In my opinion the Bal Tabarin Casino chip is probably the finest example of a 1950's chip! Just look at it! It has all the hall-marks of a 50's chip!

The La-Vada Lodge, a speakeasy with gambling, was built on the North shore of Lake Tahoe at Crystal Bay in 1927.When it received a gambling license in 1931, the name was changed to the Cal-Vada Lodge. Joby Lewis purchased the Cal-Vada in 1955, and he resold it the following year to a group that renamed it the Bal-Tabarin, after the San Francisco night club. Lincoln Fitzgerald bought the Bal-Tabarin along with the Tahoe Biltmore in 1959. Fitzgerald closed the Bal one year later when he caught employees stealing.