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SAME on both sides	20 - Obverse	20 - Reverse	Montevideo, Uruguay Casino
Montevideo, Uruguay Casino	"W" Reverse is blank	DIAMOND	SPADE
CASTLE or CROWN	SAMPLE "LOO" CHIPS FOLLOW. Made in the 18th * 19th Century by Chinese artisans for a card game played primarily in England. For a short description of the game see: http://www.davidparlett.co.uk/histocs/loo.html	Note the initials on the chip--chips were made by hand.	Serrated edged edge chips are today used by ladies to wind thread around.
A web site specializing in Loo chips: http://www.chezbill.com/	Another type of Loo counter.I bought most of mine in London in 1979 paying 10 pence or so; in the U.S. dealers have offered them for many dollars. An Ebay dealer offered a round Loo chip that had been made into a pendant in August, 2010 for $565.
UNKNOWN	HERBERT HOOVER CHIP	HOOVER Reverse
CROWN Obverse	CROWN Reverse