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$.25 illegal gambling chip in mint condition - unused - from the O'Dwyer's Club outside New Orleans, Louisiana. The chip measures 1.55 inches in diameter. Beautiful red color. George and Rudy O'Dwyer ran the illegal O'Dwyer's casino and nightclub just a few steps outside of the city limits of New Orleans in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. (Counties in Louisiana are called parishes.) These gaming chips, thought to be from the 1930s - 1940s are rare in that they have a machined surface grooved inlay that feels much like a small phonograph record. Chips that carry denominations such as 25 cents, $1.00, and $5.00 are technically called gaming checks. These illegal club checks tell a story of Dixieland jazz and the southern hospitality of New Orleans, mother of Mississippi riverboat gambling in the U.S. This is one of the most famous of the illegal gambling establishments in the United States. |
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