Frank's Museum Saloon, Carson City, NV
Home Poker Chip
Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Issued: 1970s
Color: Dk-Brown
Mold: LgKey
Inlay: HS-GOLD
Carson City, Nevada
Type: Home Poker Set
Status: Never Opened
Frank's Museum Saloon was owned by Frank Roza Jr. a Carson City coin dealer in the late 60s, and his museum (Frank's Museum Saloon) was a building behind his home on Koontz Lane in Carson City.
According to Phil Jensen, Frank displayed old gaming tables and gaming memorabilia he collected. He had a crap and roulette table from Gene's Silver Palace in Yerington.
The museum also had "Wave" mold chips from Silver Palace for the roulette table as well as the original BC Wills packing crate.
Frank's museum had a tub (one man crap table) he got out of an
old joint in Mountain City, NV and a large collection of Nevada traded and brothel tokens.
Frank Rosa had some great old upright antique slot machines.
Roza went to prison in Boron CA
He was in the process of buying a historic building in Carson City for his museum, but it never happened.
Frank Roza Jr. passed away in Hawaii on Feb. 28, 2007, at Hilo Medical Center in Hilo, Hawaii, after suffering a stroke Nov. 24, 2006.
He was born Feb. 9, 1934, in San Luis Obispo, CA
Frank’s Museum Saloon, Carson City, NV Home Poker Chip
Casino: Franks Museum, Carson City
Casino Type: Land Based
Chip Type: Regular House Chip
Denomination: $.25
Color: Maroon
Mold: LGKEY
Inserts: N/A
Inlay: HS - Gold
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