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ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
233 East 4th Street
Calexico, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1969, Close: 1991

A licensed card room located inside of the De Anza Hotel until 1982, and operated by Rudolfo "Rudy" Apodaca (see "Archive"). According to Armin Pfaender's California Chip Guide (2021), it moved a block away to 301 Heffernan Avenue in 1982 and closed in 1991.

Photograph showing an angle of the hotel building similar to that on the inlaid "fantasy" chips (source: Wikimedia Commons, 2009).

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Casino Money
Table Chips (7) [QuickView]
CG034799 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2011-04-14
Last Update: 2023-02-03
Color: Mustard
Mold: HHR
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub

Attribution traced to Eastman's Illustrated Guide to California Card Room Gaming Chips & Checks (1998).


CG034801 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-04-14
Last Update: 2022-11-04
Color: Aqua
Inserts: 3 Beige
Mold: ElfCrown
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub

According to the Staeffler Guide, these are likely "fantasy chips".
CG034805 Obsolete
Denom: $2.50
Added: 2011-04-14
Last Update: 2022-11-04
Color: Rose
Inserts: 4 Black
Mold: DieCar
Contributed by: Don Lueders

According to the Staeffler Guide, these are likely "fantasy chips".
CG034802 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2011-04-14
Last Update: 2022-11-04
Color: Red
Inserts: 4 Orange
Mold: ElfCrown
Contributed by: Jim Colbert

According to the Staeffler Guide, these are likely "fantasy chips".
CG034803 Obsolete
Denom: $25
Added: 2011-04-14
Last Update: 2022-11-04
Color: Green
Inserts: 4 Pink
Mold: ElfCrown
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
Updated by: Jim Colbert

According to the Staeffler Guide, these are "fantasy chips".
CG034804 Obsolete
Denom: $100
Added: 2011-04-14
Last Update: 2022-11-04
Color: Black
Inserts: 3 Purple/Green
Mold: ElfCrown
Contributed by: Jim Colbert

According to the Staeffler Guide, these are likely "fantasy chips".
CG034806 Obsolete
Denom: $500
Added: 2011-04-14
Last Update: 2022-11-04
Color: Puple
Inserts: 8 Mustard
Mold: DieCar

According to the Staeffler Guide, these are likely "fantasy chips".
No Cash Value Chips (3) [QuickView]
CG034795 Obsolete
Added: 2011-04-14
Last Update: 2019-08-16
Color: Aqua
Inserts: 3 Beige
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Langworthy
Inlay: HS-Gold

Tournament Chip
CG034797 Obsolete
Added: 2011-04-14
Last Update: 2019-08-16
Color: Pink
Inserts: 3 Beige
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Langworthy
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Lee O'Dell

Tournament Chip
CG034798 Obsolete
Added: 2011-04-14
Last Update: 2019-08-16
Color: Purple
Inserts: 3 Beige
Mold: Plain
Mftr: Langworthy
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Lee O'Dell

Tournament Chip
Total Items (10)

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