Here's an early photo of my set when I had gotten it up to 600 chips.Īnd here's another pic of Paranoids in the movies.Gone With The Wind (1939)!Īnd a few more references for you to enjoy.īest of luck should you decide to pursue a playable set of Paranoids! You can see what I mean in this photo courtesy of was a challenge, but I've been able to collect a 1000 chip playable set of the 3-Comet design through many eBay purchases for my monthly T25 home game tournament. The white portion of the chip is an actual die cut inlay pressed into the solid color blank during manufacture. In 2023 dollars that would be more than $16 per chip! I've seen early catalogs circa 1935 selling them for $7.50 per box of 100 (7.5 cents ea). Paranoids can be found in both thinner, round-edged versions, and thicker, square-edged versions. USPCC was later bought out by Burt Co who continued making the chips using the same dyes but with a different clay compound. That material is not exactly Bakelite, but let's call them "cousins". Paranoid was a trade name USPCC used for their proprietary clay and plastic (prob celluloid) compound used to make them, but has since become a generic term for all faro/poker wheel chips made like that. As already confirmed, those E monogrammed and Fleur de Lis chips in Rounders are often called Paranoid chips.
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