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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2494159, member: 24314"][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p>That is not a die. It is a printing block (cannot remember the actual name). I have several of these with US coins. Neat! Mine were used to print on paper. I have also seen something similar for printing watch dials. A flat engraved steel die was inked and a powder coated rubber blob was pressed into the block to pick up the ink and then put on a blank watch dial. That may be how the poker chips were printed only automated and not done by hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2494159, member: 24314"][/QUOTE] That is not a die. It is a printing block (cannot remember the actual name). I have several of these with US coins. Neat! Mine were used to print on paper. I have also seen something similar for printing watch dials. A flat engraved steel die was inked and a powder coated rubber blob was pressed into the block to pick up the ink and then put on a blank watch dial. That may be how the poker chips were printed only automated and not done by hand.[/QUOTE]
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