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ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
404 Mountain View
Poplar, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1963, Close: 1960s

Bar and licensed card room originally operated by Henry Thompson. Thompson was shot and killed in the card room in January 1964, reportedly by a customer he had pressed to re-pay a gambling debt (see Archive).

T. R. King sold 800 of these small crown chips in four denominations to The Red Wheel, P. O. Box 3184, Poplar, California, on 1/22/1963.

Listing (2nd from top) from the 1962 Kings and Tulare County Yellow Pages, under "Taverns" (Library of Congress).

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Casino Money
Table Chips (1) [QuickView]
CG163584 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2016-05-26
Last Update: 2023-04-23
Color: Yellow
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS
Quantity: 100
Contributed by: Raulin Mendonca
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (2) [QuickView]
CG276957
Issued: 1963
Added: 2022-01-15
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG276958
Issued: 1963
Added: 2022-01-15
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
Total Items (3)

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