Custom Real Clay Poker Chips
Your design. Our presses. The real thing.
Full custom American-style clay chips as made since 1912 — choose from 38 clay colors, 19 mold designs, edge spots from simple to spectacular, and finish with a printed inlay or metallic hot stamp. Every option below is covered in our online Chip Designer.
How It Works
Three decisions, one beautiful set.
Plain, inlay, or hot stamp
Decide how the chip face is finished: plain clay, a printed full-color inlay molded into the body, or metallic foil hot-stamping. Inlays and custom stamps need artwork — but you don't need it finished to place an order.
Mold, colors & spots
Pick a rim mold design, body colors from the chart, and optional edge spots. Each choice affects the price — the Chip Designer shows everything live, including spot levels.
Email your order
All orders are placed by email or our contact form. Attach your Designer output or shared set link. Clay takes a long time to prepare, so don't wait on final artwork to get in the queue.
Mold Designs
19 rim designs, pressed into the clay.
The mold is the pattern cast into the rim of the chip — the signature of a real clay chip. Price tiers refer to the price list. Crown molds, FDL, and 44mm A-Crest produce smooth inlays; all other molds texture the inlay to some degree.
| Mold | Rim design | Recommended inlays | Hot stamp | Price tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-Crest (A-Mold, American) | The letter A in four places, separated by dashes | 7/8″, 1″, 1-1/16″ | Yes | A |
| Circle Square (SQINCIRC) | Squares within circles around the rim | 7/8″ | Yes | A |
| Horsehead (HHR) | A series of horseheads | 7/8″ | Yes | A |
| B-Diamond | The letter B in four places, separated by diamonds | 7/8″, 1-1/16″ | Yes | B |
| Cards & Dice (DIECARD) | Four pairs of dice alternating with four sets of cards | 7/8″ | Yes | B |
| Hourglass | A series of hourglasses | 7/8″, 1″, 1-1/16″ | — | B |
| Elephant & Crown | Alternating elephants and crowns | 7/8″, 1″ | Yes | C |
| Ewing | Dice interspersed with pairs of card pips | 7/8″, 1″ | — | C |
| Fleur-de-Lys (FDL) | Eight fleurs-de-lys | 1-1/16″ | — | C |
| H-Mold (HCE) | The letter H, separated by double lines | 7/8″ | — | C |
| Jockey | Nine jockeys around the rim | 7/8″ | Yes | C |
| Plain — Textured (No Mold, Crest & Seal) | Textured finish, no rim design | 7/8″, 1″, 1-1/16″ | — | C |
| Scroll | A series of scrolls | 7/8″ | Yes | C |
| Diamond Square (DIASQR) | Alternating diamonds and rectangles | 7/8″ | — | D |
| Large Crown | Four large crowns | 7/8″ only | — | D |
| Small Crown | Twelve small crowns | 7/8″, 1″ only | — | D |
| Roulette | The word ROULETTE twice around the rim | 7/8″, 1″, 1-1/16″ | — | Casino only |
| Plain — Smooth | Smooth finish, no rim design | Retired (worn out) | ||
| Roman (WEAVE) | Roman weave pattern | Retired (worn out) | ||
44mm oversize chips are available on the A-Crest and Scroll molds, with 7/8″ inlays only. Inlay sizes other than those recommended can be requested, but we can't guarantee they'll look as nice.
Color Chart
All 38 clay colors.
Weighted colors carry no lead — they're weighted with fine brass powder (about 8.5g per chip; unweighted clays run about 8g). Dayglo bodies add 17¢ per chip and are best loved as edge spots. Retro colors recreate the unweighted clays of the 1940s. On-screen swatches are approximate; order the 38-color sample set to see them in hand.
Weighted clay colors
Dayglo colors — unweighted · +17¢/chip as a body color · recommended for edge spots
Retro colors — unweighted, from the 1940s
Bright White — +60¢/chip as body or spot color
Edge Spots
The signature of a custom set.
Edge spots are contrasting clay pressed into the rim — not painted, not printed. Patterns are organized by level: the price grid covers solid chips through Level 5, and complex patterns from Level 6 to Level 17 add a flat premium per chip. The Chip Designer labels every pattern with its level, e.g. “(L3)”.
Describing a chip the CPC way: body color first, then spot count and size, then spot colors, then artwork, then mold. For example: “Black 312 Dayglo Green, printed center, on the Horsehead mold” — where “312” means three 1/2″ edge spots.
Pie patterns: the construction of pie-spot chips means 50% come with the dovetails in one color and 50% reversed. This affects hot-stamped and plain (non-inlaid) pie chips alike.
Inlays & Artwork
Full-color centers, molded in.
A printed inlay is protected by clear PVC vinyl and molded directly into the body of the chip — not a sticker. Circular inlays come in three sizes (7/8″, 1″, and 1-1/16″; see each mold's recommendation above), and seven shaped-inlay varieties are available at a premium.
Artwork: supply art in Adobe Illustrator if possible (Photoshop or high-resolution JPG may incur a conversion fee depending on complexity). Simple in-house designs start at $50 per order; for complex or multiple designs we'll refer you to our freelance designers, who work with you directly. Templates are available in Illustrator and PDF formats, and are also linked beneath the Chip Designer.
CPC retains the right to use all designs in promotional material, but will never use your design on chips for any third party.
Hot Stamps
Metallic foil, pressed with heat.
Hot stamping applies metallic foil directly to the chip surface with heat and pressure — the classic look of mid-century club chips. Best suited to simple designs and characters; custom dies can only be made from line art.
Molds & foils
Available on eight 39mm molds: A-Crest, B-Diamond, Cards & Dice, Circle Square, Elephant & Crown, Horsehead, Jockey, and Scroll. Six foil colors: Gold, Silver, Black, Red, Blue, and Green — gold is the most used and tends to give the best results. The stampable area runs 3/4″ to 7/8″ depending on mold (A-Crest and Jockey take the full 7/8″).
Stock & custom dies
Four stock lettering/numeral die sets (modern A–Z/0–9 with currency symbols, vintage A–Z, numerals, and 13 denomination values from 5¢ to $1000) plus 7/8″ fractional dies — no custom charge to use them. Custom dies average $200–$250 each depending on complexity and quantity, remain your property, and are stored for your future re-orders.
Hot-stamp pricing = plain chip price + any die costs + die setup ($35 first installation, $16 per subsequent change) + 21¢ per chip stamped, same or different both sides. See the price list.
Also From CPC
Ceramic chips & plaques.
Alongside real clay, we produce dye-sublimation ceramic chips and high-value ceramic plaques. Every ceramic piece starts as a blank canvas — there are no templates, just your design printed edge to edge. Setup costs vary with the value and makeup of the order, so email us the details of any proposed order for a quote. Ceramic orders are generally completed within 3–4 weeks.