What kind of chip set is this? (1 Viewer)

[xtrashine]

Hey all! First time posting here! But I’ll be a regular here on out as I have a huge interest in collecting poker chips.

Does anyone know what kind of chip set this is ?

 

[CrazyEddie]

Welcome aboard! Looking forward to seeing more posts from you. What sorts of chips are you collecting now?

The one you've posted above is some sort of injection-molded plastic. I don't recognize the spot pattern; it strikes me as the sort more commonly found on casino plastic chips than on home game plastic chips, but without identifying the pattern definitively I couldn't say that for sure. I didn't see that pattern in the Bud Jones or Matsui references. Maybe someone else will recognize it.

Can you post a picture of the chip's rolling edge?

How much does it weigh?

Do you have any examples that still have a decal in the center?

Where did you come across it?

 

[allforcharity]

That does look like a rather strong injection mold pip in the 12 o'clock position of the recess.

 

[Colquhoun]

The chip base looks very much like the RT Plastics one that Apache has on their site:
Ambassador Casino at Apache

However, the inlay/sticker is much larger than the one in the OP...

 

[CrazyEddie]

Also, while it's hard to be sure from just a picture, on the RT Plastics Ambassador Casino chip it looks like the red spaces between the pink pips are part of the base mold, making it a two-color mold, whereas in the OPs picture our mystery chip looks like it has a separate color for the spaces between the pips (the blue between the pips looks lighter than the blue of the base chip), making it a three-color mold.

 

[Colquhoun]

Also, while it's hard to be sure from just a picture, on the RT Plastics Ambassador Casino chip it looks like the red spaces between the pink pips are part of the base mold, making it a two-color mold, whereas in the OPs picture our mystery chip looks like it has a

It looks like the spaces between the spots are done separately, so maybe it was just a poor match to the base color?
Here an example of the $100 where the spaces are different altogether:

 

[CrazyEddie]

Okay, yeah, that example clears up that point, I was wrong. The Ambassador Casino mold and the OP's mold are both three-color molds.

Your point about the different recess sizes still stands, though. The OP's chip might be an RT Plastics, buuuuut maaaaaaybe it's not.

 

[GianThaMan]

Yeah, they're probably RT Plastics. Either that or some random small company, likely based out of China.

 

[xtrashine]

I found this chip in a friends collectors chips bag. He doesnt remember where it was from.

I love the design, would like to buy a set similar to this design.

The ambassador set looks very close to it, but I cant find a vendor that have them in stock .

Thanks guys!