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ITEM VIEW: CG034806
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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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".

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