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ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
11 West Market Street
Salinas, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1945, Close: 1979

Wilbur (Pike) L. Harris was the owner in 1948, and paid a $100 federal tax for operating "gambling machines" at the bar. Sold by Harris to John E. Schmidt in 1954. The licensed card room was advertised from the 1950s into the 1970s.Also referred to as the "Twin Gates Bar" and "Twin Gates Cocktail Lounge and Card Room".

Attribution of the DiSq-mold hot stamp chips is traced to Eastman's Illustrated Guide to California Card Room Gaming Chips & Checks (1998).

Advertisement from 1/11/1954 (The Californian).

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Casino Money
Table Chips (3) [QuickView]
CG067424 Obsolete
Added: 2012-03-13
Last Update: 2024-01-23
Color: Blue
Mold: SqSqDi
Image
Needed
CG067425 Obsolete
Added: 2012-03-13
Last Update: 2012-03-13
Color: Red
Mold: SqSqDi
Image
Needed
CG067426 Obsolete
Added: 2012-03-13
Last Update: 2012-03-13
Color: Tan
Mold: SqSqDi
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (1) [QuickView]
CG285664
Issued: 1948
Added: 2022-05-30
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
Total Items (4)

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