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Was: Gold Nugget Cafe
719 12th Street
Sacramento, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1958, Close: 1980

From 1941 to 1958, the "Gold Nugget Cafe" was a bar, restaurant, and card room located at 316 K Street. Owned by James R. Cummings and Peter Mikacich, Sr. (see "Was").

In 1958, it moved to 1021 6th Street, changed its name to the "Gold Nugget Club", and was owned by Mikacich, Leon David, and Morris Weidman. It moved again in 1962 to 719 12th St., where it stayed until it closed. Also called the "Gold Nugget Card Room and Restaurant". Note: it is possible that after it closed in 1980, that some of these chips were used at the "Gold Nugget Card Room" in San Diego, CA.

Listing (4th from top) from the 1959 Sacramento Yellow Pages, under "Card Rooms". Photograph of the club at the 6th Street location, probably from early 1962. If you enlarge the photo, you can see a sign announcing the club's imminent move to 12th Street. To the far left, a street sign for the "49er Card Room" is visible. (Sacramento Public Library Special Collection)

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Casino Money
Table Chips (21) [QuickView]
CG037900 Obsolete
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2011-06-05
Color: White
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG037895 Obsolete
Denom:
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2011-06-05
Color: Gray
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
Image
Needed
CG037896 Obsolete
Denom:
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2011-06-05
Color: White
Mold: H&C (LCV)
CG037885 Obsolete
Denom:
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2021-12-06
Color: Gray
Mold: HHL
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub

Shipped by C. W. Rice to the Gold Nugget Club in 1968.
CG156163 Obsolete
Denom:
Added: 2016-01-21
Last Update: 2023-02-12
Color: White
Inserts: N/A
Mold: SmKey
Inlay: HS
Contributed by: Richard Edward Staeffler

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


CG037894 Obsolete
Denom:
Issued: 1962
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2022-04-03
Color: White
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: George Dmitrevsky
CG037892 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2011-06-05
Color: PURPLE
Mold: LCrown
CG037893 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Issued: 1966
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2022-04-03
Color: Orange
Mold: LCrown
CG037897 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2011-06-05
Color: MAROON
Mold: H&C (LCV)
CG274631 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2021-12-06
Last Update: 2022-04-03
Color: Red
Mold: HHL
Inlay: hot stamp - black

According to the C. W. Rice order card records, 1000 of these chips were shipped in 1962 to the Gold Nugget Club in Sacramento.
CG037891 Obsolete
Denom: 50¢
Issued: 1966
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2022-04-03
Color: Green
Inserts: 3 Black
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG037898 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2011-06-05
Color: Yellow
Inserts: 3 Purple
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
Image
Needed
CG037886 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2011-06-05
Color: MUSTARD
Inserts: 3 Brown/Dk Brown
Mold: HHL
CG037890 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1962
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2022-04-03
Color: Blue
Inserts: 3 Red
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Richard Edward Staeffler
CG300730 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Issued: 1962
Added: 2023-02-11
Last Update: 2023-02-11
Color: Blue
Inserts: 3 Pink
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Luke Rapley
CG037899 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2023-04-23
Color: Black
Inserts: 3 Beige
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
CG037887 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2023-09-19
Last Update: 2023-09-19
Color: Black
Inserts: 3 White
Mold: HHL
Contributed by: Dan Glenn
CG098681 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2013-02-12
Last Update: 2013-02-12
Color: Red
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Jim Colbert

Cancellation mark on reverse
CG274633 Obsolete
Denom: $10
Added: 2021-12-06
Last Update: 2021-12-06
Color: Black
Inserts: Three Green
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: hot stamp - white
Contributed by: J. Eric Freedner (R-8501)

The hot stamp on the chip is the same or modeled on the HHL quarter hot stamp (or vice versa), connecting these chips to the Sacramento Gold Nugget Club. Also attributed to the Gold Nugget Card Room (San Diego).
CG037888 Obsolete
Denom: $20
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2021-12-06
Color: Purple
Inserts: 3 Red
Mold: HHL
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub

Shipped by C. W. Rice to the Gold Nugget Club in 1968.
CG037889 Obsolete
Denom: $50
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2021-12-06
Color: Orange
Inserts: 3 Green
Mold: HHL
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub

Shipped by C. W. Rice to the Gold Nugget Club in 1968.
Odds & Ends Chips (1) [QuickView]
CG037901 Obsolete
Issued: 1957
Added: 2011-06-05
Last Update: 2022-04-03
Color: Blue
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
Updated by: Jim Colbert

Reverse: P<>M
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (8) [QuickView]
CG276998
Issued: 1952
Added: 2022-01-15
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282602
Issued: 1952
Added: 2022-04-03
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282604
Issued: 1954
Added: 2022-04-03
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282603
Issued: 1957
Added: 2022-04-03
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282601
Issued: 1962
Added: 2022-04-03
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282600
Issued: 1966
Added: 2022-04-03
Last Update: 2022-04-03
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282605
Issued: 1966
Added: 2022-04-03
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282606
Issued: 1966
Added: 2022-04-03
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
Total Items (30)

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