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Became: Gold Nugget Cafe
316 K Street
Sacramento, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1936, Close: 1940

Big Jim's Place was originally at 1016 2nd Street, and around 1938 it moved to 316 K Street, at which point it is also called "Big Jim's and Pete's Place". Became the "Gold Nugget Cafe" in 1941 (see "Became").

Mason & Co. sold 3000 of the "J&P" hub mold chips in three colors, first to the Northern Tobacco Co., 618 L Street, Sacramento, CA (on 2/3/1938) and then to Big Jim's Place, 316 K Street, Sacramento CA (on 7/25/1938).

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Casino Money
Table Chips (5) [QuickView]
CG139956 Obsolete
Added: 2015-02-26
Last Update: 2023-01-18
Color: White
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: John K. Kallman

Attributed by the Staeffler California Card Room Guide (2019). Not listed in Armin Pfaender's California Chip Guide (2021) nor The Gaming Table (2017).
CG139958 Obsolete
Added: 2015-02-26
Last Update: 2023-01-18
Color: Black
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: John K. Kallman

Attributed by Armin Pfaender's California Chip Guide (2021). Not listed in The Gaming Table (2017).
CG209658 Obsolete
Added: 2018-08-30
Last Update: 2023-01-18
Color: White
Mold: Plain
Logo: JP
Catalog#: CAJIM04
Contributed by: Ed Hertel

Attributed by the Staeffler California Card Room Guide (2019). Not listed in Armin Pfaender's California Chip Guide (2021) nor The Gaming Table (2017).
CG139957 Obsolete
Issued: 1938
Added: 2015-02-26
Last Update: 2018-08-30
Color: White
Mold: Hub
Inlay: HS
Logo: J&P
Catalog#: CAJIM02
Contributed by: John K. Kallman

Big Jim's Place
316 K St
Sacramento, CA (1938)
CG209657 Obsolete
Issued: 1938
Added: 2018-08-30
Last Update: 2018-08-30
Color: Red
Mold: Hub
Inlay: HS
Logo: J&P
Catalog#: CAJIM01
Contributed by: Ed Hertel

Big Jim's Place
316 K St
Sacramento, CA (1938)
Tokens - Other (2) [QuickView]
CG216965 Obsolete
Denom:
Added: 2018-12-23
Color: Brass
Contributed by: Richard Edward Staeffler
CG209659 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2018-08-30
Last Update: 2018-12-23
Contributed by: Ed Hertel
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (1) [QuickView]
CG261598
Added: 2021-02-28
Mftr: Mason
Logo: J&P
Contributed by: David Sarles
Total Items (8)

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