RED Poker Chip at CIRCULO RECREO SAN GERMAN Vintage Gambling Casino PUERTO RICO*

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VINTAGE INLAY CASINO
GAMBLING POKER CHIP
GENERIC
PIECE
USED AT
CIRCULO DE RECREO
DE SAN GERMAN
PRIVATE SOCIAL CLUB
Spanish / Puertorrican
Founded 1880
COLOR IS BRICK RED
WITH WHITE INLAY
SEE PHOTOS OF CHIP RACK
FOR EVIDENCE,
EXHIBITED
AT
SAN GERMAN'S
MUSEUM OF
CITY'S HISTORY
(OPERATED BY THIS ASSOCIATION)
This auction is for one (1) chip Both sides have old ship-wheel pattern. The evidence is clear, this style is of same exact type as used at the San German Social Club. Even matches in color shade and wear. The photos of the poker chip gambling rack (located a inside a locked wood and glass console, were taken by self under permission (with strict surveillance) from the SAN GERMAN HISTORY MUSEUM, which belongs to the CIRCULO DE RECREO DE SAN GERMAN, a non-profit social - cultural group founded in 1880 by Spanish and local merchants to hold their social events. Its open to public, go check for yourself!. This piece was recently acquired, from a major token dealer at a major Dallas Texas coin show. As I purchased a small but nice hoard of Spanish speaking Caribbean casino chip pieces, I was told these unnamed pieces were either from Puerto Rico or Caribbean casinos as well.
This chips is unlisted in 2014's Blacks catalog of PR casino chips.
This piece is possibly 75 to 100 years old it is estimated to have been used between 1910's and 1949's,
and has rounded edges, NOT flat edges
.
From the time US took over Puerto Rico until 1949 Gambling was Illegal, thus no Puerto Rico chips from this period bear denomination. Private clubs existed all through out, of course, and there are several who issued chips for clean, members only, private entertainment (meaning illegal gambling).  On 1949 Puerto Rico legalized gambling as an alternative source of income. Many private clubs, whose membership was expensive and thus often reserved only to the wealthy, initially issued new chips with denominations, but as the Island's opening to gambling, specially after Havana's casinos had to close due to Communism, had a huge surge in new hotels with casinos opening left and right, allowing anyone to participate, all private club gambling eventually ceased to exist. Similar but different pieces (with flat edges instead of round edges) are known to have been used at a gambling establishment in Saratoga New York, so
their's have flat edge, ours have rounded edges
. If you know anything on the origin of this casino chip, please contact us.
VERY VINTAGE
POKER CHIP IS IN USED CONDITION,
AND AS SUCH
IT WILL EXHIBIT EITHER
WEAR,
MINOR NICKS,
STAINS,
CIGAR BURNS, &
DISCOLORATION.
OFFICIAL CC>CC
GRADE & CONDITION:
*
USED
*
SIMILAR TO MEADOWBROOK GAMBLING CLUB IN SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK, BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT.
MEADOWBROOK CHIPS ARE THICKER AND HAVE FLAT EDGE
, SO THEY CAN STAND ON ITSELF. THE
SAN GERMAN CHIPS HAVE ROUNDED EDGES
AND CERTAINLY LOOK OLDER.
LA FICHA DE SAN GERMAN TIENE EL MISMO MOTIVO QUE LAS FICHAS USADAS EN MEADOWBROOK SARATOGA SPRINGS NUEVA YORK, PERO LAS FICHAS DE SAN GERMAN SON MAS FINAS, Y TIENEN BORDE REDONDEADO. LAS FICHAS DE MEADOWBROOK SON MAS GRUESAS Y TIENEN BORDE LISO DE MANERA QUE PUEDEN PARARSE.
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