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The Chip Board Archive 14

Antique Store Finds: Illegal/UFC's

Hello everyone. I just returned from my trip to Oregon, and had a fantastic time. I will post a trip report later today.

I had a chance to visit a few antique stores along the Oregon coast and actually found some chips! vbg I would appreciate any information about them!!

This first set of chips are ufc's or illegals from the Portland Card Company (I don't have the exact name with me here at work). They came in a Portland Card Company box marked AL 6 on the bottom in thick black marker.

The first type of chip is a brown American Legion chip with hot stamps on both sides, as shown below:

The chip is in great shape except that a green, high gloss paint is on the rim area (others I did not buy had the paint splashed on one or both sides of the chips - you can see a small amount on this chip). Below the green on some chips is a silver primer. The paint was extremely smooth and even and I could not chip any paint off of any of the chips with my fingernails.

The second and third chips, which comprised most of the box are red and black chips with the initials "EAC." I am sure I have seen others post these chips, but I don't remember if they were identified or ufc's. There were a number of boxes of these chips. Many had the green paint. I bought a box of mixed red and black chips with no paint.

The last chip is like the EAC chips, but is brown and has the initials "RGP."

In total, I saw 6 or 7 boxes, but only purchased one. The box was the only one that was not full, so the clerk let me add 3 or 4 chips from the American Legion/RGP box. I would appreciate any information about any of them. Thank you.

Michael Siskin


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