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Pastime Club

726 First Street
Benicia, California 94518
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1960s, Close: 2009

Bar and licensed card room. Owned by Vernon and Mona Lemings from 1995 to 2009. Also called the "Pastime Club and Cardroom". It was Benicia's last remaining card room, and closed due to its license not being renewed.

The attribution of the large key-mold and double stripe RT Plastics hot stamp chips is traced to Eastman's Illustrated Guide to California Card Room Gaming Chips & Checks (1998).

Above advertisement from 12/8/1972 (Contra Costa Times), photograph from 2006 (credit: MarkT).

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Table Chips (4) [QuickView]

CG027998 Obsolete
Added: 2010-12-22
Last Update: 2023-11-20
Color: Lavender
Inserts: 3 Split-Wh
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Langworthy
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Greg Susong

CG027999 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2010-12-22
Last Update: 2023-11-20
Color: Orange
Mold: LgKey
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Greg Susong

CG028000 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2010-12-22
Last Update: 2023-11-20
Color: Dk Gray
Mold: LgKey
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Greg Susong

CG028001 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2010-12-22
Last Update: 2017-10-09
Color: Red
Mold: SmKey
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Greg Susong

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CG028002 Obsolete
Added: 2010-12-22
Last Update: 2010-12-22
Color: ORANGE
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: Greg Susong

Plastic Trade Token

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CG290841
Added: 2022-08-17
Contributed by: Doug Deems

3 1/2" clear glass, red on white imprint

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CG305899
Added: 2023-06-17
Contributed by: Doug Deems

CG311167
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Contributed by: Eric Miller

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