CUBA-Havana (City) 100 & 500 Cash (Gambling Chips) 1893-1958 Chung Wah Casino. Sehr Schön+

1893-1958, Cuba, Havana (City). Casino Chung Wah. Brass Gambling Chips.

Mint Period: ca. 1893-1958
Condition: Minor scratches and digs, lightly deformed, otherwie VF-aXF!
Denominations: 100 Cash (dark green, light green), 500 Cash (black, with punched value "30" on reverse!)
Reference: Museum of Gaming History CG129910, CG129908, CG129911 var. (here with punched value "30 on reverse!)
Material: Brass (with green & black paint)
Weight: 3.03gm, 2.25gm, 3gm
Diameter: 25mm (each)




Obverse: Value (100, 100, 500) below square hole resembling a cash coin.
Legend: 今, 大成 (Jīn, Dà, Chéng - "Complete Blessing, 5") / 佑, 全, 五 (Yòu, Quán, Wǔ - "Today, Great Success.").

Reverse: Blank (except of the top specimen, which has punched "30" numeral twice above and below the central piercing.



Casino Chung Wah (also spelled Club Chung Wa or Centro de la Colonia China de Cuba) was established on May 9, 1893, in Havana's Chinatown (Barrio Chino) as the central social, cultural, and mutual-aid federation for the Chinese community in Cuba.

In 19th-century Cuba, the Spanish word "casino" referred to a social club or civic association rather than exclusively a gambling.

Alongside legitimate recreational activities, private gaming rooms operating within or adjacent to Barrio Chino associations hosted traditional Chinese games such as Fan Tan, Mahjong, and Chiffá (a Chinese lottery popular across Cuba). Metal enamel tokens like the ones offered here were used as house chips in these parlors.

Legal and semi-tolerated casino gambling across Cuba ended abruptly at midnight on December 31, 1958, with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, permanently halting the use of gaming chips in Havana.


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