Canceled Price Drop - LEADED YELLOW!!! TH&C (1 Viewer)

Price drop - $190 $225 shipped (US & Canada, PPF&F) for 150 of these.

From what I’ve been told, They’re from an underground 1970’s card room in the Southwest. Leaded THC Paulsons. Double horse hot stamp on one side and a 25 on the other. They’re great and in perfect quantities for either a $.25 or $25 chip.

 

[BGinGA]

How do you know they are leaded?

 

[FDLmold]

How do you know they are leaded?

Taste.

 

[Saoliver]

How do you know they are leaded?

I guess that I don’t know for sure. Just going on what @Trihonda told me. How could I confirm?

 

[SiouxperStack]

For the love of God...

 

[BGinGA]

I guess that I don’t know for sure. Just going on what @Trihonda told me. How could I confirm?

Ah, glad you asked. I rarely pass up an opportunity to educate about chips.

Early Paulson chips were made by Burt Co., using the long cane version (LCV) of the top hat & cane mold (THC) that Paulson purchased from Christy & Jones (C&J, the 'Jones' being Bud Jones of dice and later plastic chips fame). These early Burt Co. chips did not contain lead, and if solids, are somewhat impossible to distinguish from later Paulson-produced leaded versions.

However, spotted versions differ by how the spots appear on the chips. Spotted chips made by Burt Co. were curved along the inner edge, somewhat reflecting the curvature of the inner recessed circle area. But spotted chips made by Paulson were (and still are) much more irregular and rectangular in appearance, similar to the chips pictured above.

So to answer your question, it depends on the year they were produced, the THC mold version that was used, and the appearance of the edge spots. Sometimes it can be determined, other times not.

It appears that your chips are indeed leaded Paulsons, but now you know the rest of the story.

 

[Saoliver]

Ah, glad you asked. I rarely pass up an opportunity to educate about chips.

Early Paulson chips (roughly 1965-1975) were made by Burt Co., using the long cane version (LCV) of the top hat & cane mold (THC) that Paulson purchased from Christy & Jones (C&J, the 'Jones' being Bud Jones of dice and later plastic chips fame). These early Burt Co. chips did not contain lead, and if solids, are somewhat impossible to distinguish from later Paulson-produced leaded versions.

However, spotted versions differ by how the spots appear on the chips. Spotted chips made by Burt Co. were curved along the inner edge, somewhat reflecting the curvature of the inner recessed circle area. But spotted chips made by Paulson were (and still are) much more irregular and rectangular in appearance, similar to the chips pictured above.

So to answer your question, it depends on the year they were produced, the THC mold version that was used, and the appearance of the edge spots. Sometimes it can be determined, other times not.

It appears that your chips are indeed leaded Paulsons, but now you know the rest of the story.

Thanks. Much appreciated. I knew some of that history, but great to have an expert weigh in.

I also have some C&J LCV yellow chips with pink spots to sell. So those would not be leaded?

 

[Saoliver]

@BGinGA If you don’t mind, I’ll PM you photos of those chips. Maybe you can help me confirm that they are what I think they are.

 

[BGinGA]

All C&J chips were made by Burt Co. (prior to Paulson buying the mold), and do not contain lead.

 

[BGinGA]

@BGinGA If you don’t mind, I’ll PM you photos of those chips. Maybe you can help me confirm that they are what I think they are.

Sure, go ahead.

 

[mike32]

I remember when @RussB42 originally found these at a flea market in Texas way back in the CT days!

 

[Saoliver]

Leaded. 10.6g average.

 

[Saoliver]

 

[Saoliver]

Price drop - Now $190 shipped!