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ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
Chicago, Illinois
Type: Asian Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1948

The Chinese symbols transliterate and translate as "fat" (grow) and "lyun" (an alliance). This could mean; grow(ing)/get wealthy in an alliance/together (between the game or the house and the player).

Hunt & Co. sold 1000 of these chips in four colors to Joe Wall on 10/29/1948.

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Table Chips (4) [QuickView]
Chip Order Cards (1) [QuickView]
CG313631
Issued: 10/29/1948
Added: 2024-03-07
Last Update: 2024-03-12
Mftr: Hunt & Co.
Contributed by: David Spragg

Hunt & Co. order record/envelope. The Chinese symbols on the sample chip in the envelope was translated by Howard Herz as "fat luen" or growing together.
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