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A Farren’s Nightclub Token from the Shanghai Badlands

Posted: October 1st, 2026 | No Comments »

My thanks to a token collecting friend in Shanghai who came across this Jack Riley (Edward Thomas Riley – ETR) issued slot machine 10cents token for Farren’s nightclub. A real old Shanghai collectors item…. Of course “Lucky Jack”, the “Slots King of Shanghai” is a major character in my book of old Shanghai gangster life, City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir….



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