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ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
412 1/2 Center St.
Taft, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1939, Close: 1970s

Originally on Center Street and owned by Loraine Walters Giboney. It moved to 102 4th St in the early 1970s.

Giboney bought 500 of the hub mold chips in two colors in 1939 from Mason & Co. He also used the large crown chips originally shipped in 1945 to the "Fox Hotel" (also in Taft), and had a second shipment of 2000 of those chips sent to him in 1964.

Advertisement detail from 9/27/1974 (The Bakersfield Californian).

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Casino Money
Table Chips (9) [QuickView]
CG151368 Obsolete
Added: 2015-10-11
Last Update: 2019-11-17
Color: Red
Mold: Hub
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Jim Steffner
CG033342 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2011-03-14
Last Update: 2019-01-06
Color: Gray
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS - Gold
CG034735 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2011-04-13
Last Update: 2019-01-06
Color: Red
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS - Gold
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
CG220257 Show Casinos Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2022-01-07
Color: Blue
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Jim Colbert

Dark blue version of this chip shipped in 1964
CG256794 Show Casinos Obsolete
Denom: 1
Added: 2022-01-07
Color: Blue
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Christopher Burns

Lighter blue version of this chip shipped in 1945.
CG033344 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-03-14
Last Update: 2019-01-06
Color: Blue
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS - Gold
CG037674 Show Casinos Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2022-01-10
Last Update: 2022-04-30
Color: Yellow
Inserts: 3 Red
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub

The Gaming Table (5th Ed.) associates this chip with the Oasis Club (Taft), however the T. R. King order card associates this chip more with the Brass Rail (Taft). I have listed it in both places.
CG256795 Show Casinos Obsolete
Denom: 5
Issued: 1945
Added: 2022-01-07
Color: White
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Christopher Burns
CG256792 Show Casinos Obsolete
Denom: 25
Issued: 1945
Added: 2022-01-07
Color: Red
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Christopher Burns
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (7) [QuickView]
CG276632 Show Casinos
Issued: 1958
Added: 2022-01-10
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG261599
Issued: 1939
Added: 2021-02-28
Last Update: 2022-08-31
Mftr: Mason
Logo: HB
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG276137 Show Casinos
Issued: 1945
Added: 2022-01-07
Last Update: 2022-01-07
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG276631 Show Casinos
Issued: 1958
Added: 2022-01-10
Last Update: 2022-01-10
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG281347
Issued: 1963
Added: 2022-03-09
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG281348
Issued: 1963
Added: 2022-03-09
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG276138 Show Casinos
Issued: 1964
Added: 2022-01-07
Last Update: 2022-01-07
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
Total Items (16)

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