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ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
3803 Mission Beach
San Diego, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1959, Close: 1960s

T. R. King sold about 1700 of these small crown chips to E. C. Isely, Beach Club, 3803 Mission Beach, San Diego, California, between 1959 and 1960. E. L. Compton purchased the club and chips in 1961, and soon after Barney Nix purchased the club and chips from Compton in 1962.

Note: Eastman's Illustrated Guide to California Card Room Gaming Chips & Checks (1998) associates both the Small Crown and H&C chips with the "Beach Club", 5032 Newport Avenue 78, Ocean Beach, California, open from 1978 to 1979. (Ocean Beach is a beach neighborhood in San Diego.) Owned by Tom White, Arthur Elder, and Helen Symington.

The The Gaming Table (2017) associates the H&C chips with the "Beach Club Card Room" at 3726 Mission Blvd., San Diego, CA, open 1963.

Listing (bottom) from the 1979 San Diego Yellow Pages, under "Card Rooms". Note: there is a second "Beach Club Card Room" listed at 2280 Garnet Avenue. There were several different Beach Club card rooms in San Diego.

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Casino Money
Table Chips (8) [QuickView]
CG032771 Obsolete
Added: 2011-03-03
Last Update: 2011-03-03
Color: BLACK
Mold: SCrown
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG032772 Obsolete
Added: 2011-03-03
Last Update: 2011-03-03
Color: RED
Mold: SCrown
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
Image
Needed
CG032773 Obsolete
Added: 2011-03-03
Last Update: 2011-03-03
Color: BLUE
Mold: SCrown
CG032774 Obsolete
Added: 2018-07-16
Last Update: 2018-07-16
Color: White
Mold: SCrown
Contributed by: Haley & Ty Truitt
CG074602 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2012-05-22
Last Update: 2012-05-22
Color: RED
Mold: H&C (CJ)
Inlay: HS-GOLD
Contributed by: Terry Shaffer
CG032775 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2011-03-03
Last Update: 2019-10-07
Color: Red
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
CG032776 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-03-03
Last Update: 2019-09-24
Color: Gray
Inserts: 3 Orange
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
CG032777 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2011-03-03
Last Update: 2019-10-07
Color: Green
Inserts: 3 Brown
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (5) [QuickView]
CG281017
Added: 2022-03-03
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG281013
Issued: 1959
Added: 2022-03-03
Last Update: 2022-03-03
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG281297
Issued: 1959
Added: 2022-03-07
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG281015
Issued: 1960
Added: 2022-03-03
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG281014
Issued: 1961
Added: 2022-03-03
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
Total Items (13)

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