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| This is a great set of four chips from the illegal gambling casino known as the O'Dwyers Club outside New Orleans, Louisiana. The chips have the phonograph surface in the center. The $5.00 lavender and $.25 red are in near mint condition. The $50 yellow is in very good but used condition. It mainly needs cleaning but does not have any other flaws. The $1. green has also been used. It needs cleaning and shows some wear around the edge. The chips were made by Jones in New Orleans. The chips are 1.55 inches in diameter. 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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