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ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
2160 North Main Street
Salinas, California 93901
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1966, Close: 2003

Licensed card room originally at 534 El Camino Real North. It moved to 2160 Main Street around 1975. Owned by Frank Fossett from 1966 to 2003. Previously called "Lee's Bavarian Inn".

The United States Playing Card Co. sold 1100 of the red C & S chips to the Joe Treyball Co. (a gambling supply company) in St. Louis Missouri, on 3/11/31. They were likely sold on to one of Treyball's Midwest customers. The attribution to Frank's is traced to Armin Pfaender's California Chip Guide (2004), and is almost certainly a mis-attribution.

Advertisement from 8/30/1972, photograph of the club and owner Frank Fossett from 2/7/1991 (both The Californian, Salinas, CA).

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Casino Money
Table Chips (2) [QuickView]
CG100323 Obsolete
Issued: 1931
Added: 2013-03-21
Last Update: 2023-12-21
Color: Red
Mold: C&S
Inlay: R-White
Contributed by: Rich Hanover

Mis-attributed, as Frank's Bavarian Inn is not known to have been open before 1966, nor to have existed at 150 N. Main Street.
CG100324 Obsolete
Issued: 1931
Added: 2013-03-21
Last Update: 2013-03-21
Color: White
Mold: C&S
Inlay: R-White
Contributed by: Rich Hanover
Tokens - Other (1) [QuickView]
CG217154 Obsolete
Added: 2018-12-24
Color: Red
Inlay: HS-White
Contributed by: Jim Colbert

Rain Check - Good for one bottle of beer
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (1) [QuickView]
CG290485
Issued: 3/11/1931
Added: 2022-08-09
Mftr: United States Playing Card Co.
Contributed by: Dave Horn
Total Items (4)

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