If you search “spirit mold” here on PCF, you’ll see some other examples.

 

[MVStillwater]

Those are considered China clay on the spirit mold, probably made 15-20 years ago, and they look to be knocking off Paulson Classics.
If you search “spirit mold” here on PCF, you’ll see some other examples.

Thanks! Yes, I can see them here on PCF and see that a few are still for sale at Chips and Games. Definitely Paulson color scheme.

 

[allforcharity]

Gross

 

[MVStillwater]

Gross

Agreed. Didn't age well. I've ordered samples from Apache and CPC.

 

[BGinGA]

Top row are the original design 'china clay' chips on the spirit mold, made by Eastony Industries (the mold image was their short-lived company logo, a reverse-image of the Sprint logo).

Eastony also made spirit mold blanks in solid colors, two-color 412-spotted, and three-color 4d14 spotted chips (pictured above) that were sold on several online poker chip sites.

Similar spot/color combos with different labels (Pyramid Casino and Casino da Vinci) were imported/sold by Da Vinci Imports.

The bottom row 6a14 spirit mold chips were later commissioned by unknown persons and sold on eBay.